Friday, December 14, 2007

Xbox signal suspected of jamming WLANs; Cisco: the new software giant; Google's challenges in '08

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Strange Xbox signal suspected of jamming wireless LANs

John Cox By John Cox
The Microsoft Xbox 360 console emits a strong signal that might pose a problem for a WLAN or Bluetooth device. One college reports on its discovery of the strong and strange Xbox signal. Read full story

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Cisco: the new software giant
For the first time, Cisco has assembled all of its software assets - IOS, Unified Communications, Collaboration and Network Management - under a single organization. Senior Vice President Don Proctor took some time at this week's C-Scape analyst conference to talk with Network World Managing Editor Jim Duffy about Cisco's software plan. Plus: 
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Despite runaway success, Google in 2008 will face key strategic challenges in the online video and mobile advertising markets.

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Microsoft Thursday released the first public beta of its virtualization technology, shipping the bits ahead of its previously planned date in early 2008.

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