Bill Gates impersonator also winding down his career
Steve Sires has been impersonating Bill Gates for a decade now, and following him into retirement might not be any different. 1
Microsoft reissues patch, encourages XP SP2, SP3 re-installs
Microsoft Thursday blamed human error for having to reissue a patch originally released last week to close a critical flaw in Windows and encouraged users of Windows XP SP2... 1
Red Hat debuts new hypervisor, open-sources Linux management platform
Red Hat released a new server virtualization platform and open sourced the code of Red Hat Network.
ISPs experimenting with new P2P controls
Peer-to-peer traffic management was a hot topic at this year's NXTComm convention in Las Vegas, as several telecom panelists and keynote speakers highlighted new methods for...
How the used gear industry is winning the fight against counterfeiters
Over 100 attendees gathered for Network World's live chat on counterfeit network gear -- how to detect it and protect yourself -- with guest Mike Sheldon, chief executive...
Data shuffling: A safer way to analyze confidential data?
Oklahoma State University’s Technology Business Assessment Group recently announced it will fund research on an approach to information protection called data shuffling. The...
Cisco Security releases IPS patch
Cisco Security released a patch today that fixes a vulnerability in its Intrusion Prevention System.
10 signs HP is serious about software
HP hosted its annual Software Universe show in Las Vegas and revealed product enhancements, business plans and technology partnerships.
Web sites for the apocalypse
So, here's the idea: We're living in some future, post-apocalyptic world where the Internet and all computer technology is gone. No Web, no digital storage, nada.... 3
Ex-Nortel execs charged in accounting scandal
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police this week charged three former Nortel executives with fraud stemming from an accounting scandal that led to their ouster in 2004.
Top 500 supercomputers: Welcome to the petaflop generation
Welcome to the petaflop generation. That was the message Wednesday as the new most powerful supercomputer in the world, IBM's $100 million Roadrunner system installed at the...
Network World's Products of the Week
HP, Continuity Software, and Tandberg aired new products this week.
Firefox 3.0 released as browser climbs the charts
Firefox 3.0 went live Tuesday to big fanfare -- and an early snag with Mozilla's servers -- while behind the scenes the open source browser continues to claw its way up the... 10
HP, VMware team to manage virtual servers
HP announced an expanded partnership with hypervisor market leader VMware that would have the two vendors working together to develop management software products designed to... 1
WiMAX will get first commercial deployment in September
After months of uncertainties, it looks as though Sprint will launch its first commercial WiMAX services this September.
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Telepresence system takes aim at the low end
Tandberg is announcing what it calls an instant telepresence system and a new video phone, both of which attempt to make high-quality videoconferencing accessible to more...
Enterprises baffled by unified communications, survey finds
Most small and large enterprises are uncertain of the benefits of a unified communications implementation, according to a recent survey of 2008 networking plans from...
Vodafone CEO Sarin steps down, to be replaced by Colao
Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin will step down from the top job at the mobile operator in July, the company said Tuesday.
VON trade shows may be in trouble
The founder of Pulvermedia - the producer of VON trade shows - has resigned, leaving in doubt the future of the shows, which were among the earliest venues for Internet voice... 2
XO expands Ethernet footprint
XO Communications announced today that it has expanded the reach of its Ethernet services to include more than 500,000 businesses in 75 major metropolitan markets. 1
Skype claims improved voice quality for version 3.8 software
Skype has released an upgraded version of its VoIP software client for Windows PCs that cuts out more background noise and drops fewer calls, the eBay subsidiary said.
Adtran announces stand-alone IP PBX
Adtran is introducing at Interop a stand-alone IP PBX and new IP phones.
Siemens offers contact-center software for its unified communications server
Siemens is introducing a version of its contact-center software that plugs into the company’s Unified Communications Server.
HD videoconferencing for less
LifeSize Communications has a new high-definition IP audio/video package that drops the previous lowest price of its gear for one site by $1,000.
XO adds roaming features to its IP-Flex service
XO Communications announced Monday that it has added roaming features to its IP Flex service that are tailored toward remote office work.
Top trend at Gartner conference may be budget cutting
The cost-cutting phase of this economic downturn is coming, and when it does it may arrive like a thunderbolt, with force and immediacy, Gartner Inc. analysts warned at a...
5 Essential RIM BlackBerry Keyboard Tips and Tricks
We're always learning new BlackBerry tips and tricks. This week we bring you five advanced keyboard tricks for your smartphone that enable you to switch directly from one... 1
How Cisco lost out in networking Battlestar Galactica
The Sci-Fi Network series Battlestar Galactica starts its fourth and final season tonight and Network World has obtained a document written by a Cisco sales trainee... 15
Laptop makers go for single adapter, both 3G cell standards
The U.S. has a cell data standards problem that Qualcomm aims to bridge for business travelers who want mobile broadband around the U.S. and around the world. The three 3G...
Taking a cautious approach to convergence
Lessons learned from a VoIP foot-dragger include keeping an eye on phone costs and making sure you have enough network capacity to support converged traffic. 1
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HP chief Hurd fields questions about EDS buy
HP Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd made a brief cameo during HP Technology Forum & Expo keynote address to re-assure some 7,000 attendees on the quality of the deal. And he later...
CiRBA to optimize virtual environments
CiRBA announces Data Center Intelligence 5.0, which now provides automatic updates to analysis to help IT improve performance and utilization across virtual environments.
Master data management: forgiveness for all past sins?
Newly released research and analysis from Aberdeen Group has uncovered one main reason why many enterprises' interest in master data management (MDM) initiatives is growing:...
Hiring great IT staff: the Spiegel Brands interview process
Great IT staff is hard to find, says Elvis Cernjul, senior director of technical services at Spiegel Brands. But one key to finding-and hiring-great IT staff is the knowing...
Beijing prepares for 'High-tech Olympics'
All over Beijing, Olympic countdown clocks tick off the seconds that China has awaited for seven years: the moments until Aug. 8, 2008, at 8:00 pm, when the opening...
Presidio launches managed network services
Presidio Networked Solutions, a systems integrator based in Greenbelt, Md., has formed a business unit that specializes in network management.
Indian BPO company Genpact gets into training business
Genpact, a BPO (business process outsourcing) company in India, is investing in a training joint venture with NIIT, a large Indian training company. Genpact's entry into the...
NetPro upgrades management tools at Microsoft TechEd
NetPro Tuesday upgraded a trio of its tools focusing on new features for Windows access management, auditing, logging and compliance, and support for non-Windows platforms.
Glassdoor.com - a clear view for the terminally nosey
A new Web site, Glassdoor.com, offers insights into employers, what they're paying and what staff members think of the boss. If, like me, that's too attractive a combination...
CEOs will disrupt companies to challenge them
Modern CEOs are as much a force of disruption to your organization as market forces, George Colony, himself a CEO at Forrester warned attending CIOs at the research company's...
H-1B Visas Don't Need to Be Capped, But Eliminated
Want to get tech workers and tech employers riled? Bring up the topic of H-1B visas-the program that currently permits 65,000 "guest workers" with a bachelors degree or... 7
CBI understates Web surfing abuse
The Confederation of British Industry apparently thinks that the average U.K. office worker spends 90 minutes a week on personal web surfing. Depends what you call average, I...
Start-up SevOne tackles severe performance problems
Start-up launches appliance designed to help enterprise network managers better deal with severe network and application-performance management problems.
U.S. corporate IT spending outlook still murky
A new study from ChangeWave Research finds that while corporate IT spending will likely remain fairly anemic throughout 2008, there are faint signs of stabilization.
Flexible workplace: Lots of talk, little action
In spite of gas prices now topping $4 per gallon, employers are slow to offer employees the opportunity to telecommute to offset rising transportation costs. According to a...
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ESoft spam filter goes mobile
Security appliance developer eSoft has updated its e-mail gateway with the ability for users to spam-file or whitelist e-mails from any device, including a BlackBerry or...
Press takes on the hard drive
Tales abound of how best to destroy a hard drive. Some organizations remove the disk platters' magnetic coating with a power-sander, others use high-powered metal shredders,...
FaceTime security program locks out MySpace applets
FaceTime Communications has added a feature to its security appliance that lets IT administrators selectively filter out third-party applications built for MySpace.
Microsoft's critical Bluetooth patch didn't work on XP
Microsoft has reissued a critical Windows security patch, saying that the fix didn't initially work on the most recent versions of Windows XP.
Apple fixes Safari 'carpet bomb' bug
Apple has reversed course and patched a bug in its Safari browser after security researchers showed how it could be used to run unauthorized software on a Windows machine.
Data shuffling: A safer way to analyze confidential data?
Oklahoma State University’s Technology Business Assessment Group recently announced it will fund research on an approach to information protection called data shuffling. The...
Teens charged with loading spyware, changing grades
Two Orange County, California, teenagers have been charged with breaking into high school offices and using stolen usernames and passwords to change lackluster grades to A's.
Data thieves get focused (but buyers get sloppy)
When it comes to online data theft, credit card numbers and bank account data are so 2007.
Ask.com places privacy policy link in home page
Ask.com has decided to put a link to its privacy policy on its home page, something that search-engine rival Google has declined to do and that has earned it criticism from...
Swedish parliament approves bugging bill, after delay
On Wednesday evening the Swedish parliament voted to approve a bill that will make it possible for local authorities to monitor e-mails, fax messages and telephone calls.
Firefox 3 vulnerability found
Five hours after Mozilla officially released Firefox 3.0, researchers found a vulnerability in the new browser. 10
Trend Micro retools antimalware software
Trend Micro's CEO Eva Chen says the security firm is adopting a new product-architecture strategy it calls Smart Protection Network that relies more on a new type of... 3
A misconfigured laptop, a wrecked life
When the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued Michael Fiola a Dell Latitude in November 2006, it set off a chain of events that would cost him his job, his friends and about...
Vote on Swedish bugging bill delayed
The Swedish parliament has delayed a vote on a bill that would allow local authorities to monitor e-mail and fax messages and telephone calls.
Security firm finds server with health-care data
Security researchers with Finjan Software are seeing a growing thirst from cybercriminals for data other than credit-card numbers, with the latest findings including servers...
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Verizon expands 50Mbps FiOS footprint
Verizon plans to expand its 50Mbps FiOS Internet service to cover all 10 million homes and businesses that are currently within its FiOS network footprint. 3
Wireless modems not just modems anymore
Huawei Technologies and Sony Ericsson have launched wireless modems for High-Speed Packet Access networks that try to be more than just modems.
Ex-Nortel execs charged in accounting scandal
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police this week charged three former Nortel executives with fraud stemming from an accounting scandal that led to their ouster in 2004.
Speech technology powers Instinct, other wireless devices
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Sonus helps carriers add voice to WiMAX services
Sonus Networks has unveiled a new solution aimed at helping carriers add voice services to their WiMAX offerings.
WiMAX moves forward with certification
The WiMAX Forum issued its first certifications for Mobile WiMAX products operating at 2.5GHz on Tuesday.
Adobe 'pleased' with Flash on iPhone progress
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen this week confirmed work continues to make Flash available on the iPhone, but warned the work isn't complete yet.
Facing rivals, Celtel pushes more promotions
In a move that underscores strong mobile market competition, Celtel is publicizing another promotional campaign, sponsoring two Sierra Leoneans to go to the U.K. to witness...
IPhone 3G activation will be required at time of purchase
Since the iPhone 3G was announced last week, speculation has run rampant that you would be able to activate the phone within 30 days. However, AT&T said this is simply not...
WiMAX will get first commercial deployment in September
After months of uncertainties, it looks as though Sprint will launch its first commercial WiMAX services this September.
MobileMe: What you need to know
The iPhone isn't the only Apple product getting a July makeover. Apple is also revamping .Mac, its collection of Web-based tools. Starting next month, .Mac gets new...
Africell launches new services in Sierra Leone
Africell Sierra Leone has launched three new services for its subscribers - Intelligent Clip, SMS2Email and Call Me for free.
MLB readies $5 At Bat iPhone app
One of the new mobile apps that was demoed at last week's WWDC keynote and will be available upon the launch of Apple's new App Store is MLB At Bat, from Major League...
Yahoo moves deeper into mobile ads, search in Asia
Yahoo pushed to solidify its position in mobile advertising and search Tuesday with a series of new deals in eight Asian countries and territories.
Sony Ericsson launches phones for photographers and gamers
Sony Ericsson has launched five new phones, including a Cyber-shot model with an 8.1-megapixel camera, a phone for gamers, and two phones for developing markets that the...
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Microsoft extends life of MSN Music tunes
People who bought songs from Microsoft's now-defunct MSN Music service will get three more years to move the music to new devices and operating systems after a change of...
HP reorganizes printer division
Hewlett-Packard will reorganize its printer unit in an effort to more efficiently serve customers, the company said.
Roku Netflix Player
In January 2007, DVD-rental service Netflix introduced its Instant Watching service, which allows Netflix members to watch movies and TV shows streamed over the Internet....
Microsoft supports women in Kenya
Microsoft has sponsored ICT and entrepreneurship training for 1,093 Kenyan women from six settlements under its Unlimited Potential program.
Takara Tomy develops world's smallest karaoke system
If you thought sitting next to someone blasting their iPod was bad, just wait until October when Takara Tomy launches a portable karaoke system that allows would-be crooners...
Microsoft unveils first OS for portable navigation devices
Microsoft on Tuesday introduced its first-ever embedded OS for portable devices that use GPS and maps to get people where they want to go.
UK insurer scraps GPS vehicle-tracking policy
One of the U.K.'s largest insurance companies has scrapped a high-tech vehicle insurance plan that tracked drivers using GPS (Global Positioning System), watching where they...
Canon Vixia HV30
Like what we saw happen to VHS technology when the DVD became popular, MiniDV tapes are gradually becoming a technology of the past. Most camcorder manufacturers are turning...
BlackBerry Tips and Tricks: More Keyboard Shortcuts
For such a tiny little device, that BlackBerry smartphone of yours has an amazing amount of functionality packed in behind the scenes. But, unfortunately, realizing the true... 3
Trade agency rejects GPS patent claims against Broadcom
The U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected patent claims against Broadcom by GPS (Global Positioning System) vendor SiRF Technology.
June's coolest gadgets
Every year it happens: as the summer approaches in northeast Asia and the weather heats up, the gadgets get hotter too. I was lucky enough to get my hands on HTC's Touch Pro...
New Nokia phones targeted at enterprises
Nokia has expanded its family of enterprise phones with the introduction of the E71 and E66, which come at a time when Apple, Research in Motion and Microsoft are trying...
Support grows for universal power adapter
A technology that could help the environment by eliminating the need to ship a power adapter with every electronics device got a vote of confidence Friday from consumer... 3
Sharp puts its 108-inch LCD on sale
The world's largest LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor can now be yours -- if you have a deep wallet. 1
Yang sums it up, iPhone goes 3G
Yahoo CEO and cofounder Jerry Yang probably spoke for more people than he could possibly imagine when he said, "clearly it is time to move on," at a news conference after the... 3
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ISPs experimenting with new P2P controls
Peer-to-peer traffic management was a hot topic at this year's NXTComm convention in Las Vegas, as several telecom panelists and keynote speakers highlighted new methods for...
Alcatel-Lucent buys service mgmt. partner for $68 million
Alcatel-Lucent (see how green the company's switches are) this week said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Motive, a provider of service management...
Carriers look to next US administration
The major U.S. telecommunications carriers aren't sure what to expect from the next presidential administration, but at least one is hoping for a resolution of the Comcast...
Foundry, Extreme weigh in on Carrier Ethernet
Count Foundry Networks and Extreme Networks among those marking progress on Carrier Ethernet initiatives at this week’s NXTcomm conference.
Microsoft turns to Europe for help in cracking search market
Microsoft is pinning its hopes on European researchers to help it shake up the search and advertising marketplace. It plans to open a search technology center somewhere in...
Carrier Ethernet strikes a chord
Carrier Ethernet is a hot topic at this week's NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas, with three major vendors offering enhancements to their product families.
Microsoft touts IE 8 features for IT
Microsoft Wednesday said it would ship the next beta of Internet Explorer 8 in August and detailed a number of new features to help ease companies' deployment and management... 2
Major ISPs to block online child porn
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo signed deals with Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint to shut down major sources of child pornography on the Internet. 4
Cisco broadens video vision with acquisition, product expansion
Cisco this week announced plans to purchase Denmark-based DiviTech A/S, a provider of digital-service management systems, as part of a broader video strategy and product... 2
Momentum, some confusion mark 'Enterprise 2.0'
About 1,200 people are expected to attend this year's Enterprise 2.0 show, set to begin Monday in Boston, a rise of about 20 percent, according to the conference's organizer,...
Redback debuts Ethernet carrier switch
Ericsson subsidiary Redback Networks this week introduced a line of Carrier Ethernet switches intended to converge fixed and mobile networks.
China takes broadband crown from U.S.
China overtook the United States as the largest fixed broadband subscriber market in the first quarter, according to market research firm Dittberner Associates.
Juniper launches automated support services
Juniper Networks is about to introduce new phone-home support services to discover and resolve security and performance incidents for customers. The company's goal is to help... 1
New Comcast traffic management targets users, not protocols
Comcast announced this week that it will no longer target individual protocols for traffic shaping, and will instead slow Web traffic for individual users who consume a... 4
Urban, rural broadband connectivity divide probed
A new report issued by CDN provider Akamai shows that there remain significant disparities between urban and rural areas in delivering broadband connectivity in the United... 6
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Blade consortium backed by IBM, Intel predicts the future
Blade server industry group Blade.org, founded by IBM and Intel, says big trends are network convergence with Ethernet technology; advanced energy efficiency techniques such...
China government office denies Microsoft investigation
China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Thursday denied press reports that it was investigating or planned to investigate Microsoft for anticompetitive behavior,...
Samsung, Siltronic open $1B wafer factory in Singapore
Samsung Electronics and Siltronic opened a new US$1 billion factory in Singapore Thursday to produce 300-millimeter silicon wafers for the chip industry.
Hands on with MSI's Wind low-cost laptop
Taiwan's Micro-Star International announced its competitor for the new low-cost laptop market, Wind, early this month at Computex, and I got a chance to try it out at MSI's...
Final Olympic technical rehearsal successful
The second of two technical rehearsals for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games was declared a success Thursday by Beijing Olympic technology officials and Olympic systems...
ScreenRecycler 1.16
Editor's note: The following review is part of Macworld's Summer of Mac Gems series. Each business day until the middle of August 2008, the Macworld staff will use the Mac...
Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M
Fujitsu's ScanSnap S300M takes the technology from the company's well-received desktop document scanners, such as the ScanSnap S510M, and puts it into a device that's easier...
Software makes virtual servers a moving target
Carefully managed virtual servers can make the job of attackers more difficult by reducing the time that any one version of a server is exposed to the Internet, according to...
EBay boosts fraud protections for PayPal users
EBay has unveiled expanded protections for those buyers and sellers in its marketplace who complete transactions using the company's PayPal online payment service.
Starcomms connects Abeokuta in southwest Nigeria
Nigeria's leading CDMA (code division multiple access) provider and fourth-largest telecommunications operator, Starcomms Limited, has expanded its network to connect...
100G backers seek to prevent repeat of 40G delays
Carrier backbone vendors working on 100G-bps (bit-per-second) network equipment are trying to head off a repeat of the rocky development cycle for 40G-bps gear.
EU gives COMESA £20 million for ICT policy review
The European Union has given the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) £20 million (US$31 million) for an ICT regulatory and policy harmonization program in...
Telcos react to import duty removal on equipment
While telecommunication companies in Uganda have welcomed the government's proposed removal of Value Added Tax on telecommunications equipment, they have vowed to continue...
Arm to duel with Intel in the server space
Arm wants to challenge Intel's server market dominance by plugging its multicore chip designs into servers, but the company faces an uphill battle, including the market's...
Reports: Yahoo's executive exodus continues
Yahoo continues to lose high-ranking officials, as more business and technology leaders give up and bail out of the company as its years-long corporate turmoil shows no sign...
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Yahoo to add new domains to Webmail service
Yahoo is adding two new domains to its Webmail service in order to make millions of new addresses available to current and future account holders.
Verizon expands global unified communications services
Verizon Business is expanding its unified communications services to several European countries in move that the company says will help "advance global collaboration."
10 signs HP is serious about software
HP hosted its annual Software Universe show in Las Vegas and revealed product enhancements, business plans and technology partnerships.
Red Hat Summit panel: Who 'won' OOXML battle?
The OpenDocument Format has benefited from the two-year battle over the ratification of Microsoft's rival Open Office XML standard, which is native to its Office 2007 suite,...
Icahn launches blog, highlights corporate 'absurdities'
Activist investor Carl Icahn launched his own blog, the Icahn Report, on Thursday, apparently in an attempt to point out "absurdities" in the U.S. corporate system.
Oracle raises prices significantly for some products
Amid tough economic times and about a week before its fiscal year earnings report, Oracle has pushed through a number of significant price increases on its products.
Customers demand tighter integration while HP plugs software holes
HP announces new products and partnerships designed to help customers better build and manage IT environments, but industry watchers and customers want the vendor to stay... 1
Microsoft reissues patch, encourages XP SP2, SP3 re-installs
Microsoft Thursday blamed human error for having to reissue a patch originally released last week to close a critical flaw in Windows and encouraged users of Windows XP SP2... 1
Bill Gates impersonator also winding down his career
Steve Sires has been impersonating Bill Gates for a decade now, and following him into retirement might not be any different. 1
Red Hat debuts new hypervisor, open-sources Linux management platform
Red Hat released a new server virtualization platform and open sourced the code of Red Hat Network.
Red Hat develops Linux-based hypervisor, virtualization security tool
Red Hat released a beta version of a Linux-based hypervisor that fits on a flash drive.
Ixia develops P2P traffic simulation tool
Ixia, a Calabasas, CA-based testing-equipment vendor, has added a P2P simulation feature to its IxLoad testing tool. 1
Microsoft unaware of reported China investigation
Microsoft said it is unaware of an investigation into whether the company unfairly dominates China's software market as reported by the country's state media on Wednesday.
Firefox 3.0 released as browser climbs the charts
Firefox 3.0 went live Tuesday to big fanfare -- and an early snag with Mozilla's servers -- while behind the scenes the open source browser continues to claw its way up the... 10
Microsoft releases near-final beta of HPC Server 2008
Microsoft Wednesday said it plans to release at the end of the month another beta of its Windows HPC Server 2008 and that the final version will ship by year-end.
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