| Nortel to shed shareholders meeting, more employees
Nortel recently revealed plans to cancel its annual shareholders meeting, requested an extension to its bankruptcy protection, and indicated that more layoffs are on the way. Wi-Fi on airplanes: Should there be limits?
Cox: I noticed several Web posts dealing with this basic idea: with a growing number of airlines (and rail lines and bus lines) offering Wi-Fi Internet access for passengers, are there and should there be any limits on what you should do with that access? No budget for tech services? Charge it
HP Proactive Select program lets customers buy service bundle packages that can be put to use over several years as part of a credit plan. Windows 7 gets IPsec VPN client
Windows 7 is still in beta, but that hasn't stopped German security developer NCP Engineering releasing what it claimed is the first universal IPsec VPN client for it. It is making the software available as a free beta ... Alcatel-Lucent broadens Carrier Ethernet lineup
Alcatel-Lucent unveiled enhancements to its Carrier Ethernet lineup that include a customer premises switch for business VPNs. Google's Latitude: Not new, but worrisome
Bradner: Google recently made a big splash when it announced Latitude - a new application that lets you let your friends know where you are in real time. The size of the splash is a... Engineers, Not Scientists, Will Rescue the Economy
Sevcik and Wetzel: To kick start the U.S. economy we need more engineering chutzpah. Enterprise firewall at consumer prices?
Shaw: Check Point Software Technologies this week announced version 8.0 of its Check Point ZoneAlarm Secure Wireless Router Z100G, with new security features and enhancements that provides "advanced enterprise level protection for consumers' home or home office wireless networks." The $149.95 Z100G is now available through the ZoneAlarm Web site. Microsoft shuts off Windows 7 beta downloads
Microsoft has shut off the Windows 7 beta spigot, but will allow users who have started the download process to wrap it up by Thursday. Microsoft posts 10,000th patent
Microsoft Tuesday said it recorded its 10,000th U.S. patent, which came on the back of technology used in its Surface computing platform. Microsoft My Phone is only the bait
Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley notes that My Phone is significantly more limited than Google's and Apple's sync services, but feels its just a diversion to the real cloud strategy. Layoffs - An Interesting Twist - want to move to India?
IBM is reportedly offering to send laid off workers to India (for Indian wages), says blogger Kerrie Meyler. Today on Microsoft Subnet
Patch Tuesday holds no surprises: Microsoft patches Exchange, IE7, SQL Server, Visio; Discussion ensues over angry shareholders accusing Microsoft of squandering billions on pointless R&D projects. Today on Cisco Subnet
The largest coordinated ATM rip-off ever nets $9M in 30 Minutes and Jamey Heary explains how they did it; Good luck to all CCDE testers; Cisco announces a string of WiMAX deals in Eastern Europe; Cisco partners with Indian outsourcer to service U.S. enterprises. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. | 
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