Internet taxes, upgrade & security: Top 10 stories to catch up on this weekend

	Serval: Princeton researchers tout "Layer 3.5" Internet upgrade | Heated debate over stalled cybersecurity bill pits pro-defense Democrats vs. hands-off Republicans
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	Internet Sales Tax Bill Gains Traction, Consideration The Senate Commerce Committee is considering a bill, the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would grant states the authority to require Internet retailers to remit sales taxes on purchases shipped to their residents, even if the seller has no physical operations within that state. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Guide to Lower WAN Optimization Costs In this eGuide, articles from Network World examine the maturing WAN optimization market, collect advice from experts and users on how best to implement these products, and look at new trends. Read on to discover how to make the most of WAN optimization in enterprise networks. Read now. In this Issue Serval: Princeton researchers tout "Layer 3.5" Internet upgrade Heated debate over stalled cybersecurity bill pits pro-defense Democrats vs. hands-off Republicans Yammer lets organizations measure emotions in enterprise social networks As Dad helps control Curiosity, family will live on 'Mars time' NASA Mars Curiosity mission madness Apple initially wanted an iPhone with shaped glass, deposition reveals Dropbox gets a black eye in spam attack FAQ: Trying Microsoft's new Outlook.com Giant robots and open source WHITE PAPER: IBM A step-by-step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner. Read Now Serval: Princeton researchers tout "Layer 3.5" Internet upgrade Some researchers have proposed plans in recent years to reimagine what the Internet would look like if you started with a clean slate. Others, like those within the systems and networking group at Princeton University's Computer Science Department, are inventing ways to make the Internet more flexible for data center operators and more useful to mobile users by slipping technology in between layers of the current architecture. Read More Heated debate over stalled cybersecurity bill pits pro-defense Democrats vs. hands-off Republicans The cybersecurity bill that went down Thursday to legislative defeat shows the deep schism in Congress that had Democrats siding with traditional national-security defense hawks, and Senate Republicans, who toppled the bill, largely siding with businesses that didn't want government foisting new regulations on them. Read More Yammer lets organizations measure emotions in enterprise social networks Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organizations gauge the types of emotions expressed in employee posts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Mobile Video: Introducing the Final Frontier This custom white paper will be dynamically configurated for you based on your industry, job function, and company size. It explores the rise of Mobile Video in the wake of IT consumerization and BYOD—the challenges, rewards and best practices for success. Learn More As Dad helps control Curiosity, family will live on 'Mars time' Once Curiosity lands on Mars, NASA lead flight director David Oh and his colleagues responsible for the rover's operation will be required to live their earthly lives on Mars time. Oh's wife, Bryn, and their three children - Braden, 13, Ashlyn, 10, and Devyn, 8 -- will do so as well, by choice and in the spirit of adventure. Read More NASA Mars Curiosity mission madness A quick look at the NASA Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover mission Read More Apple initially wanted an iPhone with shaped glass, deposition reveals The Apple-Samsung trial has provided us with an absolute treasure trove of information regarding Apple's iPhone and iPad prototypes. From an 8-sided iPhone prototype to an iPhone that resembles an iPod Mini of yore, poring through many of Apple's prototypes that never made it to market has been rather fascinating. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata The Private Cloud Private clouds are emerging as a way for enterprises to take advantage of many of the benefits of the cloud model, but with less risk. This eBook discusses why private cloud models are the best choice for many organizations today. Learn more. Dropbox gets a black eye in spam attack The Dropbox file-sharing service suffered a setback in its efforts to move into the enterprise more forcefull after being hit by a spam attackthat stemmed from the breach of an employee's account. Read More FAQ: Trying Microsoft's new Outlook.com Microsoft rebooted Hotmail as Outlook.com, serving notice that the former is headed toward retirement and that the latter is the new face of the company's 15-year-old online email effort. Read More Giant robots and open source I know why you're excited this week ... you've seen the "Kuratas", a 13 foot tall, 9,900-pound robot you can ride in at speeds of up to 6 miles per hour and which is equipped with a water bottle cannon and Gatling guns that can fire 6,000 BBs per minute (the operator can fire the armaments just by smiling ... no, really, watch the video). Read More
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