Microsoft's Ballmer finds wallet a little lighter Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received a 5.5% decrease in his overall compensation in fiscal 2009, as the company suffered through its first-ever drop in overall revenue, according to documents filed with the SEC Tuesday. Move over Ashley and Mary-Kate: Twins Lars and Jens Rasmussen invented Google Wave Google Wave has gotten a ton of attention this week. One of the most interesting behind-the-scenes stories is that Wave is the brainchild of twins who work for Google. The mobile phone: A history in pictures Take a stroll down memory lane and see the evolution of the mobile phone, from its humble beginnings with the Motorola DynaTAC in 1983 to the Apple iPhone 3GS in 2009. Cisco's latest step toward data center domination (podcast) Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president at analyst firm Yankee Group, says Cisco's Nexus 4000 data center blade switch seems like an interesting product, but he's not sure who will sell it. (7:17) Half of iPhone owners would drop AT&T like a bad habit We knew already of the widespread dissatisfaction with AT&T among iPhone owners, of course, but there's something to be said for attaching reliable numbers to conventional wisdom. Microsoft passes its first SAML 2.0 interoperability test Microsoft's federated identity platform passed its first SAML 2.0 interoperability test with favorable marks, signaling the end to the vendor's standoff against the protocol. New app deepens SAP ties to LinkedIn SAP and the business social-networking site LinkedIn have partnered on an application that will let users integrate their LinkedIn and SAP Community profiles. Snow Leopard can once again Growl Growl is a notification framework that many of the applications you run today can use to display messages about what they're doing. Cheapskate SMBs dodge buying security software Many SMBs probably spend as much re-filling the communal water cooler as they do buying security software, a global survey of the sector has found. Five reasons to dive into Google Wave Google Wave is part social networking, and part unified communications, and all Google. Wave combines email, instant messaging, blogging, document sharing, wikis, and multimedia content to provide a seamless communications platform. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. 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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