Monday, September 10, 2007

Apple and Palm head in different directions; Why PDF spam went pffft

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Voices of Networking, 09/10/07

By Jeff Caruso

Cool Tools: Apple and Palm head in different directions, 09/06/07: It was hard not to notice the timing of separate announcements last week from two of the biggest companies in the portable-device market.

'Net Buzz: Here's why .pdf spam went pffft, 09/06/07: Expert explains why .pdf spam seems to have disappeared so soon after becoming a staple of junk e-mail.

Backspin: Safety by disclosure, 09/06/07: Why full disclosure matters when it comes to security failures.

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Johnson: Universal Services Fund fraud, present and future, 09/05/07: Johna Till Johnson: FCC gears up to repeat past mistakes of Universal Services Fund.

Bradner: Japan ahead of United States on high-speed Internet access front, 09/04/07: Japan’s far-faster consumer Internet services have columnist Scott Bradner thinking about U.S. efforts to speed up services for consumers -- and businesses.

Dzubeck: Network Evolution – Services-Centric Networking, 09/04/07: Every once in a while a subtle evolutionary change occurs that dramatically affects the future of networking. As IT is making a dramatic transition to an SOA, the networking industry has been hesitant to embrace and commit to the transition.

Nutter's Help Desk: My laptop can't see my network anymore, 09/03/07: I am on a network and never had a problem with printing to various printers that are on the network. All of sudden, I cannot print to any printer and there is no recognition on my computer of the network (or any printers for that matter). I have a ...

Gearhead: I just need PHP 4.3.2 or higher! 09/05/07: Let me start by asking if any of you have experience with Plesk? Plesk from SWsoft is a Web-based control panel for Windows and Linux servers that has been adopted by a number of hosting providers.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Verizon smokes out another family
2. Vista’s IPv6: Not an easy upgrade
3. Engineers rescue aging satellites
4. Why do AdblockPlus users hate my kids?
5. Why .pdf spam went pffft
6. Open source proponents denounce MCPP
7. Microsoft buying RIM (Blackberry)?
8. Apple offers $100 refund to iPhone buyers
9. Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act
10. Cisco consumer move afoot, leaders suggest

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Jeff Caruso is managing editor of online news for Network World. He oversees daily online news posting and newsletter editing, and writes the NetFlash daily news summary, the High-Speed LANs newsletter and the Voices of Networking newsletter. Contact him at jcaruso@nww.com



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