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In depth
Nine wireless network companies to watch
Wireless and mobile companies you might not know but that are worth learning more about. Specializing in everything from smarter smart phones to going beyond the BlackBerry to exploiting XML data.
Cisco consumer move afoot, leaders suggest
Cisco Systems Inc. executives hinted at major changes in the company’s consumer strategy on Wednesday even as they voiced optimism about networking and the world economy.
Netscape goes back to the future
AOL LLC’s venerable Netscape.com site, given an extreme Web 2.0 makeover 15 months ago and transformed into a spiffy social news site, will revert to a traditional portal.
Bechtel put Vista’s IPv6 stack on trial
Bechtel has been testing Vista’s IPv6 capabilities since January and so far likes what it sees. In fact, the engineering services giant plans to mandate the operating system for all new computer purchases by the end of the year.
Juniper tuning itself for growth, efficiency
Juniper implementing internal changes for growth, COO tells analysts.
Battle of the free server virtualization tools
With the recent initial public offering of VMware Inc. being greeted with a resounding cheer from investors, it’s clear that virtualization is increasingly important to businesses. Corporations are working virtualization strategies into their budgets …
Google to boost universal search effort
Google Inc. will become more aggressive with its universal search effort, making a bolder push to blend a variety of Web links into a single …
Talks under way to put Intel inside OLPC’s $100 notebook
Discussions are under way to put an Intel microprocessor inside a version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project’s “$100 laptop” for …
Social Security number use restrictions wanted
A new poll released today by the Consumers Union suggests that a large majority of Americans support government action that would restrict the use of Social Security numbers.
Blogs
Today on Microsoft Subnettax breaks for R&D spending. New blogger Alex Lewis slices and dices Yahoo’s acquisition of BlueLithium. Does the buy mean Microsoft will no longer be rumored to be interested in Yahoo? Chris Dalby is digging up the best Microsoft add-ons and third party products. Today he looks at free code that integrate Sharepoint, .Net and Flickr.
Microsoft shelled out $160K in the first half of 2007 for lobbyist fees. One issue on the agenda was
The Foleo was a dud
So declares Microsoft Subnet blogger John Obeto: “In looks, functionality, potentiality, vision, everything! A ‘companion device’ for smartphones? Erhhh Dude, what do you call a laptop?”
Navigating bad tech support
Microsoft Subnet blogger Sue Hanley is fed up with awful tech support. Better search technologies, she says, could be the solution.
Buzzblog: Verizon smokes out another family
This time it’s a Philadelphia family watching smoke billow from the front of their home after another Verizon FiOS tech drills into an electrical wire. The really bad PR news for Verizon? The homeowner happens to be a business reporter for Associated Press.
