Monday, July 06, 2009

iPhone users harangue Apple over battery life; Marc Andreessen bets $300M against Cisco's acquisition model

Net neutrality in broadband stimulus rules; 10 dumbest mistakes; Is Marc Andreessen betting $300M against Cisco's successful acquisition model?
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iPhone users harangue Apple over battery life

Reports that Apple's iPhones are draining their batteries so fast that some users can't make it through the day without recharging likely point to a problem in the iPhone OS 3.0 software, an Apple hardware repair expert said. Read full story

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Net neutrality in broadband stimulus rules; 10 dumbest mistakes
Net neutrality advocates are cheering after learning that the federal government will require any applicants to its broadband stimulus funds to maintain nondiscriminatory networks. When you look at the worst corporate security breaches, it's clear that network managers keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and that many of these mistakes are easy to avoid. (5:08)

Is Marc Andreessen betting $300M against Cisco's successful acquisition model?
Reese: After reading an article today in The New York Times, it's my personal opinion that Marc Andreessen is betting $300 million that the next market transition will make Cisco's successful acquisitions model obsolete.

Report: Apple to add micro projectors to upcoming iPhone and iPod Touch models
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NetApp's buy of Data Domain moves closer, even as EMC raises offer to $2.1B
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Cloud interoperability remains wispy, but progress being made
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Internet, Twitter blocked in China city after ethnic riot
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Q&A: The man who helped raise server operating temperatures
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Ray Ozzie's Inspiring Talk Is Just As Applicable To You
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Cisco Releases substantial update to its Enterprise Security Management Platform
Last week Cisco posted the 3.3 version of its enterprise class Cisco Security Manager (CSM) product. All sorts of new features were introduced, most especially are performance improvements throughout, ASA 8.2 support, IPS 7.0 support, ASR router support, and finally full support for IOS zone-based firewall.

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."

Living in a Mobile World - Well, Not Yet
A recent survey by Harris Interactive and Cloudmark shows that mobile device owners are showing growing concern over the security of their data. Jamie de Guerre, the CTO of Cloudmark, discusses these results and gives an update on mobile spam issues that continue to threaten the mobile world. (11:43)

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.

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