In Business Week this week, I read of a gentleman who traded stock with E*Trade. On the side, he sold an older computer via Yahoo! Classifieds. The sale went quickly and he got a bank- certified check for his computer. Unfortunately, the check was a phony, written by a cybercrook that the FBI was after. The gentleman didn't know any of this and deposited the certified check into his E*Trade account.
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Paul Harmon is an internationally known business consultant, technology analyst, and thought leader with a focus on applying new technologies and methodologies to real-world business problems. He began his career in artificial intelligence (AI) with the publication of his popular book, Expert Systems: AI for Business (coauthored with David King in 1983). As a decades-long Cutter Expert, Mr. Harmon authored various Cutter journals, including … Read More
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