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While the World Health Organization (WHO) seems to be doing everything it can to keep from naming the coronavirus a pandemic, we are likely already past that point. The combination of a long gestation period, where people are contagious but not showing symptoms, and a fatality rate that is too low to burn the virus out but too high to treat like a cold, will change behavior. As I write this,Facebook has canceled F8; this follows the cancellation of Mobile World Congress and increasing speculation that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will be cancelled, too. With no immunization process yet available, we&re months away from when this illness will peak, suggesting that companies need to rethink travel, telecommuting, and even how we hold meetings on-site.

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Itfrustrating when Microsoft refuses to acknowledge a widespread bug in one of its mainstream patches. This month we're looking at a major bug that's drawn a tiny mention on a Microsoft Answers Forum post — and that's it. Such is the state of Windows transparency these days.

On the plus side, though, we have enough experience with the bug to be able to recognize and fix it should you be so unlucky as to encounter it.

Other than that one glaring (if infrequent) bug, there are some minor problems, but, on the whole, now would be a good time to get your system updated. Herehow.

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The cancellation of Mobile World Congress, the Geneva Motor Show and big-name withdrawals from other key industry events in response to the coronavirus outbreak means every enterprise should put remote working and collaboration systems in place.

Now,

This is not a drill

I&m no expert, but the disease, appears to be characterized by high infection rates and a mortality rate 10 times higher than the flu. International response is not yet unified, some seem in denial, and the facts are becoming confused amidst the clamor.

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This pilot fish runs a small computer store where all repairs come with a guarantee: &If you experience any problems within two weeks of completion, bring it in and we will take a second look with no additional labor charges,& says fish.

So it is that, shortly after a big snowstorm, fish gets a call from a customer who has recently brought in his PC to get rid of a virus infestation.

Customer explains that, in the time since fish worked on his computer, heno longer able to get his CD-ROM drive to read disks.

That doesn&t seem likely to be connected to the customeroriginal problem, but the guarantee is the guarantee.

So fish says, sure, bring your computer back in and we&ll take another look at it.

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