| Andreesen looks for next Gates, Jobs; IT optimistic about next year's budgets
Marc Andreessen, who co-founded in Netscape 1994, is teaming up with HP vice president Ben Horowitz, a former Netscape manager, to launch Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm. The pair will invest $50,000 to $50 million per tech company, Andreessen wrote in a blog post. Also, while most IT network professionals report modest cutbacks in spending this year vs. last year, they seem optimistic that will change for the better next year, according to an early look at an ongoing study from The Info Pro consultancy. (5:20) Summer Travel Tips: 12 Terrific Gadgets
Make it easy on yourself: Check out our suggestions for great travel gear, ranging from waterproof HD video cameras to digital luggage scales. Study: Social Security numbers are predictable
Social Security numbers may not be as random as believed, as a new study contends that powerful mathematical techniques combined with open-source research can, in some cases, reveal a person's secret number. Protecting Social Security numbers online is a futile exercise
News today that Social Security numbers may not be as random nor secure as believed is just one more security problem the ubiquitous identification number faces. Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7
Microsoft today confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time by attacking Internet Explorer. Cisco's new-market ambitions extend into orbit
At its user conference in San Francisco last week, Cisco Systems boasted about the 30 new businesses it's developing. One is scheduled to launch by the end of this year -- in a very literal way. The sudden and unexplained departure of Cisco data center marketing honcho, Douglas Gourlay
Curiously, according to a source, Douglas Gourlay - vice president of Cisco Data Center Solutions - was not seen presenting at Cisco Live last week. Yahoo invents 'chicken coop' data centre design
Yahoo is touting a data centre design which it says is based on 'chicken coops'. But data centre operator e-shelter, while welcoming the concept, has queried whether the design would be suitable for the corporate sector. Andreessen Has It Backwards on Facebook vs. Twitter
It's interesting that Facebook board member Marc Andreessen is willing to comment on the company's revenue potential--he says it's $500 million in 2009 and billions in the future. New MI6 chief's details posted on Facebook
The photos and private details of the next foreign spy chief were posted on an easily accessible Facebook page, it has emerged. 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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