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Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Logitech Recent studies show that a comfortable environment does more than make workers happy: it also improves productivity. Workers who rated their environment as "very" comfortable were 20% more productive than their counterparts. To see how Logitech PC Accessories can put your employees-and your company-in a more comfortable position click here. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 08/30/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEOS: Dis-Advantage HTC's Advantage 7501 promises lots of bells, whistles and mobile office features. But can it stand up to the glare of the iPhone spotlight? * LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMN: Network World Storage Buyer's Guide Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. From a tape library to an on-line backup service to a complete, drop-it-in-place SAN Solution, check out this Buyer's guide. With over 200 products divided into specific categories, you can conduct side-by-side comparisons and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Storage Buyer's Guide now. Speech-to-text the answer to voice mail The Vonage Visual Voicemail transcription service and its voice mail offering automatically transcribes voice mail messages into text, and then delivers the transcribed messages to either an e-mail address or text message to a cell phone (via SMS). Up to five e-mail addresses and five cell phones via text messaging can receive these messages. The transcription service is powered by Simulscribe, which automatically converts the voice message into a text file. In addition to the transcribed text, the service attaches a WAV file, so if you still need or want to listen to the voice message, you can. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Oven doors can't get ESPN Jason and Keith discuss the 'perfect storm' scenario that knocked out Skype, how Google wants to rule (or at least categorize) the universe, and how to tell the difference between a flat-screen TV and an oven door. * LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA: SOX at 5: Benefits and Headaches The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 turned five on July 31. Compliance with this federal law, designed to regulate the accounting and reporting practices of public companies, has become a top concern for executives, legal teams and the IT departments that support them. While the law has helped companies run tighter ships and secure themselves against threats, compliance has cost companies significant time, money and headaches. Many are wondering whether all the work is worth it. James Sayles, chief compliance advisor at Ecora Software and an expert in security, risk management and auditing, discusses the pros and cons of SOX with Cara Garretson.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Airline puts Linux PC in every seat 2. iPhone unlocking video hits Web 3. iPhone unlocker trades phone for 'sweet' car 4. Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, F-Secure says 5. The metal-whisker menace 6. How close is World War 3.0? 7. Metal whiskers: a visual tour 8. Meltdown raises doubts about Microsoft reliability 9. Is the bloom off municipal Wi-Fi? 10. Motorola slaps Aruba with WLAN lawsuit MOST E-MAILED ARTICLE: Airline puts Linux PC in every seat

Contact the author: Keith Shaw is an award-winning editor at Network World. In addition to creating the Cool Tools universe of columns, blogs and videocasts, he also edits the weekly DEMOletter newsletter and is the Programming Director at Network World, responsible for the multimedia strategy for the Web site. This newsletter is sponsored by Logitech Recent studies show that a comfortable environment does more than make workers happy: it also improves productivity. Workers who rated their environment as "very" comfortable were 20% more productive than their counterparts. To see how Logitech PC Accessories can put your employees-and your company-in a more comfortable position click here. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007