Spencer F. Katt

When does a Katt feel at ease in a mouse house? When hes at Walt Disney World to attend the Gartner Symposium/ ITxpo, of course. The consultancy offered the symposiums estimated 6,000 attendees a prediction of solid growth in tech spending for next year, a message that seemed as upbeat as that of the nearby […]

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“Do you know the way to San Jose?” crooned Jerry Vale through the Kittys laptop speakers. Spencer was checking e-mail in his room at the Fairmont San Jose hotel before heading downstairs to check out the Microprocessor Forum. El Gatos in-box indicated that the 419 Nigerian e-mail scammers organization must need a good HMO. In […]

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“This must be how Phil Collins felt before he jetted off on the Concorde to play gigs in London and Philly on the same day for the 85 Live Aid concert,” thought Spence as he faced the latest doozy cooked up by the corporate travel department. First, Hair Force One barreled down to the Big […]

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Hunkered before his TV, Spence felt more like a circus performer than a couch potato, as he juggled three remotes, a brewski and his customary extra-large bag of Cheetos. As suds splashed across the beleaguered Busybodys Broyhill, he wondered if Microsofts Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 would be the savior of fellow fumble-fingered video […]

Eh? When Spence heard that an elusive spammer was checking into Ottawa hotels to use in-room high-speed Internet access to spew vile missives across the Web, he wondered how prevalent this behavior was in the United States. “We think its pretty prevalent,” said a spokesman for Mail-Filters. “When hotel chains are willing to plunk down […]

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