Ambitious Google not setting any limits; Report: Apple prepping nano-iPhone this year

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Cisco Best Practices for Extending Your Network Architecture Access podcasts, whitepapers and more that offer best practices and principles for extending your architecture across a campus. Learn about the design principles that will transform your campus net and how to tackle the critical areas of integrated security, unified network services and more. Click here to read now! Network World Daily News: PM, 07/10/07 Ambitious Google not setting any limits on business deals, acquisitions Is there any business Google won’t get into? The planned acquisition of e-mail security service provider Postini is just the latest example of Google expanding beyond its core business of selling advertising related to online search. Last month, Google bought GrandCentral Communications, which makes a voice-messaging service that provides users a single phone number. Google struck a partnership in April to sell advertising for Dish Network satellite television, and is building an engineering team to bring Google technology to television worldwide. Report: Apple to unwrap less expensive nano-iPhone this year Still basking in the glow of its overly hyped iPhone launch, Apple plans to launch a cheaper version of much-sought after devices in the fourth quarter. IT jobs get hot as baby boomers retire IT managers facing the inevitable loss of skills due to retiring baby boomers must look to new audiences to recruit top talent and retain skilled IT workers, according to industry research firm. Manage Insider Security Threats Experts say 75% of security threats come from inside your organization. Watch the latest Network World Editorial Perspectives Webcast today, "Security From the Inside," and learn which technologies and processes best protect your intellectual property and assets inside the perimeter. Click Here to View Microsoft sets initial pricing, rollout for CRM Live Microsoft Corp. continues to prepare for the third-quarter launch of its Dynamics Live CRM service with Tuesday's announcement of initial pricing and product information. Microsoft to launch next product wave in February Microsoft said Tuesday it would formally unveil the next wave of its enterprise products -- including the long-awaited Longhorn version of Windows Server -- in February 2008 at a launch event in Los Angeles. Sprint Nextel bid talk 'groundless' says SK Telecom South Korea's SK Telecom Tuesday denied a local newspaper report that it is preparing a bid for Sprint Nextel. IBM unveils virtualized, encrypted tape storage IBM introduces virtual tape-library and data-encryption capability. Microsoft enlists Turbolinux to develop translator for Open XML, ODF Microsoft says the top Linux distribution in Asia-Pacific, Turbolinux, is joining Novell, Linspire and Xandros in creating document translator tools. Cisco, Microsoft, EMC join on gov't data project Several technology companies will build a system to let the U.S. government share data securely among its various agencies, a goal it has struggled to achieve since the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

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