The case of the 500-mile e-mail; Lo-Fi Wi-Fi: Taking it to the streets

Voices of Networking This newsletter is sponsored by Tripwire The Key to Efficient IT: Change Management Research shows that IT groups that deliver top-notch user satisfaction and greater security also boast two top controls in their infrastructure: monitoring systems for unauthorized changes and defined consequences for them. Learn how improving change control can boost your organization's effectiveness and SOX compliance. Click here to download this whitepaper today. Voices of Networking, 06/25/07 By Jeff Caruso Baska: The case of the 500-mile e-mail, 06/09/07: I got this story a few years ago, but it looks like it originated some years before that. I haven't traced it back, but it's still a pretty good story, and seems plausible. You be the judge, and let me know what you think in the "comments." Tolly: Lo-Fi Wi-Fi: Taking it to the streets, 06/20/07: Strange times in Portland, Oregon: The Unwired Portland project is aimed at delivering Wi-Fi access to every part of the city, but some people just don’t get it - the signal, that is. Nutter's Help Desk: The best way to study for a CCNA on your own, 06/18/07: I have a chance to get a better position with my company. This requires that I get my CCNA to start and possibly continue on with getting a CCNP. I have worked in networking for several years, so I have some experience but not enough to where I feel ... The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDC's panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more Johnson: Beyond E911: 21st century emergency services, 06/20/07: Johna Till Johnson's Eye on the Carriers: All telecom service providers should be required to provide E911 services, even VoIP companies. Kobielus: Semantic Web: Stuck in neutral, 06/19/07: Ubiquitous semantic interoperability is like world peace: It's a goal so grandiose, nebulous and contrary to the fractious realities of distributed networking that it hardly seems worth waiting for. Bradner: A hidden value of the 'Net, 06/19/07: According to a June 16 article in the New York Times, the bloom may be off the rose of Internet sales. But I wonder whether the article is missing a key factor in how the 'Net contributes to Internet commerce. Backspin: What my parents don't know, 06/18/07: Hey Dude! What up? I'm jus' chilln', ya know? You got my message and you want in? No problemo ... Antonopoulos: CSO: Regrettable veto, 06/21/07: No CSO has “veto power” explicitly stated in his job description. But security is one of the few things other than money that can bring a project to a screeching halt. Gearhead: New Gearhead and some feedback, 06/21/07: What you will see in the new Gearhead will be more code when needed, screenshots, product shots, longer columns (when I have more to say) and, of course, worse jokes. Dr. Internet: How to get rid of a separator page, 06/21/07: I’m trying to help someone get rid of a separator page that only gets printed when using Microsoft Office software. Printing from the browser or notepad does not print a separator page. There is a button in the printer properties that displays a ... 'Net Buzz: Why isn't Singapore caning spammers? 06/18/07: It seems just a touch odd that last week Singapore for the first time invoked its Spam Control Act with nary a mention of caning among the consequences for violators. Cool Tools: Cool Tools moves online, 06/21/07: It’s the end of an era of sorts for the Cool Tools column. This is the last print edition of the column, which debuted as a weekly column on Sept. 10, 2001 (weird, huh?). It was around before occasionally to fill extra pages, but it officially became ...

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