It's party time for Windows 7 Windows 7 launch parties were held across the world with Steve Ballmer hosting in New York. Report says China ready for cyber-war, espionage Looking to gain the upper hand in any future cyber conflicts, China is probably spying on U.S. companies and government, according to a report commissioned by a Congressional advisory panel monitoring the security implications of trade with China. Verizon Droid phone briefly unveiled on Motorola Web site The world got an apparently unplanned preview of the Verizon Android-based Droid smartphone when Motorola briefly posted online the official Web pages describing and showing the new device in depth. Windows 7 hiding slick corporate features behind Software Assurance tollgate Windows 7 has some highly touted features for corporate users, but they can only be had by purchasing Microsoft's Software Assurance maintenance program. Five Ways Windows 7 Could Become another Vista Windows 7 is finally here. The sun can shine and the birds can chirp. Ding dong, Windows Vista is dead! Perhaps that is a bit premature. Windows 7 hasn't been officially released for 24 hours yet, so its understandable if the jury is still deliberating. There are certainly those who think Windows 7 is nothing more than Windows Vista with an extra bell or whistle thrown in for eye candy. Record complaints for telecommunications industry, again Complaints from consumers and small businesses about phone and Internet providers rose 54 per cent in 2008-2009 over the previous 12 months, according to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO). In the TIO's annual report, the Ombudsman, Deirdre O'Donnell, called for the industry to pick up its game as the level of complaints around customer service were still "unacceptably high". Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses Net neutrality could lead to inexpensive, high-quality broadband services for businesses. Five Big Hopes for Net Neutrality With the Federal Communications Commission approving a process to formalize network neutrality rules, a period of official debate begins on how our Internet traffic is managed, as if there wasn't enough debate already. In a nutshell, the FCC wants to stop Internet service providers from slowing down or blocking particular uses, such as peer-to-peer downloading, as long as they're legal. Is the federal stimulus creating tech jobs? The government isn't saying One obvious follow-up question to the U.S. government's announcement this month that the federal stimulus has created or saved 30,000 jobs so far is this: How many were IT and engineering jobs? Unfortunately, there isn't an answer. WiMax coming to Chicago next month WiMax will finally go on sale next month in Chicago, a city that was to have been one of the first places where the high-speed wireless service was offered in the U.S. Huawei still eyes developed markets from outside Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies has struggled to break into developed markets for communications equipment, despite long-standing fear among the vendor's Western rivals that it could overtake their business, according to analysts. 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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