Nine wireless companies to watch; Cisco consumer move afoot

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Raritan Computer, Inc. Data Center Build outs Simplified Download this whitepaper, Data Center Transformations, to learn how to make data center build outs, consolidations and acquisitions (BOCA) less complex and time consuming. Discover tools and techniques as well as key questions and topics that should be discussed with the business management side of the house. or more information click here. Network World Daily News: PM, 09/07/07 Nine wireless network companies to watch Wireless and mobile companies you might not know but that are worth learning more about. Specializing in everything from smarter smart phones to going beyond the BlackBerry to exploiting XML data. Cisco consumer move afoot, leaders suggest Cisco Systems Inc. executives hinted at major changes in the company's consumer strategy on Wednesday even as they voiced optimism about networking and the world economy. Netscape goes back to the future AOL LLC's venerable Netscape.com site, given an extreme Web 2.0 makeover 15 months ago and transformed into a spiffy social news site, will revert to a traditional portal. Comprehensive Network Access Control The new wave of sophisticated crimeware not only targets specific companies, but it also targets desktops and laptops as backdoor entryways into business operations and resources. Network access control enables proper configuration and security of user endpoints before they are allowed access on the corporate network. Click here to download this whitepaper Bechtel put Vista’s IPv6 stack on trial Bechtel has been testing Vista’s IPv6 capabilities since January and so far likes what it sees. In fact, the engineering services giant plans to mandate the operating system for all new computer purchases by the end of the year. Juniper tuning itself for growth, efficiency Juniper implementing internal changes for growth, COO tells analysts. Battle of the free server virtualization tools With the recent initial public offering of VMware Inc. being greeted with a resounding cheer from investors, it's clear that virtualization is increasingly important to businesses. Corporations are working virtualization strategies into their budgets ... Google to boost universal search effort Google Inc. will become more aggressive with its universal search effort, making a bolder push to blend a variety of Web links into a single ... Talks under way to put Intel inside OLPC's $100 notebook Discussions are under way to put an Intel microprocessor inside a version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's "$100 laptop" for ... Social Security number use restrictions wanted A new poll released today by the Consumers Union suggests that a large majority of Americans support government action that would restrict the use of Social Security numbers. Blogs Today on Microsoft Subnet Microsoft shelled out $160K in the first half of 2007 for lobbyist fees. One issue on the agenda was tax breaks for R&D spending. New blogger Alex Lewis slices and dices Yahoo’s acquisition of BlueLithium. Does the buy mean Microsoft will no longer be rumored to be interested in Yahoo? Chris Dalby is digging up the best Microsoft add-ons and third party products. Today he looks at free code that integrate Sharepoint, .Net and Flickr. The Foleo was a dud So declares Microsoft Subnet blogger John Obeto: “In looks, functionality, potentiality, vision, everything! A 'companion device' for smartphones? Erhhh Dude, what do you call a laptop?” Navigating bad tech support Microsoft Subnet blogger Sue Hanley is fed up with awful tech support. Better search technologies, she says, could be the solution. Buzzblog: Verizon smokes out another family This time it's a Philadelphia family watching smoke billow from the front of their home after another Verizon FiOS tech drills into an electrical wire. The really bad PR news for Verizon? The homeowner happens to be a business reporter for Associated Press.

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