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Network World Daily News: AM, 09/12/07 ANALYSTS: APPLE NETWORK DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE Google and Intel have already expressed interest in the forthcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. Now, speculators say Apple may throw its hat into the ring. IS FREE NATIONWIDE BROADBAND WIRELESS DEAD? Much to the dismay of some smaller Internet providers, the fate of the 2155-2175MHz band is still up in the air. DOES 802.11N SPELL THE 'END OF ETHERNET'? Is the advent of the 802.11n wireless standard the “end of Ethernet”…at least in terms of client access to the LAN? Network World Buyer's Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guides now. | | THE BLACK MARKET FOR IDENTITY THEFT Where in the past a single person might execute a cybercrime from beginning to end, nowadays there is a division of labor. Some cybercriminals can focus on building exploit tool kits while someone else becomes a bot-herder, collecting and aggregating botnets (networks of remotely controlled compromised computers). The most disturbing aspect of the emergence of black markets is how they have increased the efficiency and profitability of identity theft. CISCO SAYS ACQUISITIONS DON'T IMPEDE BEST-OF-BREED At the Security Standard Conference in Chicago, Cisco deflected criticism that its acquisitions are hurting innovation by pointing to the maturing security market. WINDOWS HYPERVISOR GETS FIRST PUBLIC BETA Microsoft later this month will release the first publicly available beta preview of its new hypervisor virtualization technology,company officials said Tuesday. IRONPORT HEIGHTENS DATA-LOSS PREVENTION, ENCRYPTION IronPort adds data-loss prevention and encryption features to its e-mail security appliance. VIDEO SECURITY BUZZ: WHAT CONCERNS ATTENDEES Attendees at The Security Standard conference in Chicago share their thoughts on the biggest security threats facing enterprises today. BLOGS TODAY AT CISCO SUBNET Cisco says it has moved on since its ugly spat with hacker Michael Lynn two years ago. Now it positively embraces hackers. Cisco remembers employee Suzanne Calley who perished in AA flight 77 on 9/11. Cisco trainer Wendell Odom discusses what it takes to become a CCENT. Do Cisco's acquisitions stifle innovation of niche companies? Has Cisco dropped Palm for its mobile workforce or not? TODAY ON MICROSOFT SUBNET Patch Tuesday included four patches, one critical for users of Windows 2000. Microsoft wins privacy policy patent for blackmailing users. John Obeto’s open message to SCO’s CEO: “Dude, it is over. Really. Truly over.” FREE GIVEAWAYS Microsoft Subnet and New Horizons Computer Learning Centers are giving away one free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Cisco Subnet and Cisco training partner Skyline ATS are giving away a free training course of the winner's choice, worth up to $3,495. Microsoft Subnet also has 15 free copies of the hilarious best seller, “Why Software Sucks... and What You Can Do About It" to give away. Cisco Subnet also has 15 free copies of the training library CCNA Official Exam Certification Library (CCNA Exam 640-802), 3rd Edition to give away written by respected training authority Wendell Odom. Deadline for the giveaways: Sept. 30. TODAY ON LAYER 8: SOME MAY LIKE IT HOT, BUT ONLY NASA COULD LIKE IT THIS HOT: NASA researchers have designed and built a new circuit chip that can take the heat of a blast furnace and keep on performing. Silicon Carbide (SiC) chips can operate in 600 degrees Celsius or 1,112 degrees Fahrenheit where conventional silicon-based electronics -- limited to about 350 C -- would fail. |
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