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Network World Daily News: AM, 06/01/07 Google Desktop vulnerable to new attack
Just one day after a security researcher showed how Google's Firefox toolbar could be exploited in an online attack, a similar flaw has been discovered in the Google Desktop. Avaya buyout speculation reflects churn in the VoIP market
With speculation that Avaya is in play for an acquisition, things will be different for VoIP users or the overall market, analysts and observers say, no matter what happens. Why you think Apple is enterprise-ready
Adopters of Apple server and storage gear say the technology is ready for the rigors of enterprise IT duty. They point to the vendor’s shift to the Intel architecture, plus its support of directory services, clustering and other technology advances. | ENTERPRISE NAS - TRENDS, ISSUES & OUTLOOK Watch Network World's Editorial Perspectives webcast on Enterprise NAS for the issues, trends and new developments affecting today's enterprise network storage environment. View to understand the latest thinking on Network Attached Storage (NAS) and its place in today's enterprise. Click here to watch now! | | Ex-Cisco bigwig Volpi to head Joost?
Former Cisco executive Mike Volpi is reportedly headed to Joost to be the online video company's next CEO. Networx Enterprise: Five carriers claim piece of $20-billion pie
All five carriers that bid on the U.S. government’s 10-year, multibillion-dollar Networx Enterprise program were awarded contracts on Thursday, opening up the federal telecom market to more competition than ever before. ChoicePoint settles with 43 states over data breach
ChoicePoint agreed to bolster security and conduct periodic audits in a settlement with 43 states and the District of Columbia stemming from a 2005 data breach in which the personal records of 163,000 consumers were compromised, various news outlets reported today. Security flap: 'Responsible disclosure' debate flares anew
When a recent hacking contest won security researcher Dino Dai Zovi a $10,000 award for breaking into a MacBook Pro computer by exploiting a flaw he’d discovered, the contest reignited a long-simmering debate over “responsible disclosure” of vulnerabilities. Dell to lay off 10% of employees
Dell will lay off 10% of its 78,800 workers, in a continuing effort to improve profits as the company also completes an investigation of accounting fraud, it said Thursday. Ballmer translates 'software and service'
Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service." Study: Outsourcing critical to corporate strategies
Outsourcing remains a top strategy among companies looking to lower costs and optimize services as a majority of senior operating executives report they will continue to outsource IT, HR and R&D functions, according to a recent survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Podcast Too much e-mail? Just give up!
Jason and Keith chat about the Spam King being arrested, new devices from Microsoft and Palm, and whether people overloaded with e-mail should just give up and declare 'e-mail bankruptcy.' Plus: More e-mail from Mac fans and everyone loses. Blogs Who's really behind the cyber-war on Estonia?
Network World Senior Editor Ellen Messmer ponders whether Estonia is under attack by the Russian government or Russian hackers - or whether it matters. Buzzblog: Doc’s blog proves poisonous in court
In the final analysis, Flea – known offline as Dr. Robert P. Lindeman – simply couldn’t resist the urge to scratch that blogger’s itch: the urge to blab. Trouble is he blabbed while a malpractice suit against him was in progress. Bad idea. Today on Layer 8, we find out why Bill Gates and Steve Jobs weren't stand-up comedians:
By most accounts last night’s historic Q&A with Apple’s Steve Jobs, 52, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates, 51, was a cordial, nostalgic affair. Naturally we here at Layer 8 need to find the humor in everything, so we looked for the barbs and we found a few. For example: Jobs noted that his company's iTunes software is one of the most popular programs on computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system. "It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell," he said. |
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