| News podcast: Network World 360
A security company said today that some wireless access points from Cisco have a vulnerability that could let hackers redirect traffic outside the enterprise, or potentially gain access to an entire corporate network. Also, Twitter is jumping on the geolocation bandwagon, with plans to let users geocode their posts and make the information accessible both on the main Twitter site and through external applications. (5:41) Personal spy gear: Is it ethical? Is it legal?
From disguised video security cams to GPS tracking loggers, personal security is going high-tech. But these gadgets bring up a host of sticky ethical and legal questions. Career advice: High-tech, healthcare best choices for college students
College students should forget about becoming a lawyer and focus their studies on computer science, engineering and healthcare, HR executives say. How to minimize the risk of illicit credit card capturing
Illegally capturing customer payment card numbers, or skimming, is a huge threat to merchants, according to an upcoming report on the criminal activity. 10GBase-T coming to your motherboard
Solarflare this week introduced 10GBase-T LAN-on-motherboard chips, bringing copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet to new territory. More smartphones than PCs by 2011
Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, says a new report. The report, by RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, estimates that by that time shipments of both will be approaching 400 million a year. How to control your SAN
Ron talks with Rick Clark, CEO of Aptare, about the challenges of SANs growing at an exponential rate while the funding to manage them doesn't keep pace. Clark discusses how to deal with file deduplication, remote backup of SANs and a few other topics of interest for those dealing one or more SANs in their data center. (27:04) Snow Leopard, More Snore Than Snarl
There is little reason for most users to upgrade to Apple's next-generation Snow Leopard operating system this Friday, but at least the price is reasonable. Or is it? Rackspace debuts 'Cloud Tools' portal
Cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace on Tuesday announced a new portal that will help showcase and organize tools and applications built by its partners and independent developers. 10 reasons you shouldn't believe in UFOs
Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington and his band of others are out beating the drums so loudly about UFOs that they might be heard on another planet. I just watched this Larry King interview ... and the stories these men tell are remarkable; just not remarkable enough to convert me from a lifelong skeptic into a believer. August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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