| News podcast: Network World 360
As part of its regular Patch Tuesday monthly release cycle, Microsoft released nine patches, five of which were labeled critical. Also, RealNetworks may have lost its bid to sell software that lets people copy DVD movies to their computer hard drive after a ruling on Tuesday. (5:23) H-1B Visa Sponsors: Surprise! You're Being Audited
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that administers the H-1B and L-1 visa programs, has been increasing its anti-fraud enforcement efforts in response to reported abuse of the temporary worker programs. Injunction on Microsoft Word unlikely to halt sales
A judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft to stop selling Microsoft Word products in their current form in the U.S., but legal appeals or technical work-arounds make an actual halt of sales unlikely. Microsoft Office to be freely offered on Nokia Symbian phones
Microsoft and Nokia announced today a partnership that will eventually put a free version of Office-based productivity apps onto Nokia's handsets on Nokia's Symbian operating system. Symbian for the most part competes with Windows Mobile. Asian undersea cable disruption slows Internet access
A segment of the Asia-Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2) undersea cable network between China and Taiwan suffered a serious cable fault on Wednesday, causing Internet traffic to be rerouted onto other undersea cables and slowing Internet access for some users in Southeast Asia. T-Mobile to gouge customers $1.50 per month for paper bills
Oh, how I wish I hadn't switched my wireless service recently from T-Mobile, because I would dearly love to tell my former provider where to go over this one. 16 great back-to-school gadgets
What makes a good back-to-school gadget? Affordability, usefulness, portability and style top our list. Here's what the well-appointed college student will be carrying this year. NSF funds effort to protect computers from natural and manmade disasters
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $1 million to Colorado State University professors tasked with making computer systems and networks robust enough to handle everything from lightning strikes to terrorist attacks. August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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