Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown; 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com

Daily News: AM This newsletter is sponsored by Sterling Commerce SOA and the Business of Change Changes such as mergers, acquisitions and dealing with a competitive landscape are the ever fluid business and technical environment we all exist in today. With best IT practices and SOA strategy you can prepare for success through IT/business alignment, proper organizational change management and critical skills training. Download this webcast and listen to an IDC analyst take you through this critical subject. Network World Daily News: AM, 08/21/07 Gunplay blamed for Internet slowdown ISPs in the U.S. experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire. Identity attack spreads; 1.6M records stolen from Monster.com The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multi-stage attack that's stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said. Skype users don't buy outage explanation Ebay's explanation for last week's failure of its Skype communication service has left many users still wondering what caused the worst outage in Skype's five-year history. 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! ACM, Infosys create $150,000 computing award A new award that will honor mid-career computer scientists for outstanding innovations offers more than a pat on the back -- it also comes with a prize of $150,000. Ballmer parries discussion of Yahoo buy Try as he might, not even veteran U.S. television interviewer Charlie Rose could get Microsoft's Chairman and CEO Steve Ballmer to disclose whether the company continues to mull an acquisition of Yahoo. Google struggles with phone number 'for life' Google's GrandCentral Communications is finding it tricky to keep its promise to provide its clients with a single phone number "for life." Blogs Today at Cisco Subnet The meeting of Ballmer, Chambers revealed little that was new. Cisco is losing its grip of the Web phone market, while Avaya expanded its lead. Brocade and Cisco have agreed on a frame format for running Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Plus: Cisco targets hospitals as a growth market. Today on Microsoft Subnet Blogger Hanley asks, Can we please ban the “R” word - “requirement”? It is guaranteed to increase the cost of your IT project. PowerScript expert Tyson Kopczynski has got another free script for you. It's a Windows method for searching LDAP. Globetrotting Rand Morimoto has updates on the 2008 Imagine Cup in Paris. Gates and Chambers meeting - a merger of intentions? Today on Layer 8: Where we still like to hear the voices Seems that most IT workers don’t want to see or really hear each other in the workplace. That’s according to research that indicates e-mail has overtaken telephony as a the most common workplace communication tool. From a productivity point of view, the research shows that instant messaging, blogs and softphones are considered most disruptive, and could negatively impact productivity if not managed properly.

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