All Things Gibbs NetworkWorld.com | Software Research Center | Update Your Profile Wi-Spy spies on Wi-Fi By Mark Gibbs MetaGeek's Wi-Spy 2.4x Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer can help you understand your radio environment and diagnose Wi-Fi problems. Read full story Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist and now blogger: Check out Gibbsblog. Gibbs not only pens (well, keyboards) this newsletter he also writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. We’ll spare you the rest of the bio but if you want to know more, go here MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY SILVER PEAK Best Practices for WAN Optimization with Data Replication Learn the keys for successful data protection across the WAN in this informative whitepaper, Best Practices for Deploying WAN Optimization with Data Replication. Get tips on how to configure these platforms and how to optimize your deployment. RELATED NEWS: Backspin: 2008: Time for outrage and speaking up In January last year I wrote that 2006 was "The Year of Not Enough Outrage" and I’m disappointed to say that, looking back, I don’t think 2007 was any better on that score. Read full story. Gibbsblog: The past 7 days Say Goodnight, Vista Face it. Vista was never about you. It was all about them and protecting their copyrights. BillyG felt he had to do it because he dreams of ruling your set-top box. Restore Support for Old Files Formats in Office 2003 SP3 I just came upon this tip while reading Digital Inspiration. Useful stuff for those folks affected. Intel leaves the OLPC after dispute Essentially Intel's Classmate PC means more to Intel than it's six-month association with Negroponte's Dream. Good for Intel, bad for OLPC. Tumblr Greetings and Happy New Year to everyone. I survived the holidays, barely. I don't dare step on the scales, but at least I can still fit into my old blue jeans. Hope everyone enjoyed a safe and festive holiday season, and avoided any champagne made in China. The Most Beautiful Graph Anyone with a mathematical inclination knows that numbers are beautiful and that pictures of numbers ... that is to say, graphs ... are even more beautiful. EVERYTHING THAT MATTERS Exploring what matters most in IT today. TAMING THE VIRTUAL BEAST VM management tools from Microsoft, VMware, XenSource leave room for improvement. SPONSORED BY SILVER PEAK Best Practices for WAN Optimization with Data Replication Learn the keys for successful data protection across the WAN in this informative whitepaper, Best Practices for Deploying WAN Optimization with Data Replication. Get tips on how to configure these platforms and how to optimize your deployment. Complimentary Subscriptions for IT Professionals Sign up today and receive a yearly subscription to Network World magazine. Each week Network World is jam-packed with news, analysis, expert industry opinions and management advice that many network IT professional can't live without. Why not join them? Click here to subscribe: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_0102 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   01/08/08 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: The IT department is dead, author argues Cisco's virtual switch smashes records Google Android faces big problems The 15 best downloads of the year Facebook's malicious widget - 'Secret Crush' Is a Wi-Fi virus outbreak possible? Cisco set-top boxes on tap for CES 10 slick and cool IE extensions Cisco may use 450Mbps chipset in 11n gear Everything that matters in IT MOST READ TEST: Cisco's virtual switch smashes records Webcast: Beyond perimeter security Listen to industry experts discuss the need for strong security throughout an IT environment. One expert says, the barbarians are not at the gate, they are already inside. Securing one access point to your network simply is not enough. Learn more today. Access this webcast now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's All Things Gibbs newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007