Before iPhone: The most-hyped tech products ever; Researchers map the Internet

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Tripwire Time to retire your firefighting gear Preventable "emergencies" and IT busy work keep your staff from focusing on important projects. Download this free whitepaper and learn how you can identify the sources of unplanned work and eliminate them, freeing your staff to concentrate on projects that will truly benefit your enterprise. Network World Daily News: AM, 06/27/07 Before iPhone: The most-hyped tech products of all time The iPhone isn’t the first tech product to generate a deafening amount of buzz before its availability in stores. Here’s our list of the most-hyped tech products of all time. More iPhone news: AT&T details iPhone service plans, iTunes activation Will wait for beer: iPhone spawns gray market New Yorkers camp out for iPhone despite summer heat IPhone may struggle out of the gate Apple rivals dread iPhone Israeli researchers map the Internet Israeli researchers have created a topographical map of the Internet by enlisting volunteers across 97 countries who agreed to download a program that tracks how Internet nodes interact. Optimize Your WAN: Network World Shows You How In this Executive Guide learn how optimization can supercharge your WAN. Click Here Cisco introduces entry-level networking certification Networking pros question its worth. T-Mobile to launch nationwide converged Wi-Fi, cell service T-Mobile USA Inc. planned to launch its converged Wi-Fi and cellular service nationwide Wednesday, following the introduction of the service late last year in Seattle. Microsoft launches Windows Live file sharing beta Microsoft Corp. Wednesday started limited beta offerings of Windows Live file and photo sharing services. BlackBerry banned (sort of) in France French spy chiefs, claiming that RIM’s BlackBerry device is a security threat because U.S. and Britain can snoop on French wireless e-mails, urge officials to scrap their handhelds. Microsoft security group makes 'worst jobs' list What do whale-feces researchers, hazmat divers and employees of Microsoft's Security Response Center have in common? They all made Popular Science magazine's 2007 list of the absolute worst jobs in science. Vendors show how to read RFID tags onboard trucks The latest wireless security problem for RFID is laid bare in a demonstration where researchers scanned RFID-tagged boxes loaded on a truck. Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 beta Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 gets IIS update as it moves toward year-end release. Blogs Buzzblog: $18 an hour to wait in an iPhone line? Sounds like easy money... but you have to factor in the public humiliation. Today's Cisco Subnet Is Cisco looking to launch an architect-level cert? Cisco closes the enterprise communications gap with Avaya. More than 50 school districts across the country have adopted the SchoolMessenger-Cisco integrated parental notification service. Jeff Doyle says a business case for IPv6 is mobility. Today on Microsoft Subnet Windows 2008 beta with IIS 7.0 beta is now available. Microsoft re-releases an “important” rated patch for Windows 2000, 2003 and XP servers. Google loses a round regarding Microsoft search complaint. Microsoft Vista six-month security analysis. All of the Web’s top Microsoft news on Microsoft Subnet. Today on Layer 8 we look right through the latest nanotechnology - get it? Transparent transistors and circuits that could be used in a wide range of applications from e-paper and flexible color screens for electronics gear to smart cards and "heads-up" displays in auto windshields is on tap from researchers at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center.

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