Linux driver chief went looking for Microsoft Microsoft is known for its bull-in-a-china shop tactics, but the vendor was actually pushed by the Linux driver project team to make Monday's historic code submission to the Linux kernel. The 10 Worst Video Game Systems of All Time You won't find many fanboys for these consoles, which unite terrible graphics with lousy games and underpowered hardware. Oh yeah--and some were obscenely overpriced, too! A year after Terry Childs case, privileged user problem grows One year after former network administrator Terry Childs made national headlines for locking up access to a crucial San Francisco city network, the issue of how to protect corporate systems against the very people who manage and administer them remains as thorny as ever. Could You be Hacked Like Twitter? The French hacker who broke into Twitter's Google Apps and stole more than 300 private company documents has revealed in detail how he did it. Report: Hacker broke into Twitter e-mail with help from Hotmail The hacker who stole confidential Twitter documents used a feature of Microsoft's Hotmail to hijack an employee's work e-mail account, according to TechCrunch, the site that published some of the Twitter documents. Does Cisco discriminate against CCIEs by not promoting them to management? Based on Cisco's most recent employee head count of 66,558, and my personal opinion that all CCIEs indirectly work for Cisco, CCIEs indirectly account for 30% of Cisco's entire worldwide workforce. Nevertheless, only 2 CCIEs appear among the 59 executives listed as members of Cisco's upper management ranks. Children's Hospital Boston secures high-traffic workstations Children's Hospital Boston is using technology from start-up Delfigo Security to improve authentication and access controls at workstations used by medical support staff. Apple disallows promo codes for iPhone apps with 17+ rating Promo codes are a great way for iPhone developers freely distribute their app, generate buzz, and get their app reviewed by some of the bigger iPhone app review websites. iPhone App Store roulette: A tale of rejection Think back to May 26, 1995. Steve Jobs was wandering in the desert, fiddling with some company called Pixar that made animated movies of dancing desk lamps, and planning his next step for NeXT. Bill Gates ruled the computing world and wrote a famous memo announcing that Microsoft was falling terribly behind in dominating the Internet, which Gates was sure to be a "tidal wave." Microsoft control was slipping and he could feel it. July Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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