| How serious is threat to power grid? Depends who you ask
Expert opinion differs widely over a report that the U.S. electric power-grid has been compromised by cyberspies, perhaps from Russia and China, who have installed malware so they can disrupt industrial control systems for electricity distribution in the event of a conflict. What's on tap from EMC, VMware? Major virtualization, storage upgrades promised
EMC has not yet revealed the nature of its upcoming storage announcement, but says it will be one of the most important in its history. 'Anonymous' doesn't mean nobody knows who you are
Colbin: Two articles -- one detailing the concerns of European commissioner Meglena Kuneva, the other describing a study proving that anonymity is no safeguard -- reinforce a concept that has never been a secret: Anonymity is not the same thing as privacy. Wireless and the Artificial Heart
Mathias: Last week I visited with a few members of the engineering staff at Abiomed, a medical-devices company in Danvers, MA. Abiomed specializes in cardiac-assist devices, mechanical pumps that help a damaged heart to heal by offloading some of its pumping for a period of time. But their most exciting development is the AbioCor, a fully-implantable (i.e., no tubes or wires passing through the skin) mechanical artificial heart. The Last Days Of Nortel?
Nickasch: While news on the Nortel front has been quiet in the last few months, rumors are abound once again, spelling the nearly immediate and final death of Nortel. F5 upgrade speeds, secures application delivery
F5 is enabling machine-to-machine communications among its Big-IP acceleration devices to secure and speed links among corporate offices. 10 Twitter tips from early federal adopters
Having trouble convincing your boss that Twitter isn't a waste of time? Then you might find it interesting to learn that social media evangelists across the U.S. federal government are blasting out Tweets several times a day to their constituents. Here are their suggestions for how to integrate new media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and Flickr into a large, old-fashioned bureaucracy. Plus:
Follow Network World on Twitter iPhone Skype may be tip of the iceberg for carriers
Though mobile operators say they want more open phone platforms and are moving toward packet-based 4G networks, they are stuck between a future of being "dumb pipes" like DSL or cable operators and a present in which the bulk of their revenue still comes from the sale of voice minutes. Sprint working with Barnes & Noble on e-reader
Barnes & Noble is reportedly working with Sprint Nextel Inc. and an unnamed manufacturer to build an e-reader device to compete with Amazon's Kindle and Sony's digital book reader. AP Seems Shocked to Discover its Own YouTube Channel
The Associated Press--inadvertently, it seems--is giving away video content on its YouTube channel, but don't embed it in your blog unless you're ready for a fight. That's what happened earlier this week to AP affiliate WTNQ-FM in Tennessee, who received a cease-and-desist letter from the AP's Chicago office after posting content from the AP's YouTube channel on its Web site. Pentagon paid $100 million for six months of cyber defense
Protecting defense department networks cost taxpayers more than $100 million over the past six months, U.S. Strategic Command officials said yesterday. "Pay me now or pay me later. "In the last six months, we spent more than $100 million reacting to things on our networks after the fact. It would be nice to spend that money proactively to put things in place so we'd be more active and proactive rather than cleaning up after the fact," one general said. Is Nvidia Starting a New Trend Away From Extravagant Exec Compensation?
Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley takes advantage of a report about Nvidia nixing its executives bonuses to recalls with fondness the heyday of the company's products. Cisco moving into CDNs?
Cisco's acquisition of colocation space in various U.S. data centers sets tech blogs abuzz this week that it might be looking to offer content delivery network services. Today on Layer 8
We join the stink over the Colbert space toilet as the Space Frontier Foundation advocacy group urged NASA to respect the results of a nationwide contest to name a new space toilet for International Space Station (ISS). Video: Eye-tracking system goes open source
Eye tracking software that allows a person to control a cursor with eye movements is typically an expensive package of hardware and software, but students from the IT University of Copenhagen have developed a low-cost, open source option. Video: Keyboard design prevents typos?
A keyboard with tactile error prevention prevents users from making typing errors. Today on Google Subnet
Google, Microsoft fall short in netbooks--and other areas; Google makes App Engine more enterprise-friendly; Revamped Web Gmail hints at mobile future; and Google Blogoscoped is annoyed by Google ’s Friend Connect Bar. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. | 
A look at the top 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble.
A detailed account of how much tech chiefs made in 2008.
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