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Network World Daily News: PM, 08/14/07 10 claims that scare security pros
A child with a chocolate-smeared shirt says, "I didn't do it" The phone rings, and Mom assures you, "There's nothing to worry about." A systems administrator carrying a box of tapes says, "We'll have everything back up in a few minutes." Sometimes the first words you hear -- despite their distance from the truth -- tell you everything you need to know. Study: Facebook users are easy targets for identity theft
Users of the Facebook social-networking site are too gullible in giving up personal information, which could make them the targets of identity theft, according to Sophos research. Microsoft fills two gaps in Exchange, but misses virtualization piece
Microsoft on Tuesday released the second beta of the first service pack for Exchange Server 2007, plugging two holes in the process that prevented users from integrating with Vista and Windows 2008. | 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! | | Unusual pump-and-dump spam run continues
More spam made its way to inboxes Monday touting a small Florida company first hit by a massive pump-and-dump spam scam last week. The company has denied any responsibility for the junk mail that drove up its stock price, and said it will look at stockholder data in the hope that it can uncover who was behind the scheme. Microsoft trumps Google on free e-mail storage limit
Microsoft is increasing the storage limit for its Web-based e-mail service, surpassing competitor Google's limit but far short of Yahoo's unlimited storage. Data-leak prevention agent upgrades from Provilla on tap
Provilla adds support for Windows Vista to its endpoint data-leak prevention agent. 'Hackers' deface U.N. site
"Hackers" defaced the United Nations Web site early Sunday with messages accusing the U.S. and Israel of killing children. As of late afternoon, some sections, including the area devoted to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, remained offline. Nokia says 46 million batteries may overheat
Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries manufactured by another company for use in its mobile phones because of a risk of overheating, Nokia said on Tuesday. Storage trade group gets green makeover
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has suddenly sprouted green leaves with a task force, working party, and tutorial all directed to making storage more environmentally friendly. It recommends storing less data on fewer disks and archiving to tape. Live Chat Live chat with Cool Tools columnist, Keith Shaw
You love his blog, his Twisted Pair podcast show, and his Cool Tools videos. Talk with Keith live about today’s best techno-toys. 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Aug. 17. Blog Today on Layer 8: where we prefer a more sedate Disney experience
In football, the move might be called taunting, subject to a 15 yard penalty. In the video gaming biz, such moves are called publicity. Damn good publicity. In this case, after a nearly 10-year hiatus, the cult classic and highly controversial video game Los Disneys is back, and nastier than ever if you believe the hype. In a nutshell, the first-person shooter game invites you to infiltrate Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom, kill Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, killer clowns, and a variety of tourists in an attempt to seek and destroy the cryonically frozen head of Walt Disney. The unauthorized game only ran on Macs when it was released in 1998, it now has updated artwork and sounds and is ready to go on Mac, Windows and Linux machines. Forum What's the best bargain on enterprise network products you've ever gotten?
Bought a bunch of Cisco routers for a song? Nabbed Windows Vista (legally) for a great price? We know people love to brag about saving money. Here's your chance to show your peers just how smart or lucky you've been. And if there are lessons to be learned here, all the better. We plan to write a story based on the best stuff. Join the discussion. | 
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