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Employees present the greatest risk so Sun hopes to have computers monitor themselves and even predict customer problems.
Software vendor CA plans to move its Melbourne-based antivirus labs to a new facility after exhausting the space and energy resources at its current location -- by consuming as much power as an average metal-welding factory.
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