20 great Firefox extensions
You’ve seen the lists of Top X great Firefox extensions on other sites, but they all have a different 10 favorites. So how do you decide which are worthy of your attention? We bring you THE definitive list of the 20 best culled from all the top 10 lists we could find.
Ballmer disses Google on wireless plans
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that Microsoft does not have plans to bid on U.S.-licensed wireless spectrum as does rival Google.
Next-generation LANs, branches under consideration
The next-generation LAN will be mobile, secure, intelligent and service- vs. speed-oriented, experts at the Interop New York conference said this week.
MySQL to get injection of Google code
MySQL has laid out its software road map through 2009, including some code contributed by Google and security improvements that are due in MySQL 7.0.
Hybrid Web filtering combines appliance with hosted service
St. Bernard Software this week is announcing a hybrid solution for Web filtering that the company says combines the control of an appliance with the ease of use of a managed service.
Controversial cybersecurity plan gets legal review
The notion of removing the security perimeter around corporate information – a concept known as deperimeterization – expounded by the Jericho Forum has been a hot technology debate, but now what could be controversial legal aspects of it are being brought up as well.
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Buzzblog: Unlimited gall to cost Verizon $1 million
Unlimited really means unlimited, even in advertising. So says the New York State Attorney General’s Office in squeezing a $1 million settlement out of Verizon Wireless for disconnecting 13,000 of its customers who had the temerity to believe that the unlimited service they were promised came with unlimited service. Verizon’s statement explaining the settlement is a gem, too.
Today on Layer 8 where we long for the days of big V-8s:
The Panasonic World Solar Challenge is underway in Australia where 41 solar-powered cars – with four teams from the U.S. — are racing 1,870 miles across the country’s rugged Northern Territory to try to win the 20th running of the event. Over the years the challenge has become a test bed for all sorts of vehicle design from aerodynamics to tires. All manner of prototypes for testing the most efficient solar cell arrays, new types of car battery systems, including the latest Lithium ion packs, mechanisms for recharging batteries efficiently are also tested during the race. Most large car manufactures such as Ford, Honda and Toyota are well represented.
Today on Cisco Subnetdo with Navini what it did with Airespace? This year, Cisco and the FBI nabbed two scam artists who tried to defraud Cisco out of millions. Guest blogger and Cisco trainer Dave Schulz explains how to break into the world of IP telephony.
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