| Sharp turns like Cisco's have a long history
If Cisco Systems announces its first blade servers on Monday, as expected, the news may well herald a major expansion of the dominant networking company's business. But even though it's the most hotly anticipated move in a long time for an IT vendor, this isn't the first case of a company taking a big gamble on entering into a new business. Bribery case creates possible IT security nightmare in D.C.
After being arrested on bribery charges Thursday, the District of Columbia's top information security official is being held without bail, partly because of uncertainty about whether he still has the ability to access the district's IT systems. Apple Facing Lawsuit Over Exploding iPod Touch
A mother from Ohio says her son's iPod Touch exploded in his pants, caught fire, and left him with serious burns. Now, she's suing Apple for $225,000 in damages. Hurrah Berners-Lee! Web celebrates 20th anniversary
Twenty years ago, computers were either the size of a basketball court or they were novelties that we played with. Twenty years ago, we got our news at 6 p.m. on television or in the morning newspaper. Twenty years ago, if you wanted to buy a sweater, you drove from store to store until you spent as much on gas as you did on the sweater. Sprint shareholder sues over telco's financial performance
Sprint’s troubles with integrating Nextel users into its service and billing platforms have been well-documented. But now one Sprint shareholder is suing the company for allegedly making “false and misleading statements” about the extent of its difficulties during its Nextel merger. Dangerous Windows Error Message Errors
Weadock: Yes, you read that correctly. I’m writing today about Windows error messages that are… erroneous. Actually I’m hoping that you will chime in with your own examples, but to start things off, here’s one I have run into several times in recent weeks. Report: Microsoft U.S. search share hits 12-month low
Microsoft's share of Internet searches in the U.S. fell to a 12-month low according to Comscore's report of Internet search queries for February. Foreign Web attacks change security paradigm
Traditional security systems may be ineffective and become obsolete in warding off Web attacks launched by countries, according to Val Smith, founder of Attack Research. New attack trends include blog spam and SQL injections from Russia and China, Smith said during his talk at the Source Boston Security Showcase on Friday. Microsoft: IE8 faster than Firefox, Chrome
Microsoft said this week that its own speed tests prove Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is faster than either Firefox or Chrome. Spammers Kick Job Seekers While They Are Down
Heary: Yet another malicious e-mail outbreak is soaring around the Internet. This one is specifically targeting those that are job hunting. Identity theft leads to murder
Identity theft is getting truly nasty. In this case a woman who was apparently breaking into corporate accounts and stealing identities as well as dollars, was killed by three men who wanted her laptop and likely the cash stream the identity thefts were generating. Video: Dan Kaminsky gives DNS bug update, one year later
About a year ago Dan Kaminsky found a serious DNS bug that threatened the internet. It’s been about 9 months since the patch came out and Kaminsky gave us an update at Boston’s Source conference. Today on Microsoft Subnet
Winners of January and February giveaways. Today on Cisco Subnet
Winners of the January and February giveaways; So – are the router prices lower, or not?; Why CxOs, VP’S and director’s should always return e-mails and calls. 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. | 
Testing shows Microsoft's Exchange still tops for features and management hooks.
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