Elvis Lives! But he's a bit robotic

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Special Report: Manage VoIP with a Lean Staff Discover how IT executives are managing the riding tide of VoIP and collaborative applications rollouts and operation despite lean network staffs with Network World's latest Special Report "VoIP and Beyond". Click here to download this Special Report. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 08/23/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEOS: Elvis Lives! But he's a bit robotic Keith finds out that Wowee's Alive Elvis is more than just a singing robot: It can do tech support and help with a quick trip through the HOV lane. * TALKING COOL TOOLS Network World's Network Applications Buyer's Guide Find the right network applications for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will help you quickly pinpoint what you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guide now. Advice from the gadget guru, Keith Shaw Baby gadgets, car gadgets and secret methods for gaming at work. Check out the transcript from Keith’s live chat. Your next chance to text chat with an IT industry celeb is Tuesday, Aug. 28, when security guru Joel Snyder discusses the Truth about NAC. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Safety tip: Keep your cell phone out of your pocket Special co-host Neal Weinberg joins Keith to talk about the Citrix/XenSource $500 million acquisition, why Nokia cell phone owners might want to check their batteries, and why naming your kid a punctuation symbol isn't such a great idea. (36:25). * LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA: How Consumer Tech Could Cripple IT Employees adding Skype to a notebook or buying their own smart phone may seem harmless, but this growth in consumerization will be a nightmare for IT departments. New devices like the iPhone and consumer-based social networking tools can create a recipe for disaster. The old "search and destroy" methods won't work -- IT needs a new Zen-like approach to handling the "rogue end users" who infiltrate a company. Josh Holbrook, program manager for enterprise research at Yankee Group, discusses the issue with Keith Shaw. (18:24) * LATEST FROM THE VIDEO LIBRARY: Court hears U.S. spying lawsuit arguments Hearings at a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday stirred up questions about whether the Bush administration answers to anyone in its war on terrorism. A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard arguments about whether two lawsuits over alleged warrantless government surveillance should be dismissed.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown 2. Microsoft-Cisco collaborative lovefest over? 3. 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com 4. U.S. kills controversial anti-terror database 5. TiVo's disaster recovery plan 6. 10 virtualization companies to watch 7. Monster.com identity attack may continue 8. Google Earth gets starry-eyed 9. Survey: Cisco has the knack for NAC 10. Top 10 'networkiest' eBay oddities MOST E-EMAILED STORY: 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com

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