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Businesses that perform financial transactions online would do well to pay close attention to new research that has emerged about one of the most common encryption techniques used to protect such transactions.  Literally thousands of U.S.-based businesses use the technique, which is commonly known as public key encryption.  In use for more than 25 years, the technique is generally believed to be very secure, but new information arising from recent research may challenge that classification.

The latest update to Google's popular cell phone platform, Android, has been given the surprising name of Ice Cream Sandwich.  Officially, Ice Cream Sandwich is Android OS version 4.0.  While end-user consumers have enthusiastically received the update, it is also garnering interest in the business world because of added features that may help it become a regular part of company workflow. 

The usefulness of USB thumb drives cannot be doubted.  These devices are small enough to fit into the palm of one closed hand, and yet easily enable workers to transport large amounts of data from one computer to another.  Employees of businesses both large and small routinely use them for transferring data they have created at home into their work computers.