Wednesday, January 21, 2009

NetApp founder, bull castrator; FCC questions Comcast on VoIP management; WhiteHouse.gov's new file

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01/21/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Court rules Kentucky does not own the Internet
  2. Juniper expected to cut jobs amid weak demand
  3. Belkin fake reviews case raises broad questions
  4. How to protect your PC against the Downadup worm
  5. Sony: There's no way Xbox 360 will win in the end
  6. WLAN sniffers pass the sniff test
  7. F5 attempts to lure Nortel Alteon customers
  8. Cisco CTO could be tapped by Obama
  9. Top 10 YouTube hacking videos
  10. Obama's BlackBerry equals national security threat


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