| Internet's biggest issue? IPv6 transition, new ARIN CEO says
We spoke with John Curran, the new president and CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers, about why it's so important for enterprises to start preparing their public-facing Internet services to support IPv6. Opera CEO: Major US carrier deal imminent
The Opera Mini browser will soon have widespread distribution on mobile handsets in the U.S., according to the company's chief executive. Electrical engineers see job losses at record levels
The unemployment rate for electrical engineers hit 8.6% in the second quarter of this year, a record-setting number and double the rate for the group in the first quarter, according to the IEEE-USA. VMware offering 'safe passage' to Virtual Iron users
VMware is trying to exploit uncertainty among customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization vendor recently acquired by Oracle, with a new "safe passage" plan that offers Virtual Iron users steep discounts on certain VMware products if they switch. Trump building boosts cellular signals
Another hotel has "done the DAS thing" by installing multi-carrier distributed antenna systems throughout its property so that guests and residents have clear indoor access to their cellular provider of choice. Latest quantum breakthroughs revealed
Advances in quantum computing and cryptography are coming fast and furious. Researchers from across Europe have detailed their efforts to build the largest quantum key distribution network to date in the June edition of the New Journal of Physics. Quantum cryptography is seen as a key advance in the battle against hacking and cybercrime. Beware the default router password!
It is the simplest of security precautions, but it is one that still is often not followed: Change your default router password to something else. Gartner adjusts 2009 IT spend downward again
Gartner Tuesday released updated worldwide IT spending numbers that show the ongoing economic recession and declining revenues across all major segments of IT drove forecasts down 6% in 2009 to a total of $3.2 trillion. Symantec de-duplication strategy targets data growth, virtual machines
Symantec is expanding its de-duplication capabilities across several backup products slated to be released this year and in 2010. Google drops beta label from Apps and downplays freebie version
Google seems to be implying that the free version of Google Apps, Standard edition, will be going bye-bye, though Google has already denied this. Can obnoxious cell phone towers help predict floods?
Seems those sometimes hideous cell towers that dot the landscape like so many odd looking trees can serve a higher purpose: accurately predict strong storms and flooding that might get people out of danger faster. Imagine the Googlemobile
The firm that designed the G1 phone, Mike and Maaike, have developed a concept electric car. 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 | 
For better or worse, Nortel as we know it is coming to an end. Here's how the telecom giant got to this point.
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