Sweating in the hot zone

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Response Lab of Symantec Corp. located in Santa Monica, California tests out every update to its antivirus software to make sure it would block newly discovered security threats. The Lab is part of Symantec's Security Response Center, which houses a collection of investigators who collect viruses and other malicious code, autopsy them to figure out how they work, and then develop updates to the Symantec software that protects computers at homes and in workplaces around the world.

Prepackaged software, Product information, Parent-to-subsidiary activities, Subsidiary-to-parent activities, Computer software industry, Software industry, Testing, Symantec Corp., SYMC, Anti-virus software, Subsidiaries, divisions and units

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The logic of lock-in

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Most technology purveyors prefer to shackle the buyers with limited options, incompatible standards, and the ever-looming threat of obsolescence. Companies pursue lock-in and consumers are the targets of it with many new products such as Buy music from Apple's iTunes Music Stores that plays only on iPod.

Household audio and video equipment, Services information, Services, Consumer electronics industry, Technology application, Technological innovations

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Maverick mogul

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Marc Cuban, the founder of Broadcast.com, views innovation and taking chances as a part of business. By releasing new movies in several formats on the same day Cuban and Todd Wagner are believed to have started a new era, which also got an approval from Disney.

Computer and Data Processing Services, Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Cuban, Marc, Wagner, Todd, Yahoo! Broadcast Services

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