http://www.networkworld.com/community/taxonomy/term/1035 Showing new posts in a forum view en http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47442 The iPhone for the past 2 years has enjoyed preeminent spot as the top smartphone on the market.  But since its release a little more than 2 years ago, competitors have increasingly been upping the ante and churning out more impressive devices.  First came the Storm from RIM, which by all accounts did nothing to threaten the iPhone's standing.  Next came the Palm Pre, which despite a ton of hype... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47442#comments General discussions Apple Apple iPhone 3G S motorola droid Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:37:19 +0000 Yoni Heisler 47442 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47392 The Federal Aviation Administration today said it would streamline the environmental review part of permit applications for the launch and/or reentry of reusable suborbital rockets to help bolster a fledgling commercial space market.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47392#comments General discussions Security commercial space faa NASA space Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:52 +0000 Layer 8 47392 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47356 Text message this morning from CNN: Unemployment hit 10.2% in October. Microsoft announced earlier this week another 800 employee layoffs to the 5,000 previously announced employee layoffs. If you look at Microsoft's financials you see why, a 14% revenue and 18% net income drop for the last reported quarter, on top of disappointing prior quarters. Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47356#comments Careers Data Center General discussions Google Microsoft SMB Software Wireless / Mobile Apple iPhone Apple Mac executive pay Google Google Android Google Apps Google Docs Linux Microsoft Microsoft Office Open Office open source unemployment Windows 7 windows mobile Windows Vista Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:27 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 47356 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47345 In the past few weeks several organizations have asked me about these "funny" packets they see leaving their networks destined for the Internet. These packets turned out to be IPv6 packets encapsulated within an IPv4 header (IP protocol 41). IPv6 packets that are encapsulated in IPv4 packets may be created unintentionally or they may be malicious activity that is trying to avoid detection. To understand... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47345#comments General discussions 6in4 Assure6 Boeing SMIS cisco ips dpi encapsulation fpm IPS IPv6 OpenDPI Sandvine Shenick teredo Wireshark Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:09:03 +0000 Scott Hogg 47345 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47330 Too little is known about what potential foes have placed into space and how much space debris is threatening to damage American orbiters. And the US needs to deploy more space sensors, satellites and satellite protection and quickly: "We are decades behind where we should be, in my view."  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47330#comments General discussions Security Software Wireless / Mobile DARPA General Chilton satellites US Air Force Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:53:49 +0000 Layer 8 47330 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47307 Ultra-high bandwidth lasers in manned or unmanned aircraft could soon be blasting military voice, video and data across the skies and to the ground if a hybrid optical laser system currently undergoing test pans out.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47307#comments General discussions Security DARPA optical lasers US Air Force Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:18:20 +0000 Layer 8 47307 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47267 The iPhone may soon be getting stiffer competition from upcoming products like the Motorola Droid, but one area where Apple's commanding lead seems untouchable is its mobile app store. Apple today announced in a press release that developers have now created over 100,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch.Phill Schiller stated in the press release: Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47267#comments General discussions Apple Apple App Store developers iPhone iTunes app store smartphones Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:29:12 +0000 Yoni Heisler 47267 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47251 A few days ago, word spread that the latest (at the time) developer build of Snow Leopard all but killed support for the Intel Atom processor.  The atom processor, of course, is often found in the netbooks that happen to be popular amongst those seeking to create hackintosh machines.  When news began to trickle down throughout the Apple blogosphere, it seemed that Apple was finally taking some concrete... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47251#comments General discussions Apple Hackintosh Snow Leopard Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:30:31 +0000 Yoni Heisler 47251 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47225 If you want to be a CEO but not have any of the real responsibilities of one, you could try to play a new online game being offered by Cisco.  The company this week posted myPlanNet, a computer game that lets anyone be a broadband executive making network deployment decisions.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47225#comments Careers Cisco Data Center E-commerce General discussions Security ceo Cisco computer games myPlanNet Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:38:21 +0000 Layer 8 47225 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47208 The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Transportation are teaming up to develop what they called high-tech solutions to the growing problem of distracted or inattentive drivers.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47208#comments E-commerce General discussions Security Software auto technology distracted driving dot FCC Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:40 +0000 Layer 8 47208 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47170 The Blackberry Bold is getting good attention but the mobile SmartPhone world has become a two horse race between the Apple iPhone and the Motorola/Google Droid. Even with the new Blackberry Storm 2 model, the Storm missed its window to be a serious contender against the iPhone (despite all my ill advised  pro-Storm predictions). Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47170#comments General discussions Google Microsoft SMB Software Wireless / Mobile Apple iPhone BlackBerry Bold Blackberry Storm Droid Google Android Motorola RIM Verizon Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:17 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 47170 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47138 It seems my last post was timely regarding network access during and through a pandemic. Gartner Group came out the next day with their list of concerns, which were quite similar to mine. They also mentioned a strategy which I had talked about with my colleague but forgot to include in my post -- the use of WAN optimization technologies as a hedge against Internet congestion. My thought there was “well,... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47138#comments General discussions LANs / WANs Network Management Wireless / Mobile H1N1 pandemic concerns remote access teleworkers WAN optimization Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:55:28 +0000 Jim Frey 47138 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47127 Researchers have built an artificial intelligence-based wearable computer with digital eyes that could help future robots or astronauts "see' and discover signs of life in the desert-like conditions found on http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47127#comments General discussions Software artificial intelligence cyborg astrobiologist MARS NASA Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:41 +0000 Layer 8 47127 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47074 There are few products on the VoIP marketplace that aim to solve a major problem: Completing the difficult transition from TDM (or legacy) telephony to Voice Over IP. After spending a few months with the Portico TVA from Citel, I'm convinced that the TVA is one of those essential products. With the continued economic uncertainty, companies and organizations need cost effective methods to continue... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47074#comments General discussions LANs / WANs SMB VoIP / Convergence Wireless / Mobile centrex Citel Portico TVA TDM VoIP Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:10 +0000 Matthew Nickasch 47074 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47068 NASA said it will this week award $1.65 million in prize money to a pair of aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47068#comments General discussions Security Armadillo Aerospace Lunar lander challenge Masten Space Systems NASA northrop Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:18:10 +0000 Layer 8 47068 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47002 The Department of Energy today said it would give $5.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support the X Prize Foundation's competition to build mass-production-capable cars that can get at least 100 MPG.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/47002#comments E-commerce General discussions DOE economic stimuls x prize Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:01:14 +0000 Layer 8 47002 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46982 What do you get when you combine the smarts of a computer scientist and a doctor of sleep medicine? A cool, less invasive way to figure out if  patients have sleep apnea, a common problem that causes a  snoring a person to momentarily stop breathing while sleeping.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46982#comments Careers General discussions Security Software algorithms computer science health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:31:01 +0000 Layer 8 46982 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46960 NASA began the long process of redefining some of its missions today as it added four new committees to the external advisory group that helps guide the space agency's directions.  Read more http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46960#comments General discussions Security commercial space NASA Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:46:23 +0000 Layer 8 46960 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46959 Now that Microsoft's first Apple-like store is open in Scottsdale Arizona, Microsoft has finally entered the world of direct consumer retail sales. Since I don't live in that part of the country I have to rely on the reports from others, and so far the feedback is that the store is a lot like Apple's, has a little less cool-vibe to it, and shows off some of the price differences between hardware running... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46959#comments General discussions Google Microsoft SMB Software Wireless / Mobile Apple Guru Apple store Microsoft Store Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:38:51 +0000 Mitchell Ashley 46959 at http://www.networkworld.com/community http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46951 Well, maybe the fourth time will be the charm.  This time the Federal Trade Commission said it delayed the enforcement of its Red Flags identity protection rules until June 1, 2010 at the request of Congressional members. At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the "Red Flags" Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46951#comments E-commerce General discussions Security identity theft red flags security Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:55:39 +0000 Layer 8 46951 at http://www.networkworld.com/community