The A-Team of IT — and How To Assemble One
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snydeq writes “InfoWorld’s Dan Tynan offers insights into building a crack special ops team ready to tackle the toughest IT assignments. From Air Support (think: the guy who shares a cigarette break with the CFO), to Infrastructure Sherpas, to Über Hackers (Mohawk optional), each of the seven essential members of your IT A-Team must bring his or her special blend of expertise, connections, and temperament to ensure the success of mission-critical assignments. ‘Remember, there is no Plan B.’”
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Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack
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mikesd81 writes “Intel is apparently threatening to use the DMCA against anyone using the HDCP crack under the DMCA’s anti-circumvention clause. ‘There are laws to protect both the intellectual property involved as well as the content that is created and owned by the content providers,’ said Tom Waldrop, a spokesman for the company, which developed HDCP. ‘Should a circumvention device be created using this information, we and others would avail ourselves, as appropriate, of those remedies.’”
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