Copyright 2005, Network World, Inc. agaffin@nww.com http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html Daily breaking news about networking products, technologies and services en-us http://www.networkworld.com/redesign2/logorss.gif http://www.networkworld.com/news/netflash.html 125 23 Daily breaking news about networking products, technologies and services. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-patch-tuesday-255948.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-jobs-fbi-foia-255931.html?fsrc=netflash-rss The FBI today released a background check it did on Apple's founder Steve Jobs when he was being considered for a position on the President's Export Council under George H.W. Bush in 1991. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-cisco-boosted-profit-sales-in-255904.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-google-solvex-255914.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Google promised radical technology proposals would be a part of its Solve for X project and its initial offerings so far haven't disappointed. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-oracle-buying-taleo-for-us19-255923.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-chrome-upgrade-255928.html?fsrc=netflash-rss You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-exec-lync-skype-integration-a-255913.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020312-insider-hypervisors-255717.html?fsrc=netflash-rss The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-mobile-crm-255926.html?fsrc=netflash-rss The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-application-performance-management-255910.html?fsrc=netflash-rss The growing importance of reliable applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage lately. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-foxconn-said-to-have-been-255917.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-windows8-255900.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Windows 8 is stingy doling out power to applications, particularly what Microsoft calls Metro-style applications written specifically for the operating system, all in an effort to prolong battery life. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020612-insider-macs-255772.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Change can often be slow. It took many years for the Mac to begin to even threaten the PC in the enterprise. It is still a slow process, but Apple is making up ground on Microsoft. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-ipv6-brazil-255876.html?fsrc=netflash-rss Forget Mardi Gras. Brazil is hosting a party for techies only this week to encourage deployment of IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol. http://www.networkworld.com/index.html