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	The world's geekiest license plates This slideshow goes out to all those drivers who aren't afraid to say it loud: I'm a geek and I'm proud. It's filled with images of vanity plates so geeky that they prompted someone else to take a picture and post it on Flickr. Enjoy. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Changing Role of IT This white paper analyzes research conducted by IDG Research Services about the changing role of IT: what's driving the change, what skill-sets will be more valued and what should forward-looking IT executives consider as IT shifts increasingly towards an IT supply chain model. Learn More In this Issue Windows 1.0: Still playing Reversi after all these years 10 wicked off-the-cuff uses for retired NASA space shuttles 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Coolest tech-o-lanterns The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2011 Retro browser smackdown: IE6 vs. Netscape in 2011 Geekiest marriage proposals of all time 12 geekiest snow and ice sculptures The Best of 'Damn You, Autocorrect' WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Separating the Virtualization Hype from Reality Download this paper today and get an exclusive link to a free desktop virtual assessment! Click on the link at the end of the paper to analyze and report on your current network, user and application usage. Read Now! Windows 1.0: Still playing Reversi after all these years I recently used Windows 1.0 for the first time, after downloading an old copy and installing it in a virtual machine on my Windows 7 PC. Here are the results. Read More 10 wicked off-the-cuff uses for retired NASA space shuttles After the last mission the flying shuttles will all be assigned to museums where millions will admire them as static displays. But wouldn't it be cool if they were put to use in places where you might not expect? Here we take a tongue-in-cheek look at some not-shuttle-retirement-home-like uses for the venerable craft. Read More 2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Our fifth annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" kicks off with The Mentor's "Hacker's Manifesto" and includes such memorable characters as Captain Midnight and Ferris Bueller, institutions the likes of the IETF and Spy magazine, inventions like the Super Soaker and disposable camera, as well as the Challenger and Chernobyl disasters. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Protecting Your Critical Information Infrastructure A strategy that assures the availability and reliability of vital resources while protecting them from malicious attacks is at the core of network operations and security. This paper defines four key components of such a strategy, and offers a practical set of guidelines for ensuring its success. Read Now! Coolest tech-o-lanterns Here's our updated collection of creative tech-o-lanterns, modernized to include the latest in iPad- and iPhone-themed pumpkins. Mostly treats, with maybe a trick or two tossed in. Read More The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2011 This year we find horses helping to build the Internet, Apple having all the money in the world and way more wackiness Read More Retro browser smackdown: IE6 vs. Netscape in 2011 Just for fun, I decided to try to surf the modern Web with the original, pre-patched IE6 and Netscape 6.1, testing both on a Windows XP virtual machine. Here's what happened. Read More WHITE PAPER: Meraki Integrating the iPad into Enterprise Networks As a wireless-only device, the Apple iPad puts new requirements on the security, capacity, and manageability of enterprise wireless networks. This technical whitepaper provides best practices for supporting iPads in secure enterprise environments, without training or added staff. Read more. Geekiest marriage proposals of all time They say there's a lid for every pot. And when a geek has found his lid, there comes a time when he wants to take a soldering iron to it and make sure it's not going anywhere. But a true geek can't just hide a ring in the dessert and get down on one knee. Oh, no. He must pop the question with creativity and flair, to make it as memorable as possible for his geek princess in the only ways a geek knows how. And these days, that means he might just have to do a bit of coding. Read on for some of the geekiest marriage proposals ever. Read More 12 geekiest snow and ice sculptures Not all tech weenies hunker down indoors when the snow starts piling up and the ice coats the streets. Some put on their mittens and boots and go to work creating fantastic snow and ice sculptures celebrating their tech favorites. Read More The Best of 'Damn You, Autocorrect' The nice people at Damn You, Autocorrect (dot com) allowed us to scour their archives to bring you our favorite (and PG-rated) text messaging autocorrection disasters. Here they are -- all 14 of them. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10 Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Windows 8 picture password is 'Fisher-Price toy' Dem PAC buys newtgingrich.com, wallops him with it DHS sued for Big Bro fake 'friends' monitoring social media iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 20 Data center, cloud fabrics to heat up in 2012 25 useful iPad business apps IPv6 due for wide deployment in 2012, experts say Extreme CEO: New products in 2012, growth in 2013 25 top network and IT industry news stories of 2011 Top security incidents of 2011
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