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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:58:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>Despite all the high-profile stories of viruses, scams and online security problems, technology really has improved our online security. But has it made our online lives safer? Maybe not, because now people are the weakest link in the security chain.</itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[How easy is it to travel away from home and still do "business as usual"? Gihan did this in June with a month in Prague. Find out how he used the Internet to make it work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:14:57 GMT</pubDate>
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