Thursday, December 13, 2007

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Top 5 Christmas Internet shopping scams
With a lot of online holiday shopping going on at work, IT managers and end users are vulnerable to an increase in holiday-related Internet scams, including phishing. Keith Shaw talks with Audri Lanford, co-founder of ScamBusters.org, about the top five Christmas Internet scams for 2007. (10:55)

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Verizon has its answer to the iPhone
Voyager is Verizon's answer to the iPhone. The multimedia phone lets you watch TV, play music, take photos (2.0-megapixel digital camera) and browse the Internet, as well as make phone calls and perform messaging, including text messages, and mobile instant messaging (with AOL, Windows Live or Yahoo's messaging clients). The external color display has a touchscreen like the iPhone, with the added feature of tactile feedback (the phone vibrates a bit when your finger touches the screen), and the menu items have the iPhone-like black background and colorful icons.

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That inkblot looks like Batman
Jason and Keith discuss the huge increase in malware this year, whether inkblots could replace passwords, and why a stuffed Christmas cat is the perfect gift for a Yankee Swap. Plus Keith has a scoop on Linksys. (54:35)

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Automation vendor gets into the ring with management heavyweights
Run-book automation start-up Optinuity says it will go more than a few rounds with the likes of BMC, HP and IBM -- all of which have made big moves into the automation market. Senior Editor Denise Dubie speaks with Optinuity Chairman and CEO Scott Stouffer about how the vendor broadened its technology with self- and policy-based management capabilities that automate more than just simple tasks. (18:10)

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Six Minutes With ... Christina Lampe-Onnerud, CEO of Boston-Power
Battery life – it's the bane of existence for oh-so-many business travelers. So when Boston-Power came to market at DEMO 2007 with a revolutionary new concept in power supply, everyone took notice – and the attention has exploded since then. With rapid growth across all sectors of their business, we ask Boston Power CEO Christina Lampe-Onnerud (pictured) how she manages to stay focused and keep the eye on the ball. Her answer, and a discussion of how to helm a start-up on the fast track, in this episode (6:05).

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w00t gets word of the year? Gratz!
The fine hipsters over at Merriam-Webster have decreed that l33t-speak word "w00t", spelled with two zeros instead of the letter O, is the 2007 word of the year.

CliffsNotes for iPod: Cheat-sheets for a new generation
Those little yellow books have gone digital. CliffsNotes (don't drop the S!) are now available, from Modality, at www.raybook.com.


THE FASTEST FIREWALLS
Clear Choice Test  Crossbeam, IBM win raw performance test; Juniper scores on price.

HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
2007 Cool Yule Tools - Holiday Gift Guide Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas.

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Holiday Tech Toys
Stumped on what gadgets and gizmos to give this holiday? Have no fear, Cool Tools' Keith Shaw is here. We do all of the heavy lifting of wading through hundreds of submitted technology products to find the very best holiday gift ideas. Click here to view our holiday gift guide: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_1210

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TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

  1. Payment processor accused of taking millions
  2. AT&T employees sound off on telework cuts
  3. Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa
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  5. Top six Cisco acquisitions of 2007
  6. The nine worst Microsoft products
  7. 2007 Cool Yule Tools gift guide
  8. Review: Who's got the fastest firewall?
  9. AT&T expands reach of 40G backbone
  10. Wireless hits crossroads, Part 2


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