Seven advanced car technologies the government wants now Sophisticated computer systems, sensor networks, battery and electric grid development are among the hot research topics. More on IPv6: Skepticism abounds The consensus at the Webtorials Water Cooler is that while there probably is an eventual need for IPv6, it's pretty low on the priority list for most enterprises at this point. Trans-Atlantic cables gets green light The PIPE Networks undersea cable system, PIPE Pacific Cable, has successfully undergone tests, through the transmission of IP packets between Australia and the US, ahead of its launch next month. FCC still looking for broadband ideas The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is still looking for ideas on how to bring broadband to all corners of the U.S. and to increase subscriber numbers, said the director of the agency's broadband project. Microsoft urges users to disable vulnerable Windows network protocol Attack code that exploits a critical unpatched bug in Windows is likely to go public soon. Until Microsoft can create a fix, the company wants users to run an automated tool that disables Server Message Block 2, a network file- and print-sharing protocol that ships with Windows. HP abandons EDS brand HP announced it would leave the EDS brand behind and rename its IT services provider business HP Enterprise Services. Hotel giant cuts costs with smarter desktop management ScriptLogic Desktop Authority enables Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to manage global desktop configuration and policies from a central location while enable on-site IT professionals to control local settings. EMC expands configuration management for virtualized data centers EMC Ionix Data Center Insight is designed to help enterprise IT managers gather configuration data and apply best practices to establishing configuration management Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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