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Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft Download the Windows Server(r) 2008 Beta: Join the global community. The Windows Server(r) 2008 Beta operating system is ready. See how built-in Web technologies make Windows Server 2008 a robust, security-enhanced, and reliable foundation on which you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user applications and experiences. Join the growing global community. Download the beta today. Network World Daily News: PM, 10/18/07 NEWS PODCAST NETWORK WORLD 360 The Senate introduced the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007, which proposes adding protections for consumers who fall victim to identity theft; Security researchers have found a way to execute cross-site scripting attacks through VoIP clients, introducing a dangerous new threat almost no one is guarding against; and, Leslie Daigle is the first chief Internet technology officer at the Internet Society. (6:06) The top 25 most-read STORIES and BLOGS this week Discover the Benefits to a Hybrid Storage Plan Download this Special Brief: Going beyond Disk vs. Tape. In it you will learn how these technologies should be used in combination to create the most powerful storage solution for your enterprise. Click Here for More Information 1. Cisco offices raided; executives arrested in Brazil 2. Swearing at work is a good thing 3. 10 funniest Microsoft YouTube videos 4. 10 IT security companies to watch 5. Gartner's top strategic technologies for 2008 6. Introducing the Google GPhonies 7. Noncertified IT pros earn more than certified counterparts 8. Networkiest horror films 9. Technologies we're glad are dead 10. iPhone is toxic, Greenpeace warns 11. Whatever happened to last year's security companies to watch? 12. What do you get when you spend $1 million on a single Cisco router? 13. How The Onion does tech 14. Cisco buyout rumor mill focused on WiMAX vendor 15. Microsoft switching SharePoint to claims-based authentication 16. IT pay falls short 17. Cell/Wi-Fi convergence based on novel approach 18. Gates says voice software spells death for PBX 19. Who needs NAC anyway? 20. Quantum cryptography to secure ballots in Swiss election 21. Trojan imitates Skype 22. Two schools say Cisco switches don't make the grade 23. Xerox document security blocks access to sensitive data 24. Could you be an Internet researcher 25. Cisco re-targets wireless for municipal enterprise networks

MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Swearing at work is a good thing 2. Cisco offices raided, execs arrested in Brazil 3. The million-dollar router 4. Noncertified IT pros earn more 5. Funniest Microsoft videos on YouTube 6. New cross-site scripting attack targets VoIP 7. Gates: Voice software means end of PBX 8. Top 10 strategic technologies for 2008 9. Trojan imitates Skype 10. BEA vs. PeopleSoft: 10 reasons it's different this time MOST-DOWNLOADED PODCAST: NW360: Cisco's offices raided; Trojan imitates Skype

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