David Williams, the chief marketing officer, quickly determined that the "member" who had triggered the alert actually was an automated program scraping the forum.

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Unfortunately, this text fell on deaf ears because an automated computer program was asking all the questions.

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In FYE 2011, IRS closed over 4.7 million cases in their highly successful Automated Underreporter Program (AUR).

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Many feel that patching tools, a regular and fully automated backup program, and a strong recovery toolset are more effective in dealing with the risk than antivirus software.

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The trains are part of what Rio Tinto calls its "Mine of the Future" program, which includes 150 driverless trucks and automated drills.

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