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Good and bad
February 07, 2007
In my commentary on the new Financial Times Digital Business podcast (MP3), I look at the light side and the dark side of the Web, as exemplified by, respectively, the CERN Grid and the botnet. Both draw on the ability to remotely control machines on the Net - though to very different ends - and both have important implications for businesses.
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The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock's avatar
Flight of the wingless coffin fly
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The end of corporate computing
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