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Table Of Contents:

* Adventures in tape backup 
* Outsourcing moves to the core 
* Microsoft's ribbon interface draws frowns, smiles
* Security vendors prep anti-virus software for Mac OS X
* Western Digital lies about warranty status
* What's neglected when testing services
* Nokia to put Silverlight on devices
* Dell toughens up notebook line


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ADVENTURES IN TAPE BACKUP Â A new version of backup software brought a college student 
the opportunity to try his hand at upgrading Â and along with that came a train wreck 
in the form of 30 days' paycheck data lost. Read on: 
http://weblog.infoworld.com/offtherecord/archives/2008/03/demo_mode.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

OUTSOURCING MOVES TO THE CORE Â A new fashion is gaining purchase: knowledge process 
outsourcing, i.e. the practice of sending even core competencies to other regions. 
No one is immune from this trend. Read on: 
http://weblog.infoworld.com/offtherecord/archives/2008/03/demo_mode.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

MICROSOFT'S RIBBON INTERFACE DRAWS FROWNS, SMILES Â The Office Fluent UI, perhaps 
the most radical UI change since Windows 95, alters the desktop paradigm -- but does 
so to mixed reviews. Read on: 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/04/10NF-microsoft-fluentui_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

SECURITY VENDORS PREP ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE FOR MAC OS X Â With Apple's immunity from 
hackers and malware seemingly threatened, security firms are prepping prototypes 
for the OS. Read on: 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/04/Security-vendors-prep-anti-virus-software-for-Mac-OS-X_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

WESTERN DIGITAL LIES ABOUT WARRANTY STATUS Â Drive makers all too often have a bad 
memory when it comes to their warranty practices, such as claiming a drive is out 
of warranty when it's really not. Read on: 
http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2008/03/western_digital.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04


WHAT'S NEGLECTED WHEN TESTING SERVICES Â IT pros are forgetting a few things when 
testing SOA services -- like reuse, heterogeneity, abstraction and aggregation. 
Read on: 
http://weblog.infoworld.com/realworldsoa/archives/2008/03/whatas_neglecte.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

NOKIA TO PUT SILVERLIGHT ON DEVICES Â Microsoft strikes a deal to put its plug-in for 
RIA's onto wireless devices. Read on: 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/04/Microsoft-teams-with-Nokia-to-put-Silverlight-on-devices_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04
 

DELL TOUGHENS UP NOTEBOOK LINE Â The PC maker on Tuesday is expected to issues its 
first laptop that meets all U.S. Department of Defense ruggedized standards. Read on: 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/04/Dell-toughens-up-notebook-line_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-03-04


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