WLAN patent threat may be resolved; Google Apps upgraded

Daily News: PM This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Network World Daily News: PM, 10/03/07 NEWS PODCAST: NETWORK WORLD 360, 10/03/07 AT&T has clarified its terms-of-service clause that had the blogosphere up in arms over possible contract termination for criticizing the company. The rule is not that Draconian, says AT&T. And StopBadware.org is out with its 2007 Trends in Badware report, warning users that danger remains, even on allegedly trustworthy sites. (5:30) WLAN PATENT THREAT MAY BE RESOLVED A roadblock that reportedly could have held up a key wireless LAN standard seems to have been cleared now that an Australian research group has responded to the IEEE standards body. E-MAIL SECURITY, COMPLIANCE UPGRADED IN GOOGLE APPS Google is upgrading its set of Google Apps office tools with e-mail security and compliance features, stemming from its acquisition of Postini, ... Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. LEWD CELEBRITY PHOTOS MASK TROJAN PAYLOAD Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry were unwilling vectors of a massive spam campaign last month, in which naked pictures of the two actresses ... THE 16 GREATEST MOMENTS IN WEB HISTORY Depending on how you calculate it, the Web has been around for between 15 and 17 years -- which makes it old enough to ask for the car keys, but ... JUNIPER NAMES NEW ENTERPRISE CHIEF Juniper Networks this week named Mark Bauhaus executive vice president and general manager of its enterprise-focused Service Layer Technology group. AT&T SIGNS NETWORK MANAGEMENT DEAL WITH IBM AT&T announced yesterday that it had signed an agreement with IBM to serve as the company’s provider of outsourced telecommunications and network ... APPLICATION BLOCKING DIMINISHES IPHONE Forget bricked iPhones. For many iPhone users, the biggest disappointment with last week's iPhone software update wasn't that it rendered unlocked phones inoperable but that it disabled third-party apps that have sprung up for Apple's device. And that could lead to ongoing grief for the company, analysts say. 3COM PARADES NEW VoIP TELEPHONY KIT The impending acquisition of 3Com by Huawei Technologies and Bain Capital, overshadowed its unveiling (in the U.S. at least) of new IP telephony offerings ... IT JOB OUTLOOK 7 STEPS TO TAKE NOW FOR A BETTER JOB IN '08 Dreaming of ringing in the New Year with a new job under your belt -- either at your present company or with an entirely new employer? Don't forget ...

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