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When working in the tropical sun becomes too much for Ivko Maksimovic, the lanky Serbian heads to one of the Dominican Republic’s pristine white-sand beaches. He first gathers up a black hat, mosquito repellent, and a bottle of drinking water.

Along with those essentials, he starts stuffing his black backpack with a tangle of computer cords, an extra laptop battery, a spare 160-gigabyte hard drive, and an EVDO card to connect to the Caribbean country’s 3G broadband network. Finally, he adds a battered ThinkPad, a Skype-ready headset, and a cable lock to lash all the gear to a tree when he decides to take a swim.

Business 2.0 Magazine
By Michael V. Copeland, Business 2.0 Magazine senior writer

Full Story: http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/28/magazines/business2/startupsgoglobal.biz2/index.htm

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