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ISSUE NO 60 DIGITAL TOOLBOX

WORM PROTESTS SRI LANKAN VIOLENCE

Mawanella is a small town in Sri Lanka. Never heard of it? Thanks to a new worm making the rounds, it’s likely that you’ll hear about it soon. Copies have been received at News Update sent via mailing lists in South Africa.

http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=477280

TAME YOUR IN-BOX

IDG’s resident e-mail addict offers 26 tips to help you get a handle on message mayhem.

http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=477278

PANASONIC MAKES BIG CLAIMS FOR ITS NEW MEMORY CARD

Panasonic has launched a breakthrough technology that it claims is about to take the world by storm. The new technology, Secure Digital, is expected to become the universal storage solution for consumer electronic devices, as well as one of the key enablers of e-commerce for internet and wireless applications.

(source: Boot http://www.boot.co.za/news/may01/digital17.asp )

5 TECHNOLOGIES YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW IN THE FUTURE

Futurists fantasize about the gadgets we will be using decades from now. Here are 5 ideas whose time will come much sooner.

(source: http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=476230 )

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