How Darwinian: Evolution of 6 key techs; Cisco gets generous; This week's 25 most-read stories

Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Oracle Why you Should Run Oracle Database on Windows Discover an optimized database solution that's scalable, reliable and provides high performance. Learn about the architecture of the Oracle database on Windows and how it differs from UNIX and Linux. Get the facts today. Spotlight Story How Darwinian: Evolution of PCs, Macs, Internet, routing, cell phones and Windows By Network World Staff Feb. 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and this year mark's the 150th anniversary of his "On the Origin of Species." In Darwin's honor, we take a look at the evolution of six key network technologies. Evolution of the PC The mobile phone evolution Evolution of the router Evolution of the Internet Evolution of Microsoft Windows Mac Evolution: Apple's 11 Most Intriguing Computer Designs Related News: News podcast: Network World 360 While the constant news of technology industry layoff announcements may have you thinking that huge numbers of IT workers are out on the street, the numbers they report do not reflect actual people losing their jobs, according to some analysts. Also, a new report by Cisco says mobile Web traffic volume will double every year between now and 2013, when traffic will total roughly 2.2 million terabytes per month. (6:51) Cisco may offer to finance $10M per client for UC deployments Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese has the inside skinny on what could be Cisco's latest attempt to convert Nortel customers to its UC wares -- a generous financing offer with no-interest terms. Satellites collide, create major flying junk pile It was perhaps inevitable that satellites would collide in space. Indeed that happened Tuesday when an Iridium satellite smacked into an inactive Russian Cosmos-2251 military satellite. The crash happened almost 500 miles above Siberia, reports said. This week's 25 most-read stories 1. Evolution of the router 2. Evolution of the Internet 3. Largest Coordinated ATM Rip-off Ever Nets $9+ Million in 30 Minutes 4. Evolution of the PC 5. A few clean words from the creator of Cursebird 6. Google adds ActiveSync to accommodate iPhone, Win Mobile 7. Angry shareholders say Microsoft squanders billions on pointless R&D projects 8. Kaspersky says Web hack 'should not have happened' 9. Microsoft rounds out voice assault 10. Credit Card Skimming: How thieves can steal your card info without you knowing it 11. Evolution of Microsoft Windows 12. Wikileaks releases 6,780 Congressional reports 13. Palm pulls the plug on Palm OS, bets the future on Pre's webOS 14. Top 10 hot spot safety tips 15. The mobile phone evolution 16. IBM, Juniper join in cloud strategy 17. Google's Latitude: Not new, but worrisome 18. FAA network hacked 19. Tech layoffs: The real numbers aren't so bad 20. Mommas don't let their babies grow up to be engineers 21. Most notable IT layoffs of 2008 22. Mac clone maker wins legal round against Apple 23. 10 of the Worst Moments in Network Security History 24. 20 cool third-party iPhone apps 25. Microsoft goofs, unveils new Web-based smartphone sync service Today on Google Subnet John Brandon says Google PowerMeter’s just a bit too ambitious; while Phil Lenssen catches Google penalizing itself; plus, 8 ways to get noticed on Google News; Social bar makes Google Friend Connect even friendlier; and location-aware Gmail rivals Mail Goggles in silliness. IT & social networks Survey takes a look at where IT pros do their social networking. 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Download this Executive Guide now.   02/12/09 Today's most-read stories: Evolution of PCs, Macs, Internet, routing, cell phones, Microsoft Windows Largest coordinated ATM rip-off ever nets $9+ million Palm pulls the plug on Palm OS, bets the future on Pre's webOS NSA identifies top 25 programming errors Shareholders say Microsoft squanders billions on R&D projects WiMAX coverage to reach 800 million by 2010 WAN critical to virtualization's payoff Tech layoffs: The real numbers aren't so bad FAA network hacked Cisco: Mobile data traffic to grow 66-fold by 2013 Avoid the SMB Technology Quagmire SMBs have concrete technology needs, but it's difficult to find cost-effective, easy to manage and secure solutions. Get real-world advice on how to complete this task in this Special Briefing, "Avoiding Techno-quicksand for Small and Medium Businesses." Find out how to select the right products for your organization today. Download this Special Briefing now. 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