Monday, March 04, 2013

BREAKING: White House urges reversal of ban on cell-phone unlocking

10 reasons why the iPad with Retina display is better than the Surface RT

10 reasons why the Surface RT beats the iPad with Retina display

Network World Daily News PM
March 04, 2013
Share this email

BREAKING: White House urges reversal of ban on cell-phone unlocking

In a dramatic call for action directly prompted by 114,000 signatures on a "We the People" petition, the Obama Administration moments ago pledged to overturn a federal regulatory decision that had rendered the act of unlocking a cell phone illegal.

READ MORE
 

Issue highlights

1. 10 reasons why the iPad with Retina display is better than the Surface RT

2. 10 reasons why the Surface RT beats the iPad with Retina display

3. Yahoo CEO Mayer checked VPN logs before banning home working

4. Apple iWatch to run iOS as engineers grapple with battery life issues

5. First Impressions Of The RSA Conference 2013

6. Ubuntu de-bricked my Android Jelly Bean Touchpad

7. Will future surveillance include global 'pre-crime' machine spying on everyone?

8. Why the 'trombone' effect is problematic for Enterprise Internet access

9. FCC approves Google project that will identify unused wireless spectrum

10. 'DRM Chair' self-destructs after 8 sittings

WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

EMA Advanced Performance Analytics report

Advanced Performance Analytics (APA), as Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) defines it, brings real-time or near real-time "big data" to IT operations, architects, service managers and even applications development, as well as IT executives and non-IT business stakeholders. Read Now

10 reasons why the iPad with Retina display is better than the Surface RT

READ MORE

10 reasons why the Surface RT beats the iPad with Retina display

READ MORE

Yahoo CEO Mayer checked VPN logs before banning home working

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer came up with her controversial and hugely unfashionable policy of outlawing home working after doing something almost unheard of for a US CEO a she checked the VPN logs to see whether anyone was slacking. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Stop Frequent DDoS Attacks Before the Damage Is Done

This document examines various DDoS attack methods and the application of specific ADC technologies to block attacks in the DDoS threat spectrum while securely delivering applications and protecting the network, the session, and the user. Read Now.

Apple iWatch to run iOS as engineers grapple with battery life issues

Earlier today I relayed, via a report from Bloomberg, that development on Apple's iWatch is ongoing and that the company is working hard to release the rumored device sometime this year. What's more, Apple's rumored iWatch may very well prove to be a $6 billion opportunity for the company, far eclipsing the potential for profitability in the cutthroat HDTV market. READ MORE

First Impressions Of The RSA Conference 2013

After much anticipation, the 2013 RSA Conference has come and gone. I have a number of topics to blog about starting with my positive impressions of the show: READ MORE

Ubuntu de-bricked my Android Jelly Bean Touchpad

This past week I thought my Android Touchpad had finally given up the ghost. I was out in San Francisco for the RSA Conference. I shut down my Touchpad just prior to my plane landing at SFO. It had plenty of battery left when I shut down, but when I tried to turn it back on in my hotel later it would not boot at all. Dead, dark, finished. I plugged it into the charger and after a few hours it seemed... READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation

Using Services to Support a New Generation of ERP

Top organizations are looking for a new generation of ERP that supports multi-tiered businesses, is easy to use, flexible, and powerful enough to support a growing organization. Learn More. Learn More.

Will future surveillance include global 'pre-crime' machine spying on everyone?

What can we expect to see in the future of surveillance? Remember the "precogs" in Minority Report capable of seeing the future to stop crimes before they happened? Now imagine that on a global scale, capable of monitoring all people all the time...that will supposedly be our reality in the next 17 years or less. READ MORE

Why the 'trombone' effect is problematic for Enterprise Internet access

Last time, we began looking at the "trombone" effect, what it is, and why it existed. Here, we'll delve more into why this "trombone" effect is a problem for Enterprise WAN design going forward. READ MORE

FCC approves Google project that will identify unused wireless spectrum

A Google project designed to collect information on available wireless spectrum into a central database has been given an FCC go-ahead to begin a public trial, the company announced today. READ MORE

'DRM Chair' self-destructs after 8 sittings

Why? Because ridiculous digital rights management (DRM) restrictions cry out for creative ridicule. That's why a group of eight Swiss design students built DRM Chair as their entry in The Deconstruction, a global design competition. Each time someone takes a seat, the chair senses their weight, and upon the eighth sitting a mechanism is triggered that melts the chair's joints. Watch: READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc.

Claimed Proof-Positive of Network Virtualization's Agility

See what 451 Research thinks of these claims, this new technology and the competition in this analyst report. Learn more.

SLIDESHOWS

10 tech company social media bloopers

Social media blunders are nothing new, and the technology industry is not immune to them.

JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES

As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).

Network World on Facebook

Network World on LinkedIn

MOST-READ STORIES

1. Tablet wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad

2. Hackers use corporate attacks as staging grounds for other cyber assaults

3. Cisco looking to make things right with West Virginia

9. 11 fun facts about Apple

4. MIT panel warns of challenges of hyper-networked world

5. Is Yahoo's telework ban shortsighted or savvy? Data says both

6. Can BES 10 save BlackBerry

7. Evernote hit in hacking attack, users must reset their passwords

8. iPhone 6 rumor round up for the week ending March 1

10. Why Android 4.2.2 is an important update

Follow Network World

Share this email

You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as networking.world@gmail.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy

Learn about INSIDER

If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com

To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com

Copyright (C) 2013 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701

** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **

No comments: