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Retail distributor Wilson Consumer Products has a long history of supplying field sales staff with mobile technology. But after an unsuccessful redevelopment of its original technology, it was forced to return to paper-based systems and has only recently found a solution.
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In the future, PCs infected with worms or viruses may try to contain the plague by putting themselves in quarantine.
A quarter of employers have sacked workers for how they use their e-mail -- and even for misuse of the office phone, a study shows.
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