| Crunch time for Apple's App Store: mounting frustration for iPhone developers
Cox: At least some developers are facing longer and longer wait times while trying to get their iPhone applications approved for Apple's App Store. For others, their existing contracts with Apple are nearing their end, and some people are wondering if Apple has a workable system in place to review and renew them. Spinning carbon nanotubes into gossamer wireless antennas
Cox: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have spun tiny carbon nanotubes into fine but very strong threads that successfully send and receive radio signals. Why spaghetti sauce outsells network management systems
Reese: Earlier this week, yours truly and Mike Patterson (president of network performance vendor Plixer International) were discussing Jimmy Ray Purser's excellent blog story - network management sucks, when suddenly, totally out of left field, Mike starts complaining about why spaghetti sauce outsells network management systems. Ruckus Wi-Fi gear goes upmarket
As Cisco Systems enters the beam-forming Wi-Fi market, a pioneer of that technology, Ruckus Wireless, is taking aim at Cisco territory: large enterprises. Windows 7's IE 'Off' Switch: What Took So Long?
In a Windows first, Microsoft has confirmed you'll be able to remove Internet Explorer and other previously integrated programs from the Windows 7 operating system. Internet Explorer 8 will be one of nine new options on the "Windows Features" customizable control panel. Windows Media Player and Windows Search are among the other services being added to the list. Microsoft contractor drops protest against pay cuts
A Microsoft contract worker who organized a protest against the company's plan to cut contractors' pay has abandoned that effort and accepted his pay cut. Vista-downgrade lawsuit revised; MS accused of price-gouging
The California woman suing Microsoft Corp. over Windows Vista's downgrade rights revised her lawsuit Thursday to focus her charges on the requirement that users buy the most expensive versions of Vista if they want to replace that OS with Windows XP. Cloud Computing: What UC Berkeley Can Teach You
Last month the UC Berkeley Reliable Adaptive Distributed Systems Laboratory (aka RAD Lab) published Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing." The report is an excellent overview of the move to cloud computing. It identifies some key trends, addresses the top obstacles to cloud use, and makes some excellent points about cloud economics. It also, in my view, understates a few aspects of cloud computing as well, primarily as a result of addressing the topic with an academic detachment. Overall, it's well worth tracking down and giving a read. Job 1 for New Federal CIO: Balance Openness with Security
President Barack Obama has repeatedly pledged to make the federal government more open, transparent and accountable to American citizens. After assuming office on January 19, 2009, he immediately took steps to act on his promise, which included issuing new, more open guidelines for the Freedom of Information Act, and more recently, ordering an overhaul of the federal government's contracting system. Video: Google Tip Jar shares money saving ideas
Since many are penny pinching these days, Google has decided to pitch in. The company has launched a new experimental Web site called Tip Jar. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. | 
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