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Network World Daily News: AM, 07/31/07 The Simpsons Movie sparks spam blast
Spammers are jumping on the success of The Simpsons Movie to trick e-mail users into validating their addresses, so they can then send them more spam. Tool tests for phishing-attack gullibility
Do your company’s employees seem like easy dupes for e-mail phishing attacks and other scams? A vulnerability-assessment tool from Core Security Technologies lets you set up automated tests to find out. Cisco muffles Linksys death knell
The saga of Cisco and its Linksys consumer and small-business division continued last week as Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers hinted at the companies' future branding strategy. | Get Up to Speed on the Latest in WLANs Easily stay on top of the latest developments and issues in WLAN technology, standards, security, telephony, management and more with Network World's latest Executive Guide, "Keeping Up With the Wireless Whirlwind." Click here to download! | | San Francisco Wi-Fi wait grows
The next crucial votes on San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi proposal will be delayed until next month while chosen contractor EarthLink becomes increasingly skittish about building wireless networks for cities. Botnets identified and blocked with new hosted service
A security tool that identifies botnets and blocks attacks from these zombie networks is being made available by Trend Micro online in the software-as-a-service model. Cisco pushing virtualization, automation
Cisco last week unveiled its next-generation data center strategy along with a key product to support that vision at its annual Networkers conference. Microsoft breaks ground on San Antonio data center
Microsoft is relying on green technologies in its newest data centers, including one in San Antonio where it is breaking ground on Monday. Podcast Opalis keeps eye on New Century's systems
New Century Title Insurance company relies on data from multiple sources to keep its customers and agents informed. To make sure critical systems and feeds stay up, the company uses monitoring and remediation tools from Opalis. Marvin Stone, vice president and CIO at New Century, explains what Opalis' tools does and how the company uses them on this edition of Voices from IT Roadmap. (6:59) Blogs Buzzblog: E-mail etiquette question: Thanks or no thanks?
We're talking about those e-mail messages that say nothing but "thanks" ... even though the sender already said "thanks" in the e-mail that started the exchange. “The unadorned thanks,” if you will. Unnecessary? A waste of time for one and all? ... Or just being polite? Chime in. Vote in our poll. Today at Cisco Subnet
Brad Reese blasts Cisco's top Washington D.C. counsel for her "lame" thoughts about Google's bid for the 700 MHz spectrum auction. Data center blogger Doug Alger warns that cabinets in the data center may be fuller than they appear; plus see Doug's photo of Cisco's build a foam data center competition at Networkers. Cisco confirms the real fate of the Linksys brand. Plus: Did Cisco buy another Web 2.0 firm? Microsoft wants approval on its own open source licensing
Microsoft wants the open source community to give it a stamp of approval for its own method of open licensing. Is the move savvy – or just nervy? Today on Layer 8 where just becasue we are the best doesn't mean we have to says so:
If you have a hard time getting your CEO’s head through the office door, you should prepare your self and your company for a business rollercoaster ride from hell. That’s the conclusion of a Pennsylvania State study that measured the level of narcissism exhibited by 111 CEOs of computer software and hardware companies and compared it to the subsequent strategies and performance of those companies. |
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