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Funk Software in Cambridge, Mass., has announced Proxy 5.0, a new version of its remote control software designed to make it easier for help desk workers to support remote desktops.

Funk Software Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., has announced Proxy 5.0, a new version of its remote control software designed to make it easier for help desk workers to support remote desktops.

Funk Software has unveiled new remote control software with features to make it easier for the help desk workers to support remote desktops.

Products like pcAnywhere also face competition from the free remote-control capabilities that Microsoft Corp. has built into Windows XP, Drake added.