| WiMAX cuts through highway fog
There are deadly hazards in the fog that blankets California's rural Central Valley every winter, but a WiMAX network may now help warn motorists of what looms ahead of them and prevent accidents. Cisco vet launches net management start-up
Windmill Networks has officially launched and introduced its management integration software that industry watchers say could help reduce network performance management headaches and speed troubleshooting for time-strapped IT staff. "I find most network managers are tired of using Perl spackle to tie all the network management tools together. We have developed a system that communicates across tools without a lot of drudgery on network managers' part," says founder and CTO Fred Gray. RIM: Battery not source of BlackBerry Bold overheating
Research In Motion on Friday confirmed that NTT DoCoMo has halted sales of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone in Japan due to overheating, but said that the battery wasn't the... Security at 10Gbps
Hogg: Many organizations are contemplating upgrading their core networks to 10Gbps links while some organizations have already implemented a 10Gbps core infrastructure. When you upgrade the core then other networking functions become candidates for upgrade. It is important to determine if your security systems must also be able to function at 10Gbps speeds. Visa: New payment-processor data breach not so new after all
Days after Visa Inc. seemingly confirmed that a data breach had taken place at a third payment processor, following on the recent breach disclosures by Heartland Payment Systems Inc. and RBS WorldPay Inc., the credit card company now is saying that there was no new security incident after all. Is the iTunes App Store in trouble?
Heisler: Imagine this: You go to a restaurant for the first time, and the meal is underwhelming. Do you keep on going back hoping that the next visit will yield a more tasty meal? Of course not. But unfortunately for Apple, data recently released by Pinch Media indicates that downloaded apps from the iTunes app store are leaving iPhone users with a bad taste in their mouths. NASA: Mars orbiter coming back to life after glitch
NASA engineers and programmers Friday started repowering the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft shut itself down earlier this week. IT organizations spend over $264 billion on gear and services – in 2007?
Sometimes U.S. Census data can be a little outdated upon its release and I have to think this is one of those cases. Considering that the economic meltdown began in earnest in 2008 and continues unabated this year, its hard to imagine, and a number of more recent studies show companies spending less, much less on network gear. With that in mind the U.S. Census bureau took a look at IT information spending - in 2007. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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