FCC takes first step toward net neutrality rules The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward creating formal net neutrality rules, despite a huge lobbying effort from opposing groups in recent days. Google, Verizon issue joint statement on network neutrality Google, Verizon issue joint statement regarding network neutrality rules proposed by the FCC. Technology fails: 8 extreme electronic disasters From acid-leaking game controllers to flame-shooting laptops, these eight failures are enough to shake anyone's faith in technology. News podcast: Network World 360 A new Forrester survey says a large number of companies plan to move to Windows 7, which publicly ships today, but many of those companies don't have solid plans for when the migrations will occur. Also, European financial institutions are seeing a sharp rise in ATM card trapping, where criminals use various tricks in order to capture and retrieve a person's card for fraudulent use. This includes incidents where cards seem to be "eaten" by the card machine. (5:47) Windows 7: Corporate customers bullish on adoption plans Corporate adoption of Windows 7, Microsoft's new operating system released today, seems to be more a question of when, not if. This is in stark contrast to what happened with Windows Vista, which companies skipped right over; many are, in fact, migrating from Windows XP directly to Windows 7. Windows 7 breaks retail records Microsoft's new operating system Windows 7 is the biggest-grossing pre-order product ever, says Amazon. Nokia sues Apple over iPhone 'free ride' Nokia has sued Apple in federal court, charging that the iPhone infringes on 10 patents owned by the Finnish mobile-phone maker. Social Search from Google and Bing: My 8 Big Concerns The search engine wars took a dramatic turn yesterday, with Google and Microsoft both announcing real-time search deals with Twitter. Additionally, Microsoft struck a deal with Facebook to index status updates on its Bing search engine, and Google introduced Social Search, which integrates your friends' social networking information directly into search results. A $30 Billion US census? The number seemed staggering, but there it was. The cost of conducting the census has, on average, doubled each decade since 1970. If that rate of cost escalation continues into 2020, the nation could be looking at a $30 billion census. 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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