After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million computers, security experts estimate. John Chambers: Is America's best leader an investor's nightmare? Cisco CEO John Chambers was recently named one of America's Best Leaders; today, however, The New York Times is questioning whether Cisco shareholders will ever see a return on their investment. Great Laptops in the PC World 100 From a superslim 16-incher that recharges without wires to an inexpensive netbook with a great keyboard and 8 hours of battery life, these are some potent portables. Slideshow: Products of the week Our round-up of intriguing new products from Fortinet, IBM and Emulex among others. News podcast: Network World 360 Despite tight budgets, companies are continuing to support the social networking activities they've recently established. In a Deloitte survey of 400 companies, 94% of the respondents said that they plan to maintain or increase their investments in social media tools and online communities, while only 6% said they plan to decrease such investments. Also, a new study from market research firm Flurry says that Apple's iPhone is quickly becoming the e-book reader choice for many, and could steal market share from Amazon's Kindle device. (5:12) In search of a 'best effort' Internet Today we propose one alternative that could both maintain net neutrality and solve a looming crisis as more Internet users send and receive bandwidth intensive content. Verizon Expands Droid Invasion with Eris The Droid is coming, the Droid is coming! No, not the Motorola Droid from Verizon. No, not the latest version of the Google Android operating system. I am talking about the Droid Eris, a modified HTC Hero, which will also be available from Verizon this week. Evolution of the MP3 Player Portable digital music players have evolved through the years, from hulking $800 devices to tiny $60 iPod Shuffles. Here's a look at how MP3 players have changed over the past decade. Novell to Los Angeles: Drop Dead! This must be a joke: A Novell corporate blog item that chastises the City of Los Angeles for recently selecting Google Apps to replace Novell's GroupWise e-mail and calendaring software. ICAAN allows multiple language web addresses ICAAN has announced that it will allow internet addresses featuring non-Latin characters. Microsoft: Vista Infected 62% Less Often Than XP Windows Vista is dramatically more secure than Windows XP, according Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report, released Monday. The infection rate of Windows Vista SP1 was 61.9 percent less than Windows XP SP3, the company said. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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