Tuesday, August 07, 2007

All Things Gibbs

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All Things Gibbs




Network World's All Things Gibbs Newsletter, 08/07/07

All Things Gibbs

By Mark Gibbs

Gearhead: A look at 2D bar-coding

Have you noticed over the last few weeks in the dead-tree version of Network World there has been a section that displays a curious pattern of dots and invites you to direct your cell phone’s Web browser to http://wap.connexto.com?

To read this week's Gearhead, click here.

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Backspin: Making Nicky proud

Last week I discussed IT in terms of a pack of dogs. But as I concluded, most of us are not animals so getting ahead in IT is actually a little more complicated than the dynamics of a canine hierarchy. Of course, in some companies, that’s only slightly more complicated.

To read this week's Backspin, click here.

Gibbsblog: The past 7 days

Get a First Life

It's summer, so I guess there's just not enough going on to keep the press busy. After all, they've been riding the Lindsey Lohan horse for nearly two weeks now.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1.Undercover TV producer booted from DefCon
2. Do Not Call Registry gets wake-up call
3. NAC alternatives hit the mark
4. Newspaper outs ‘Fake Steve Jobs’
5. Cisco founder unveils the Next Big Thing?
6. Tech-support poser gets sensitive info from IRS
7. Cisco founder brings optics to the router guys
8. The case of the great hot-site swap
9. IBM saves $250M with Linux-run mainframes
10. Researchers flag VoIP exploits at Black Hat

MOST E-MAILED STORY:
Hogwarts IT director quits


Contact the author:

Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog.

Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here



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