There was concern about The Gambia's preparedness after funds from the United Nations to fix the customs and internal revenue computer systems were delayed.

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When you find out that your Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen or that a bug in Java lets malicious websites take over your computer, the fix is in your hands: You send in your lock for a replacement or disable Java in your browser.

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In a cunning twist by the virus writers, an e-mail in wide circulation that purportedly offers a "fix" for the Sasser worm actually infects the user's computer with a different virulent worm, known as Netsky-AC.

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Customers say the product helps them better track their data spending and run, test and fix computer equipment.

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"The punishments for computer crimes are seriously off-kilter, and congress needs to fix them, " she added.

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One, called Eliza (short for e-lizard), uses a computer program to fix problems occurring on e-servers that would otherwise require a human being watching the system.

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This means that, unless Netflix finds some magic way to fix its model or being acquired by someone, it is doomed to follow the path to irrelevance, as did Dell Computer (NASDAQ: Dell), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:JDSU), Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN), and Lucent Alcatel (NYSE:ALU) in the last decade.

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