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	Identifying vulnerabilities in networked systems Ghosts in the machine. Spooks in the hard drive. It's natural to worry about everything that can go wrong with the computers we work with -- all the more so if those computers are part of a networked system. The arrival of the Information Age means that increasing amounts of critical business information are stored in such systems. READ Today's new media: Digital Linear Tape -- is it better? For cautious system administrators who don't wish to try LTO, one technician said DLT is a more than acceptable choice: "Thirty million cartridges and a million tape drives can't be wrong." READ Performance tuning on a Linux platform The great thing about Linux, the free source operating system, is that people all around the world are working to make it better for you. But to get the most out of the OS, you need to tune it yourself. READ				IN THE WILD The Virus Threat IDEMA The Hard Disk Spindle Technology: Limitations, |New Trends, and Unexplored Paths. Reprinted courtesy IDEMA. THE LAST RESORT Data Recovery -- Today's Repair Shop SOFTWARE Whatever can go wrong... Support: your customer's window into your company... ON THE WEB Content is King The Internet is a bowtie Are these games really for kids? The Internet after Sept. 11 FACTS & FIGURES Useful and fun tidbits of information, from the past to the present. PRESS ENTER TO EXIT Humour and opinion for today's electronic world.