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It’s not really paranoia if…

Opinion
Dec 01, 20032 mins
Enterprise Applications

* It’s not really paranoia if… * ‘Big Brother’ is not necessarily the government * “Press ‘1’ if your telephone handset is no longer operational” * Coolness from Comdex

It’s not really paranoia if…

Backspin’s Mark Gibbs verifies that there are lots of folks out there who loathe and resent IT people. Here are your enemies, neatly categorized. Let him know if he missed anyone.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1201backspin.html?vo

‘Big Brother’ is not necessarily the government

Speaking of paranoia – if you ever have the feeling that your computer is watching you, in a sense you may be right. As Linda Musthaler notes, it’s getting very difficult to be sneaky at work when technology makes it possible for employers to find out whether employees are using company resources appropriately.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1201musthaler.html?vo

“Press ‘1’ if your telephone handset is no longer operational”

Dave Kearns this week picks apart tech support organizations that seem to be missing the tech. If they only used the available technology to make callers’ lives easier, they’d be a lot more popular.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1201kearns.html?vo

Coolness from Comdex

‘Fess up. You skipped going to Comdex this year because you knew Network World’s Keith Shaw would bring you all the details on what was cool at the show. Here’s his report.

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1201cooltools.html?vo