Top 5 indoor summer vacation ideas

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Network General Ease Application Performance Headaches Four real-world case studies show you how network IT executives are improving performance in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "Perfecting App Performance Management." Also, discover tips, trends and expert advice on how you can take advantage of new technologies to stay ahead of performance problems. Click here to download. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 06/14/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEOS: Top 5 indoor summer vacation ideas Stuck inside on vacation? Or do you choose to be? Keith counts down five cool and fun things to do during your indoor summer vacation. * LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMNS: The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDCs 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 UpStage tries to upstage iPhone With last week's announcement by Apple that the heavily hyped iPhone will be available June 29, time is running out for phone companies to come up with their own iPhone killer or iPhone alternative. Looking at the dual-sided Upstage mobile phone, one has to wonder why nobody thought of merging a mobile phone and a digital music player before. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Twisted Pair Podcast: Spam spikes, Mac hacks and stealth attacks Jason and Keith discuss the latest onslaught of security threats hitting the planet, Avaya's $8.2B private-equity buyout, and why MLB still doesn't get the Slingbox. * LATEST COOL TOOL BLOGS: Summer Vacation Time If the nice weather has got you thinking about summer vacations, make sure to check out the Network World Summer Vacation Guide, which will present a list of stories, podcasts, videos and guides to get you ready. CA puts software on USB credit-card CA has an interesting new method to deliver its software – put it on a fancy USB device. Why stand-alone GPS devices are doomed I'm not yet saying the nail is in the coffin for companies like TomTom, Garmin and Magellan, but they better start figuring out ways to lower the costs of stand-alone GPS devices. The navigation application on a cell phone or smart phone will blow them out of the water. Call for entries: Be an Enterprise All-Star Get your IT glory Nominate your coolest projects for our third-annual Enterprise All-Star Award. The Enterprise All-Star Awards program honors user organizations that demonstrate exceptional use of network technology to further business objectives. Consider entering your great projects now. Find an entry form here.

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