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• Google Docs beta

  Google Docs is a fantastic free online application that offers some exciting features. However, by virtue of being an online application, users with a slow connection will experience lag, and Docs still doesn't contain enough functionality to be a replacement for today's mainstay office suites in most businesses.

• What next for the Internet?

  Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

• Nokia officially N-raged by N-Gage hack

  Handset giant concedes the game-card code on its mobile phone/game deck has been "bypassed."

• When does wardriving cross the double line?

  I was a teenage wardriver. If I were to make a movie about the events of last week, that's what I'd call it. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?

• Learning the hard way

  Hard drive failure can happen any time, but is your back (up) covered to minimise the loss?

• New DVD 'ripper' pre-empts DMCA ruling

  Studio 321 is pushing ahead with new DVD-copying software despite an imminent ruling on its legality under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

• This is a recording

  You think spam techniques are driving you mad now... just take a look at what's in store.

• Six thin clients reviewed

  In the first instalment of a two-part review on thin clients, we look at thin-client terminals.

• Patent creates IM wrinkle

  America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.

• Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

  In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

• Welcome to yet another year of viruses

  Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.

• The laptops that come in from the cold

  For those organisation who lose hundreds of thousands dollars worth of laptops to thieves each year, the humiliation of the loss is possibly as infuriating a burden to bare as the financial costs associated with it. However these organisations can assuage some of their distress knowing that their problems are shared by one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies. In May, thieves reduced the size of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's laptop fleet by 182, in one operation. If the FBI can't keep its laptops safe from thieves who can?

• Security visionary: Vigilance is the best defence

  Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

• Apple's patent bending

  Apple learnt its lesson when it tried - and failed - to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement of its interface. It has since turned its attention to patents but should not be allowed to succeed here either.

• Work at home? Here's how to stay secure

  Commentary: Whether you work at home full-time or only occasionally, you need to make sure your systems and data are protected. So what is the best software for preventing a business-threatening disaster?

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