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Skype is a public voice over IP (VoIP) application that allows its users to call each other from PC to PC for no charge and set up conference calls between multiple users. The phone service requires very small amounts of bandwidth, all data is encrypted and it can get around attempts to block it from firewalls. But there are dangers in this seemingly innocuous communication and collaboration tool.
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View this resource now Defrag Myth Busters: What You Should Know
Fragmentation is one of the most serious problems that plague computers around the globe. Why don't users and IT departments take more action to protect themselves against fragmentation? Quite frankly, most users don't think they have a fragmentation problem, or they think that their modern systems are immune to disk fragmentation.
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