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NEWS PODCAST: NETWORK WORLD 360, 09/21/07
Nortel replaces its Enterprise Solutions chief despite large growth in the market; Ameritrade customers vent about the company’s recent data breach and the company’s response to customers. Plus, the latest in technology news from the IDG Global IT News Update (5:35).
GARTNER TOUTS WEB 2.0, SCOFFS AT SEQUEL
IT executives just getting comfortable with having Web 2.0 technologies within their networks are being faced with a moving target: Web 3.0.
IM IS THE BIGGEST, MOST OVERLOOKED THREAT
Messaging guru Michael Osterman discusses the overlooked IM threat, the best low-cost archiving solutions and how social networking affects the enterprise in this chat transcript.
VMWARE BUGS SHINE SPOTLIGHT ON VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY
A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware’s virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system.
AMERITRADE CUSTOMERS VENT ABOUT DATA BREACH
The 2.3 million Ameritrade customers whose personal data was compromised sometime over the past 20 months can get a free year of credit checks, but only if they ask for it.
CELEBRATE THE INTERNET ON SATURDAY’S ONEWEBDAY
On Saturday, people around the world will be celebrating OneWebDay, a global Earth Day for the Internet, according to the event’s organizer.
EUROPEAN PC BUYERS SHOULD WIN FROM FALLING U.S. DOLLAR
The declining value of the U.S. dollar should allow PC vendors to offer bargains to people living in the euro zone, while U.S. consumers probably won’t feel much of a pinch, according to a leading economist.
EU MAY FACE COMPLAINT OVER NEW TECH TARIFFS
A U.S. government official played down reports that the U.S. is considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes.
IDF: INTEL PROJECT AIMS TO BOOST POWER EFFICIENCY IN LINUX
Intel plans to announce an open source project called LessWatts.org, which aims to improve the power efficiency of the Linux operating system and applications.
FROM the WEEKEND EDITION
This week’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
HOT TOPICS – What Network Worlders are talking about
* How Gateway’s tech support tortured an editorHow much does the store owe this PC buyer?Ameritrade leak looks to have started in late ’05, much earlier than reportedResearchers flash personal aircraft, future jetpackCould a combined Nortel-3Com-Polycom beat Cisco?IBM takes aim at Office with free productivity appsOne less reason to adopt IPv6?
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