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Like a feudal lord trying to keep the barbarians from storming the castle walls, you have to protect your organization

A fraud prevention website launched on January 15, 2001, is the first initiative of the Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network. Located at www.merchantfraudsquad.com, the site provides expert advice about how to combat the unauthorized use of credit card numbers and other payment vehicles to purchase goods and services.

Consumer online buying during the December 2000 holiday season topped $10 billion in 2000, up 100% from $5.2 billion in 1999, according to a Goldman Sachs/ PC Data study.

The growing recognition that being in business today implies doing business via the Internet is giving rise to a daily increase in the choice of vendors and products. Here is a random alphabetical sampling of products and services -- from helping you bring your business on-line to taking advantage of Web-based purchasing and supply chain management. Please note that inclusion does not represent endorsement by this publication.

According to a new report from San Mateo, Calif.-based messaging and collaborative technologies analyst firm Ferris Research, people typically spend at least one to two hours per week on e-mail-related tasks other than actually reading or writing messages.

Logging Off recently flipped through some of the tech-related books that have crossed its desk in the last few weeks. Here's our take on some of the more quirky geek literature out there for your perusal.

AT&T announced today plans to create four new companies, each operating under the "AT&T" brand, to bundle...

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