'Kill IE6' campaign gains force; 30M Web users get switch pitch The campaign to kill Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) gathered steam this week when a California site builder led nearly 40 Web start-ups to urge their users to ditch Microsoft's eight-year-old browser. Shiny Techie People These people are enjoying their technologies in ways you can't possibly fathom. How to Evaluate, Compare and Implement Enterprise Antivirus Antivirus software has been around-well, nearly as long as viruses. But thanks to the ever-growing variety of threats to the PC environment, this is a fast-changing market that is undergoing two major trends. Sprint adds WiMAX router to Mi-Fi roster Sprint is offering two wireless routers that let users connect their Wi-Fi enabled devices to the company's WiMAX network. IBM confirms small number of layoffs: report IBM this week confirmed laying off a "small number" of employees after a 13% revenue decline. Canadian government calls emergency Nortel hearings With Canadian federal government approval of the sale of Nortel Networks' wireless assets to Sweden's Ericsson still pending and the sale of the enterprise business proceeding with a stalking-horse bid by Avaya Networks, parliamentarians are poised to give closer scrutiny to the break-up of the one-time lynch-pin of Canada's IT industry. U.S. sentences three for military tech leaks to China The U.S. has sentenced three Chinese men to federal prison for attempting to export technology with potential military applications to China, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday. Will AI in killer military robots lead to real Terminators? Will intelligent, unmanned airborne and ground-based robotic vehicles equipped with missiles, bombs and guns pose a real threat to the general population in the future? Obama's CTO gets warm welcome in Silicon Valley The Democrats aren't usually seen as the party of business but the United States' first national CTO, appointed by President Barack Obama in May, got a warm welcome at his first public appearance in Silicon Valley Tuesday. Why is Passing CCNA so Difficult? Almost every time I chat with someone new around the "so whatta ya do for work" question, my side of the conversation commonly comes around to the CCNA exam. And when the other person is an IT person who knows anything about CCNA, 4 times out of 5 - without any prompting from me - they comment about how it's a tough exam to pass. Palm files complaint with USB board over iTunes connectivity, and risks alienating Pre users in the process Palm and Apple have been battling back and forth over the Palm Pre's ability to seamlessly sync with iTunes, with Palm recently releasing a software update to counteract an iTunes update released by Apple a few weeks ago. 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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