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...need to invest in that country's future so another Osama bin Laden won't use it as a staging ground for terrorism. We cannot take on Afghanistan with half measures; we need a comprehensive plan to rebuild the country and return hope to its people. A.M. GULAS Alexandria, Va...
Hoping to boost productivity and give workers increased flexibility, more bosses are letting employees use wireless devices to tap into their company's local network. But they may be letting strangers in as well. A recent report by Cigital, a software-security company based in Dulles, Va., says the programs that facilitate wireless connections could make a network vulnerable to hackers. The software contains the addresses of all the machines that employees can access with their laptops, including the main servers at work. A skilled hacker could manipulate the software to gain access to all information on the internal network...
...probably heard the one about the Chevy Nova: General Motors' effort to market the car in Spanish-speaking countries--where no va means "doesn't go"--is a legendary blunder. And cross-language advertising is a bigger challenge than ever, as the first American company that tries to use the word pet in a French ad will find out. Intel is known for its cutting-edge technology, but the original translation of its Pentium IV chip was too edgy for Koreans; it means "chip of death." Kentucky Fried Chicken found good news and bad news when it went global with...
Forget about including "moderate" Taliban members in a new government in Afghanistan [THE WAR, Oct. 29]. As you noted, to many of us the phrase moderate Taliban is oxymoronic. Why put the fox in the hen house? MAGGIE MCHUGH Alexandria, Va...
...building beforehand? There is reason to believe that the letter sent to Senator Tom Daschle was a warning and an excellent reason to search the entire Capitol compound. The people who work there serve Senators and Representatives. They are not there to give their lives. KATHRYN HENNINGFELD Arlington, Va...