Peter Firstbrook
Peter Firstbrook
Peter S. Firstbrookwas a Canadian figure skater. As a single skater, he was the 1951-1953 Canadian national champion. He placed 5th at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was one of the few skaters to win the Canadian Junior and Senior titles in consecutive years...
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There is a growing criminal element involved in hacking today.
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Who's going to pay $150 for a Bluetooth card when it's not that inconvenient to pay much less and use a cord?
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To a certain extent, Microsoft always has conflicts in how it deals with partners, and Symantec and McAfee won't be any different. You go to bed with a sleeping giant and he might just wake up and crush you.
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This is proof of their knowledge that they need to offer more integrated applications, as anti-virus, anti-spam and the firewall need to work closely together,
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It moves cost from capital expense that needs to be depreciated to the operating budget, so it's easier to budget for.
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It's like the only guy who has a cell phone; so who is he going to call?
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Symantec is in effect trying to lock-in customers before Microsoft gets to market, ... There's also recognition in this product shift that some of these features are becoming increasingly commoditized.
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Hackers looked at what they were doing and decided that they would rather get paid for their hobby than continue to do it for nothing.
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Many users will now delete an e-mail attachment that seems suspicious rather than open it up, so it has become more difficult for viruses to spread quickly.
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I don't think anyone has a good way of finding the cost of an event. Most companies don't really do the proper postmortem, or, if they do, they have no idea what to include in the analysis.