The week's 25 most-read stories

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by ComBrio MSP Remote Device Support - a New Approach, a Better Technology Are today's enabling technologies for remote device support meeting managed service providers (MSPs) expectations? Are they adopting new enabling technologies to offer true value-added services? Are MSPs demonstrating their ability to provide a full service outsource solution that extends beyond basic remote monitoring, which includes proactive issue discovery as well as rapid response to poor network performance or outages? This whitepaper will review these questions and more. Network World Daily News: PM, 08/30/07 The top 25 most-read STORIES and BLOGS this week 1. Airline puts a Linux PC in every seat 2. Network Nerdiness trivia quiz 3. What do metal whiskers look like? 4. Open source companies to watch 5. Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, F-Secure charges 6. How close is World War 3.0? 7. iPhone unlocker trades phone for 'sweet' car 8. Acer to acquire Gateway in $710 million deal 9. iPhone unlocking video hits Web 10. Virtualization companies to watch 11. Hot IT jobs: Systems administrator 12. U.S. troops swap combat ideas on new Web site 13. The Monster.com mess 14. Vista SP1 beta on the way 15. Storm worm spam spoofs YouTube 16. Guide to online security 17. Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch 18. Vista equals Edsel? 19. Storm worm's virulence may change tactics 20. WGA meltdown raises doubts about Microsoft reliability Best practices for WAN Optimization Join Mark Fabbi, Gartner Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, as he discusses the four critical actions you must take to meet your application acceleration goals. Also, learn how to choose the best WAN optimization solution for your needs, how to building a scalable architecture and more. Click here to learn more. 21. Microsoft says Cisco's CallManager is inferior to its new server 22. The virtues of putting virtualization on a chip 23. WAN acceleration offers huge payoff 24. With NAC, small vendors rule, expert says 25. Networkiest eBay oddities The most-read REFERENCE PAGES this week 1. Security Research Center 2. VoIP Research Center 3. Cisco Subnet 4. LANs & WANs Research Center 5. Management Research Center

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Microsoft blames human error for glitch 2. Airline puts Linux PC in every seat 3. Vista SP1 beta on the way 4. PDF spam levels plummet 5. iPhone unlocking video hits Web 6. Windows Server 2008 delayed again 7. The metal-whisker menace 8. iPhone unlocker trades phone for 'sweet' car 9. How close is World War 3.0? 10. Deja vu: Sony uses rootkits, F-Secure says MOST E-MAILED ARTICLE: Airline puts Linux PC in every seat

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