What is pod slurping?

To demonstrate the ease of "pod slurping" - the ability to copy corporate information to an iPod's hard drive - Abe Usher created an application that can suck Word, PDF, Excel and other office documents off an office PC in minutes. Usher, founder of Sharp Ideas , joins us to discuss his application and what companies can do to combat the potential iPod security risk.

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To demonstrate the ease of "pod slurping" - the ability to copy corporate information to an iPod's hard drive - Abe Usher created an application that can suck Word, PDF, Excel and other office documents off an office PC in minutes. Usher, founder of Sharp Ideas , joins us to discuss his application and what companies can do to combat the potential iPod security risk.

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