Opening office doors for $10

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Akamai Technologies Perk up apps with Web acceleration Discover why one enterprise made the decision to go with a managed Web application service provider to improve application performance. This IT shop decided that a distributed datacenter was too costly and is now reaping the benefits of outsourcing. Its once sluggish application is now chugging along. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 08/09/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEO: Opening office doors for $10 Cool Tools At Defcon, a hacker shows how a $10 chip called the Gecko can be used to open almost any card-protected office door. * LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMNS: Network World VoIP and Convergence Buyers Guide Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information will quickly help you pinpoint the hardware or software you need to build out a converged voice and data network. 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 Buyers Guide now. WirelessPhiladelphia? Most of the time I spent a couple of days last week in Philadelphia — not because I had a hankering for cheese steak (although it helped that I could get some while I was down there), but rather to try and see whether the new city-wide Wi-Fi rollout really was all it was cracked up to be. * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Philadelphia Wi-Fi Freedom Jason and Keith discuss new flaws for Mozilla's Firefox, the $50 billion government contract for IBM and AT&T, and figure out why Elton John might not want to shut down the Internet. * LATEST COOL TOOL BLOG: A one-in-a-quintillion bottle cap? Coke has been running is My Coke Rewards program for more than a year now, offering soda drinkers the chance to earn "rewards" for just being loyal soda drinkers. Since I'm on a 2-3 Diet Coke-a-day habit, I've been saving my bottle caps and earning reward points (usually 3 points per bottle cap). * LATEST FROM THE VIDEO LIBRARY: Defcon nabs undercover TV reporter Attendees at the Defcon hacker convention in Las Vegas spot an undercover Dateline NBC producer and escort her away from the facility. 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, August 17. Network product bargains Where do you turn to for bargains? Are pricing structures from major vendors a nightmare? What's your best deal, ever? Join the discussion.

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