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		<title>39,000 emails and counting&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today my Junk folder filled up and would not accept anymore messages!  39,019 junk/spam email messages since January 1, 2015 and that is just the blatantly junk messages.  I receive many more messages from organizations that I have contact with that can &#8220;legally&#8221; send me emails from their push marketing campaigns. Guess what?  I do &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2015/10/39000-emails-and-counting/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "39,000 emails and counting&#8230;."</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Long Live the Internet!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today the FCC adopted new rules for governing the Internet in the United States.  These rules will protect and insure a open and neutral Internet. The FCC’s Open Internet Order contains the following rules. No Blocking; No Throttling; No Paid Prioritization; Standard for Future Conduct; Greater Transparency; Reasonable Network Management; Interconnection; Reclassification of broadband Internet &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2015/02/long-live-the-internet/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Long Live the Internet!"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Heartbleed Bug &#8211; End of the World or Non-event?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That about covers the risks.  Now what can you do about it?  First, update your computer (Windows, Mac OS X or Linux/Unix), right now!  Before you read the rest of this post. Most software vendors/service providers recognized the serious nature of this bug and updated their software (the easy part).  So getting the fix is &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2014/04/heartbleed-bug-end-of-the-world-or-non-event/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Heartbleed Bug &#8211; End of the World or Non-event?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Microsoft dropping XP support</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has finally made good on their threat to stop supporting Windows XP and on April 8, 2014 will stop providing update and fixes for one of their most popular operating system releases.  Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001 and end development of it in 2008.  They have continued to provide bug-fixes and minor updates &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2014/04/microsoft-dropping-xp-support/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Microsoft dropping XP support"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Uncle Sam Needs You!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We need your help prevent United States Senate Bill 968 (PIPA) and HR 3261 (SOPA) from becoming U.S. law. These bills are essentially a technical solution (a flawed one) for a business problem.  These laws would short-circuit due process of existing laws and provide a sledge hammer for businesses to take down their competitors.  These &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2012/01/uncle-sam-needs-you/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Uncle Sam Needs You!"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Internet Everywhere</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dirk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 01:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you do business using the Internet, there are fewer and fewer places that you cannot get an Internet connection.  As an experiment I took my laptop on my lastest vacation (really geeky, I know) to see how good Internet connections were from Cozumel and Akumal, Mexico.  In both the condos I stayed in provided &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://www.businesstechnologyassociates.com/blog/2010/05/internet-everywhere/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Internet Everywhere"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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