http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/ Network World 360 delivers the week's top news and highlights the best of NetworkWorld.com. en Copyright 2009 U.S. senators ask EC to speed Oracle-Sun review. Microsoft's CFO steps down. California man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit chips to U.S. Navy. (3:25) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112509-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112509-nw360-daily.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Microsoft, News Corp. discuss paying to delist from Google. FCC considers net neutrality for mobile networks. Motorola, RIM sued over visual voicemail. (3:21) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112409-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112409-nw360-daily.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Google plans to upgrade its YouTube video streaming Web site to provide support for IPv6. The FCC has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of “tens of millions of dollars” from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. (5:06) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112309-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112309-nw360-daily.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Computerworld is reporting that the National Security Agency worked with Microsoft on the development of Windows 7. Also, the two lawmakers who successfully added H-1B hiring restrictions to the financial bailout bill earlier this year have introduced legislation that would bar any firm that lays off 50 or more workers from hiring guest workers. (5:15) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112009-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/112009-nw360-daily.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 The U.S. Defense Department is expanding its exclusive arrangement with McAfee, whose security software is at the heart of the military's cybersecurity efforts. Also, Robert Half Technology this week released findings of a survey of 1,400 CIOs that showed 43% said retaining existing workers will be their top staffing priority in 2010. (5:26) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111909-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111909-nw360-daily.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Georgia Tech researchers building an experimental new supercomputer say graphics processors may help pave the way toward future exascale machines, which would be 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers. Microsoft will pass out beta code today that it hopes will define the next evolution of directories. It's a modular add-on that is built on a database and designed to add querying capabilities and performance never before possible in a directory. (5:10) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111809-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111809-nw360-daily.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 A new report from McAfee suggests that nations that want to disrupt their enemies banking, media and government resources don’t need their own technical skills – they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals. Also, proving that social networking is a huge cultural force, the New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen 'unfriend' as its 2009 Word of the Year. (5:32) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111709-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111709-nw360-daily.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Microsoft Friday acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code. To correct the error, the company this week will make the source code and binaries for the tool available under terms of the GPL v2 license. A just-published Apple patent application for handwriting recognition on pen-based computers has re-ignited speculation that the company will soon unveil a tablet device. (5:45) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111609-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111609-nw360-daily.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Hackers can exploit a flaw in Adobe's Flash to compromise nearly every Web site that allows users to upload content, including Google's Gmail, then launch silent attacks on visitors to those sites, security researchers said this week. Also, sales of smartphones running the Window Mobile operating system declined 20% in the third quarter at the same time that total smartphone sales surged 13%, according to an analysis of newly released sales data from Gartner Inc. (7:49) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111309-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111309-nw360-daily.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 HP plans to acquire 3Com for $2.7 billion, 30 years after Ethernet creator Robert Metcalfe co-founded the company. The acquisition will fill out HP's data center product portfolio with switches, routers and security products, plus expand its presence in China. Also, scientists at Intel and Carnegie Mellon University are using distributed computing and robotics to make shape shifting a reality. In essence, they're working to take millions of millimeter-sized robots and enable them, through software and electromagnetic forces, to take on various shapes and sizes. (4:56) http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111209-nw360-daily.html http://www.networkworld.com/podcasts/360/2009/111209-nw360-daily.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500