RAIN 060724 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:13 PM PDT United States Army Awards Contract to 3M for Pilot RFID Program To Track and Manage Medical Records at Fort Hood http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060724/20060724005895.html?.v=1 ST. PAUL, Minn.----July 24, 2006--3M has been awarded a $3.76 million contract to develop and install a system that uses radio frequency identification technology to track medical files at the U.S. Talks on Quattrone Case Near End Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... of his group endorsing a colleague's earlier message urging recipients to "clean up" their files in compliance with the company's document-retention policy. ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115370136608014934.html?mod=googlenews_w sj> Who's reading your email? Australian IT - Australia ... has recorded a staggering 89 million breaches of records containing sensitive ... up bogus accounts with the company and buy about 145,000 personal credit files. ... <http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19869644%5E15394%5E%5Enb v%5E,00.html> OUR VIEW: Protecting computer records The Patriot Ledger - Quincy,MA,USA ... that all the town’s business is now kept on computer files and that’s ... recent example occurred at the Department of Veterans Affairs, when the records of 26 ... <http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/07/24/opinion/opin01.txt> Secret police files stolen from car The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... breach. Something had to be done immediately to ensure other highly sensitive records did not fall into the wrong hands, he said. ... <http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/secret-police-files-stolen-from-c ar/2006/07/24/1153744731735.html> SCO accuses IBM of destroying evidence Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA Proprietary UNIX vendor SCO has produced a veritable litany of bizarre and questionable allegations since 2003 when it first brought its infamous copyright ... <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060724-7330.html> SCO shares glimpses of alleged IBM Unix misdeeds CNet News.com Blog - USA ... the method from Dynix/ptx.". Also in the filing, SCO accuses IBM of intentionally destroying evidence. "Weeks after SCO filed its ... <http://news.com.com/2061-10809_3-6097847.html> SCO claims IBM destroyed evidence in Unix case Computer Business Review - UK SCO Group Inc has accused IBM Corp of destroying evidence that it could have used to support its case in the long-running breach-of-contract and copyright ... <http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=058BB63B-94EF-4F67-830A-4 CDCCAE5AF0D> Brewery archives add on 100 years BBC News - UK Britain's oldest brewer has discovered that its home in Kent is at least a century older than previously thought. Shepherd Neame ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/5209528.stm> Office Workers Behaving Badly Due To ‘Desktop Distress Syndrome ... WebitPR (press release) - North Hykeham,Lincoln,UK ... This ‘bad habit’ behaviour of employees could cost companies millions, as well as leaving them vulnerable to hacking and corporate espionage. <http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=4279> Microsoft relents on open documents Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA ... the formatting and structure of records that are ... Most government offices can save their documents in whatever ... Microsoft Word, for instance, saves files in the ... <http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/21_14/news/28992-1.html> Wall Street Journal Office Technology A New Take on Disaster Planning By MICHAEL TOTTY July 24, 2006; Page R7 In the shadow of September 11 and last year's destructive hurricanes, businesses are beginning to learn a new lesson about disaster preparation: focus on people, not just data. In recent years, businesses have planned for the worst largely by safeguarding their computer systems, such as by storing their data in multiple locations. Now many companies are realizing that the human factor is just as important. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115333826152811446-email.html> Brewer discovers another 100 years of history kentonsunday.co.uk - Kent,UK ... But previously unseen documents discovered while renovating its visitor centre have shown ... Owen spent months looking at ancient ledgers and deeds discovered in ... <http://www.kentonsunday.co.uk/Kent-News/Brewer-discovers-another-100-yea rs-of-history.aspx> Nations battle over rights to ancient artifacts MSNBC - USA Just who holds the deeds to ancient artifacts—the institutes that house them or ... victims of a 1997 suicide bombing in Israel, according to court documents. ... <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14013753/> ID FRAUD FEARS FOR 240,000 TOURISTS Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... The names, addresses and card details of 243,000 customers were stored on a laptop stolen from a locked car in Texas in February. ... <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17435424&method=full&sitei d=66633&headline=id-fraud-fears-for-240-000-tourists--name_page.html> ThomasNet, Mon, 24 Jul 2006 6:26 AM PDT Software converts email attachments to secure PDF files. http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/487836/rss Zetadocs PDF 3 can be used to merge any number of business documents nto single PDF file that can be emailed instantly to multiple recipients. Outlook Add-in lets users create PDFs on-the-fly when sending Microsoft Office attachments directly from within Outlook. To prevent unauthorized editing, printing, or opening by recipients, business documents can be password-secured by default. Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. 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