Google takes training wheels off Gmail, other apps

Why mobile phone users should pay ringtone royalties; 4chan hellraisers finding fame brings heat? Cloud Security NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by BMC Software Dell's SMART Approach to Workload Automation Read a compelling case study by EMA, Inc. to learn how Dell uses BMC CONTROL-M to cut cost and increase productivity with workload automation. Spotlight Story Google takes training wheels off Gmail, other apps Finally conceding that big-time companies don't want to buy e-mail that seems as though it's still only half-baked, Google this morning announced that Google Apps -- including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk -- has officially lost its beta designation. My Network World colleague John Fontana writes: While Google claims the move is just semantics, it acknowledges that the "beta"... Read full story Related News: Why mobile phone users should pay ringtone royalties This splendid idea inexplicably managed to raise a ruckus right before everyone fled for the holiday weekend: Every time a musical ringtone plays in public -- suggests the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) -- carriers should pay a royalty for the "performance," a cost that would unfortunately need to be passed along to wireless phone users. Consumer advocates and online... 4chan hellraisers finding fame brings heat? It seems as though the more attention 4chan attracts -- and it's been attracting plenty of late -- the more trouble the notorious den of mischief makers has staying online. Coincidence? Probably not. The main 4chan site is inaccessible at the moment and apparently has been kaput for going on 24 hours. Boston must have IT budget dollars to burn Sharon Machlis, my IDG Enterprise colleague at Computerworld, writes: Boston will soon have an official iPhone app allowing residents to send photos of neighborhood nuisances to City Hall and request action, the Boston Globe reports this morning, "making the filing of complaints quicker and easier for iPhone users." 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 Rise and fall of Nortel For better or worse, Nortel as we know it is coming to an end. Here's how the telecom giant got to this point. Summer of geeks Space camp! They Might Be Giants! Check out these and 9 other vacation options. Successfully Detecting Network Threats Better understand your business and security risks by continuously knowing who is on your network, what data they are seeing, and which actions they are taking with that data. Get the real-time activity correlation and analysis and network threat detection you need. Read Now   July 09, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES The 10 dumbest mistakes network managers make Rackspace to issue $3.5 million in customer credits IPhone users harangue Apple over battery life The tech industry's most baffling buzzwords: A brief guide Six Windows 7 features admins will actually care about Internet's biggest issue? IPv6 transition, new ARIN CEO says Deathmatch: Palm Pre vs. iPhone Microsoft confirms attacks against IE6, IE7 Apple to add micro projectors to upcoming iPhone, iPod Touch The sudden departure of Cisco data center marketing honcho Keep Global Threats at Bay with Cloud-Based Security Bolster your defenses with a security platform that correlates and interacts with other security tools. Reduce false alarms and focus on defenses that stop attacks with a system where your networks act as a threat mitigation system. Read More Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com