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First Google Android-based phone finally unveiled

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 09/23/08 - 1:06pm.

At a press conference in New York, T-Mobile and Google introduced the G1, the first mobile phone to use Google's Android software platform. It will be available in the U.S. in October and in other markets beginning in November.

Highlights from DEMOFall 2008

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 09/09/08 - 2:15pm.

Network World's Keith Shaw and Jason Meserve (aka The Twisted Pair) bring you their favorite technologies from DEMOFall 2008 in San Diego:

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Video coverage from DEMOFall 2008 in San Diego.

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DEMOFall 2008 demonstrator videos

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 09/09/08 - 2:12pm.

See all the onstage presentations from DEMOFall 2008 in San Diego:

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Demonstrator videos from DEMOFall 2008.

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Video: Cell phone as compass, thermometer

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 08/12/08 - 10:13am.

The cell phone keeps getting closer to an "everything-but-the-kitchen-sink" device. As the following video indicates, new features of Casio's G'zOne phone (only available in Japan, but these features could appear in U.S. cell phones soon) include things like a compass, thermometer, tidal charts, moon phases, and more.

Updated iPhone 2.0 software offers slew of goodies

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 06/10/08 - 5:07pm.

The iPhone 3G dominated the first day of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, but attendees also got a glimpse of new software coming for all iPhones.

An easier way to commute from NY City to London

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 06/10/08 - 5:05pm.

The fictional story behind the Telectroscope says there is an undersea tunnel that connects New York and London and allows viewers in the two cities to see each other.

See how Twinkle for the iPhone works

Submitted by videonet on Thu, 06/05/08 - 5:01pm.

We've posted our first user-submitted video! Bill Walsh sent in a clip demonstrating how the Twinkle Twitter client for the iPhone works:

Thanks, Bill! More terrific Twitter tools can be found here.

Bill Gates and the Ballmer Bot

Submitted by videonet on Thu, 06/05/08 - 12:18pm.

Video footage from Microsoft's TechEd conference showing Bill Gates interacting with the Ballmer Bot, as part of his TechEd speech on the future of robotics. Note how uncomfortable Gates seems during this.

Tech Update 2.0: Unified Communications

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 06/03/08 - 10:39am.

What do Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and the "Wizard of Oz" have to do with unified communications? Peter Greco of Siemens Communications explains in this primer on UC technology:

Interop 2008 videos

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 05/06/08 - 8:55am.

The multimedia staff was busy at Interop, filming some 41 videos during the show:

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Richard Rushing from AirDefense talks with Keith Shaw about his company's latest wireless vulnerability scans, which show how unsecure the wireless networks around Las Vegas casinos really are.; network world; security; wireless; Jim Duffy chats with Dave Roberts from Vyatta,, who talks about the performance, innovation and economic benefits of its open-source routing strategy, which claims twice the performance at half the cost of traditional networking vendors.; lanwan; network world; networksystemsmgmt; Farpoint Group's Craig Mathias weighs in on all things mobile at Interop and beyond, including talk of an enterprise iPhone.; network world; wirelessmobile; Recent iLabs testing of unified communications revealed that the technology is still in its early stages. Jed Daniels, team educator on the UC iLabs team, chats with Keith Shaw about the state of the UC marketplace.; convergencevoip; network world; Simon Crosby of Citrix talks with Jon Brodkin about why IT has been slow to adopt virtualization in environments beyond just saving money from server consolidation.; datacenter; network world; networksystemsmgmt; storage; In a special video edition of Twisted Pair, Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw wrap up Interop 2008 from the show floor.; News; network world; storage; Doug Charles of Alacatel-Lucent talks about the Nonstop Laptop Guardian, which provides security and IT control for corporate notebooks when workers are on the road.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; security; wireless; wirelessmobile; Michael Hyatt from BlueCat Networks chats with Denise Dubie about how the growth of wireless devices, VoIP and the looming IPv6 issue will create an IP address management nightmare if companies aren't prepared.; datacenter; network world; networksystemsmgmt; Greg Kopchinski from Bivio Networks talks with Jason Meserve about how deep packet inspection is now moving beyond just looking at the packet header at wire speed.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; security; Sunil Cherian from Array Networks talks with Tim Greene about its Wi-Fi Perfect offeing, which helps bring NAC to wireless by keeping employees and guest access away from each other.; network world; security; wireless; wirelessmobile; Ron Nutter, host of Network World's Help Desk Tool Chest podcast, talks with Jason Meserve about what he was most impressed with at this year's Interop 2008 show.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; wireless; Matt Hamblen from Computerworld stops by the video booth to offer up his insights on traveling the show floor and conference areas at Interop 2008.; datacenter; network world; wireless; wirelessmobile; Jason Meserve talks with Michelle Dickman from TriGeo, which is aiming to be the 'universal translator' of multiple vendors' log files to help companies become proactive in defending the network.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; security; Al Baker from Siemens gives Jason Meserve an update in the latest unified communications trends, including how video and videoconferencing is playing a role in unifying all communications.; convergencevoip; network world; Emmet B. Keeffe III from iRise talks with Jon Brodkin about the explosion of enterprise application development for the Apple iPhone, and how developers can visualize applications with tools from iRise.; network world; software; wireless; wirelessmobile; The hottest technologies at the show may be virtualization, solid state disks and anti-virus, but fragmentation issues are also popping up with these new methods of data manipulation. Derek De Vette from Diskeeper chats with Keith Shaw about this.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; Jim Duffy sits down with Joel Hackney from Nortel to discuss the company's virtualization, unified communications and green IT initiatives.; datacenter; network world; vendornews; Ryan Woodings from Metageek shows Keith Shaw the prototype of the 5 GHz version of its Wi-Spy wireless spectrum analyzer, a $400 tool that scans the airwaves for troubleshooting wireless LANs and non-Wi-Fi interference sources.; cool_tools; network world; wireless; wirelessmobile; Keith Shaw chats with Dave Flynn from Fusion-io, who shows off the ioDrive, a storage area network system that can fit in the palm of your hand.; cool_tools; network world; storage; Bernie Davidovics from SeaNet Technologies speaks with Denise Dubie about why IT needs to see what the business is seeing in order to track down application- and network-related latencies.; lanwan; network world; networksystemsmgmt; Joel Snyder from OpusOne talks with Neal Weinberg about the latest NAC issues, vendor interoperability moving closer to reality, and advice on how to keep hydrated in a desert environment.; Tim Greene speaks with McAfee CEO David DeWalt about new dangerous malware, zero-day attacks, spear phishing, corporate compliance and how McAfee deals with more than 500,000 network attacks per day at its own company.; network world; security; Ermis Sfakiyanudis of eTelemetry talks with Jason Meserve about its new Metron device, which helps companies monitor the usage of online video viewing of their employees as well as other network bandwidth usage.; lanwan; network world; Keith Shaw speaks with Storage Appliance's Quan Lung about its Clickfree backup device, which aims to make data backup for users and IT as easy as plugging in a USB cable.; cool_tools; network world; storage; wirelessmobile; Vivek Pathela from Netgear stops by the video booth to talk about some of the seven new products announced at the show by Netgear, including some smart switches, a heavy-duty NAS box and a new 802.11n wireless system.; lanwan; network world; storage; wireless; wirelessmobile; Tim Greene sits down with Paul Mockapetris, inventor of directory name services (DNS), discussing the triumphs and improvements of the technology over the last 25 years. ; lanwan; network world; networksystemsmgmt; Tom DeSot from Digital Defense talks with Ron Nutter about whether companies are becoming too reliant on technology solutions for compliance efforts, and if they are forgetting the basics of security.; network world; security; APC's Scott Cassidy chats with Keith Shaw about how physical threats and dangers (floods, humidity, extreme temperatures) may be more important than protecting data in the data center.; datacenter; network world; security; Automating processes too complex? Pshaw, says Travis Greene from NetIQ, who talks with Keith Shaw about some of the misconceptions surrounding IT process automation.; datacenter; lanwan; network world; Network Test's David Newman talks with Keith Shaw about preparing for a large-scale enterprise 802.11n test. What are the issues regarding deployments for this new wireless technology?; network world; wireless; wirelessmobile; Mark Bauhaus from Juniper Networks chats with Neal Weinberg about adaptive threat management issues and the latest network access control (NAC) trends.; network world; networksystemsmgmt; security; Kaspersky's Tom Bowers talks about the latest security threats, including the SQL injection attacks of the past week and a new Pinch worm that is stealing passwords.; News; network world; security; Tom Racca from Colubris talks about the state of 802.11n wireless in the enterprise, as well as challenges that still lie ahead for the technology. ; network world; wireless; wirelessmobile; Stephen Pollack from PlateSpin talks with Beth Schultz about how Novell's recent acquisition of PlateSpin allows the two companies to integrate technologies to aid the desktop management and virtualization space.; datacenter; network world; The 70-plus volunteers that help create the Interop show network aren't just doing it to provide network services for vendors. The network's true value comes from showcasing the hottest technologies.; datacenter; network world; Charles Kaplan from Mazu Networks talks with Jason Meserve about how it expanded its behavior analytics offerings beyond security and into WAN management and performance and availability management spaces.; lanwan; network world; Polycom's Ben Guderian talks about his company's latest IP conference phones that feature 22khz "HD Voice" quality and a shield to kill the annoying cell phone buzz.; News; convergencevoip; network world; Polycom launched two new products at Interop - Video Border Gateway and endpoint software update - designed to make it easier to SOHO users to connect to the corporate office over video. Polycom's John Antanaitis provides the scoop on the new gear.; News; convergencevoip; network world; SMC's Iain Kenney chats with Ron Nutter about green computing initiatives, updates to management interfaces to control power usage, and other environmental friendly computing topics.; News; datacenter; network world; Steve Pao from Barracuda Networks talks with Keith Shaw about the latest threats from spam, malware, phishing and other messaging dangers.; News; network world; security; Jason Meserve and Keith Shaw (aka The Twisted Pair) preview Interop 2008 in Las Vegas.; News; lanwan; network world; Network World's coverage of Interop 2008 in Las Vegas.

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Tech Update 2.0: Creating enterprise mashups

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 04/22/08 - 3:19pm.

Google Maps' extensibility help put mashups on the map, but how can you harness the power of mashups for business applications? John Crupi, CTO of JackBe, explains how enterprise mashups work and who can benefit.

Sony recycling plastic from old CRT TVs

Submitted by videonet on Fri, 04/18/08 - 11:42am.

Sony has started making plastic components for new TVs that are partially recycled from old television sets.

GPS Snitch makes it easy to follow people

Submitted by videonet on Thu, 04/17/08 - 10:22pm.

Keith tries out the GPS Snitch, a device that can transmit its location over a GSM cell connection, making it easy to follow someone (as long as they're in the GSM coverage area.)

Week in Review - 4/18/08

Submitted by videonet on Thu, 04/17/08 - 10:15pm.

Advancements in electronic paper, Google Maps host videos, a woman airs her pre-nup grievances online, NEC premieres Lui PC, Apple iPhone price drop, Willcom creates the first device based on Intel's Atom, the Library of Congress offers a digital experience and Sony recycles televisions.

NEC unveils its Lui home server and portable client devices

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 04/15/08 - 4:23pm.

Think of it as a digital video recorder and PC packed together into a single, large case. NEC's Lui is intended to sit in the living room next to a television as a central server for multimedia content.

Tech Update 2.0: Testing challenges in a virtual environment

Submitted by videonet on Tue, 04/15/08 - 9:53am.

John Michelsen, co-founder and chief scientist at iTKO, explains the challenges of testing applications in a virtual environment.

The Willcom D4 from Sharp is the first device based on Intel's Centrino Atom platform

Submitted by videonet on Mon, 04/14/08 - 4:59pm.

The Willcom D4 is a slider type with the 5-inch widescreen display moving away to reveal a 64-key QWERTY keyboard. Inside is a 1.33GHz Atom processor, 1G byte of RAM, a 40G-byte hard disk and a 2-megapixel camera.

Windows Mobile 6.1 offers full web browser and other features

Submitted by videonet on Mon, 04/14/08 - 4:57pm.

The new Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a full HTML browser and support for Flash among other features.

IBM introduces racetrack memory concept

Submitted by videonet on Mon, 04/14/08 - 4:55pm.

IBM's developing a new type of solid-state memory that combines the best characteristics of flash, like having no moving parts, and the low cost of hard drives.

Week in Review - 4/11

Submitted by videonet on Fri, 04/11/08 - 10:19am.

The EC approves cell phones for airplanes, HP's 2133 competes with the Eee PC, computer viruses make art, US Homeland Security Secretary keynotes at RSA, Europe's Galileo is moving forward and you can now send smells.

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