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Columns
Welcome to the Columns section of Geartest.com!
Here you'll find links to our columns on a range of subjects related to technology, its role in your life, and your business.
- The Editors
Column - Blogs and bombs
The Detroit News daily newspaper chose as its must-read story of the day this column on the popular Internet hobby of blogging and how it could destroy Google, the world's most popular search engine.
Interview - Computer security expert Dr. Gene Spafford
An interview with Dr. Gene Spafford, U.S. government advisor and an expert in the areas of computer and information security. He is the Director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University.
Column - Email @ 30
After three decades of growth, September 11's fallout threatens this ubiquitious mode of communication.
Column - Secrets and lives
We often fail to use the technological tools at our disposal to safeguard our privacy, even when lives are at risk.
Column - In the Danger Zone
People don't typically regard their offices or classrooms as dangerous places. However, today's computer-equipped workspaces present plenty of risk for a painful, debilitating, and potentially career-ending condition that is a silent and growing epidemic.
Column - Technorevolution
Technology is rapidly changing every facet of our society, creating new fields of work and study, and doing away with old ones. Reliable sources of information -- like journalists, who gather much of the information we use day to day -- serve an increasingly important and valuable role in this new economy. But what happens when technology makes their role obsolete?
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