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	Verizon cites security issue for nixing Google Wallet On the surface, it looked like the kind of scenario that net neutrality advocates had long feared: A big incumbent carrier using its network to snuff out apps that compete with its own services. However, Verizon is insisting that this isn't the case. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Get Ahead of the Post PC Era New devices, mobility, video, the cloud - learn how these powerful market forces are transforming business and the IT industry today. Learn More In this Issue New Cisco cloud computing framework pushes management, collaboration From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in security mischief-making Google Android Market tops 10 billion downloads Symantec says spam levels fall to lowest in three years AT&T again ranks last in Consumer Reports survey Windows 8 will be 'largely irrelevant' on PCs, predicts IDC Can Microsoft Xbox's voice as a remote control win the hearts of Siri lovers? Techiest viral videos: Stars Wars/Cello Wars, Atari band, Japanese Robot Girlfriend and see-through screens Red Hat RHEL 6.2 boosts storage capabilities Great arguments: Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. Dell Personal Storage Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools] Tablets in the Enterprise: Risks and Rewards RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC EMC Webcast Series:Transforming IT Management Tuesdays, November 15, 29 & December 13, 2011 8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET / 16:00 GMT Join us for a series live webcasts to hear Jim Frey from Enterprise Management Associates and EMC explore innovative approaches to IT management to enable you to overcome the challenges of managing the dynamic nature of today's virtualized data center. Click to continue New Cisco cloud computing framework pushes management, collaboration Cisco this week unveiled products and packaging options for customers looking to implement public, private and hybrid cloud computing. Read More From Anonymous to Hackerazzi: The year in security mischief-making It wasn't a good security year from RSA break-in to hacks on Sony, Google and Facebook. Read More Google Android Market tops 10 billion downloads Google today said its Android Marketplace surpassed 10 billion app downloads -- a growth rate of 1 billion app downloads per month. Read More Symantec says spam levels fall to lowest in three years Global spam fell to the lowest level in three years in a sign that spammers may be getting a better rate of return by hitting social-media websites instead, according to the latest figures on Tuesday from Symantec. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Akamai Cloud Optimization for Amazon EC2™ The emergence of public cloud platforms and services has IT organizations thinking about which applications they want to keep in-house and which they can build within the cloud. Read more AT&T again ranks last in Consumer Reports survey AT&T once again has the lowest customer satisfaction ratings of any wireless carrier in the United States, according to the latest survey from Consumer Reports. Read More Windows 8 will be 'largely irrelevant' on PCs, predicts IDC Microsoft faces a tough sell with Windows 8, IDC said, because it tries to 'offer the best of both worlds' with a single OS suitable for both desktops and tablets. Read More Can Microsoft Xbox's voice as a remote control win the hearts of Siri lovers? The big news today is the Xbox 360 update being pushed out to birth an amazing user experience; now your voice is the controller to navigate TV shows, movies, games, music and a plethora of content providers on Xbox Live. Engadget showed off "Microsoft's new baby" Metro and the revamped interface which did away with "single-file tiles" to a sleeker and snappier "single page Metr Read More Techiest viral videos: Stars Wars/Cello Wars, Atari band, Japanese Robot Girlfriend and see-through screens Quite the variety of geeky videos of late, starting off with a Star Wars parody featuring dueling lightsaber-wielding cellists (and even Chewy gets into the act): Read More WHITE PAPER: Nimsoft Leveraging Your Service Desk to Scale Your MSP Business This paper offers tips for offering self-service capabilities to customers, therefor improving customer service levels and satisfaction. Read now! Red Hat RHEL 6.2 boosts storage capabilities Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with new technologies designed to cut the cost and improve performance of enterprise storage, the company announced Tuesday. Read More Great arguments: Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. Dell Cisco used to be a networking company, pure and simple. It built its dominance and influence on capturing a dominant market position in routers and switches, both in the enterprise and in service provider networks. Read More Personal Storage Tech Treasures [2011 Cool Yule Tools] There's a lot of shiny and flashy gadgets and home entertainment devices that will entice most of the population during the holidays – cameras, music players, camcorders and tablets are sure to be this season's top sellers once again. But once gift recipients start to create content, listen to music, download apps or record videos, they will eventually need a good, safe and reliable digital place to store their stuff. That's where storage comes in – it's not always the sexiest product category, but there's a lot of new innovations in storage that we think will make good gifts as well: Read More Tablets in the Enterprise: Risks and Rewards Tablets like the iPad can set your workforce free, but with benefits come risks and tradeoffs, from securing and supporting tablets to budgeting for them. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 25 free open source projects IT pros will love We asked SourceForge's new community manager and longtime open source coder, Rich Bowen, to sniff out a few of the cool, lesser-known projects he thinks IT folks will love. What follows are his picks, along with a few of our own. 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 10 most powerful cloud companies RSA security lapse led to March hack, says researcher Naked ruth: Dell Streak discontinued Microsoft updates Exchange 2010 Gartner predictions for 2012 Cloud computing disrupts the vendor landscape India's censors have asked the impossible of Facebook, Google Microsoft Research: Hunting for HIV vaccine with techniques that fight spam 2011's hottest holiday tech gifts Cracking ND5 ... with Google?!
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