Google's Gigabit Internet: Not coming to a neighborhood near you

How cops and robbers are using Google Earth Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises Network World Daily News AM November 19, 2013 Share this email Google's Gigabit Internet: Not coming to a neighborhood near you When Google announced plans in 2010 to jump into the broadband business, the company received more than 1,000 applications from communities hoping to be selected for Google Fiber, which promised gigabit-speed Internet at low prices or even free Internet for seven years if you chose a slower speed. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. How cops and robbers are using Google Earth 2. Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises 3. Six more arrested in breathtaking $45 million ATM theft 4. US Supreme Court declines to review NSA phone spying case 5. US agencies coming around cautiously to seeing benefits in virtual currencies 6. Universities diving into Big Data 7. History of Computer Viruses, Part 1: The Early Days 8. 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Watch the short how to video now! How cops and robbers are using Google Earth Law enforcement and criminals have both used Google Earth and Google Maps to commit and solve real-world crimes. READ MORE Salesforce.com and HP to offer 'Superpod' for large enterprises Customers of Salesforce.com who want their own dedicated infrastructure within the vendor's cloud will now be able to get one through a partnership with Hewlett-Packard. READ MORE Six more arrested in breathtaking $45 million ATM theft Six more alleged participants were arrested Monday in a US$45 million global ATM fraud, including one man who was photographed stuffing $800,000 into a suitcase, federal prosecutors in New York said. READ MORE US Supreme Court declines to review NSA phone spying case The U.S. Supreme CourtA has denied the Electronic Privacy Information Center's petition for it to review a National Security Agency (NSA) phone record data collection program. READ MORE   US agencies coming around cautiously to seeing benefits in virtual currencies Federal officials told a U.S. Senate hearing on Monday that virtual currencies like bitcoin can offer benefits to the financial system, but also cautioned about its possible misuse for illicit activity. READ MORE Universities diving into Big Data Educational institutions are increasingly on the case of making sense of growing piles of big data, and the latest data science effort involves UC Berkeley, the University of Washington and READ MORE History of Computer Viruses, Part 1: The Early Days The concept of a computer virus was first documented in an academic paper in 1949. Described by renowned mathematician and physicist John von Neumann as "self-replicating programs," the idea was formed from intellectual curiosity rather than any kind of malicious intent. READ MORE Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Vertical Video Edition No. 22 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series addresses a common issue that has plagued many a cell-phone videographer. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": And if you'd like me to consider one that you've found - or created - please feel free to send it to me at buzz@nww.com. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: SAP Transition to the 3rd Platform for Enterprise Applications The tech industry is in the midst of a major transition brought about by the combination of four forces. Since the lifetime of an application software package in a business is significant, application buyers need to consider support for the 3rd Platform. Learn more Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. READ MORE Skype, Microsoft cleared in Luxembourg NSA investigation Luxembourg's data protection authority cleared Microsoft and its subsidiary Skype of data protection violations related to the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism spying program, the agency said Monday. READ MORE WAN specialist Talari adds $15M in venture funding Talari Networks, a San Jose maker of WAN virtualization/aggregation appliances and software, added $15 million to its coffers via a new round of venture financing. READ MORE The rush is on to bury Windows and the PC How the "PC is dead" narrative came together. 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