News podcast: Network World 360
What Cisco purchase of WebEx means; Managed LAN services growing up; Foundry airs high-density WLAN gear; U.S. troops get on-the-spot mobile access. (7:14)
Top open-source security tools
Product tester Joel Snyder shares his picks for open-source security tools you can trust.
Juniper distributes policy enforcement for ipTV, video, VoIP
Juniper Networks this week unveiled hardware designed to distribute and scale policy enforcement throughout a service provider network.
Google privacy policy may not protect your identity, advocates say
Some Google observers are concerned that a new privacy policy announced by the Web search giant may contain holes that could make it possible to connect search logs to the names of users, potentially defeating the purpose of Google’s plan to make records about user searches anonymous after 18 to 24 months.
Another Microsoft-Alcatel patent flap to be probed
The U.S. International Trade Commission is going to investigate allegations by Microsoft of patent infringement by the French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent.
Father of Fortran programming language dies
John Backus, the man who led development of the first mainstream programming language, Fortran, has died at the age of 82.
Q&A: Novell chief says Microsoft deal brings stability
At Novell’s annual BrainShare user conference, CEO and President Ron Hovsepian sat down with Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor to talk about the Novell-Microsoft interoperability agreement and how it’s helping Novell attract customers with mixed operating system environments.
IPTV group missing two key players
The Open IPTV Forum, launched Monday, plans to support efforts to create open standards and define deployment specifications for IPTV, which allows telcos and cable operators to deliver programs over broadband networks.
80s Solid Gold Technology
With the Internet, Xbox and iPods still years away from mainstream, here’s a look at what the 1980s had to offer technology buffs during a time when the average salary was $15,757 and a BMW cost $12,000.
Column
Wal-Mart and the Three Great RFID Lies
One of the Three Great Lies used to be: My wife doesn’t understand me. What are the Three Great RFID Lies?
Blogs
Buzzblog: Online implications within High Court’s “banner” case
Where the incident happened – off school property yet in a public place – would seem to play a significant role in this test of student First Amendment rights that includes a word spam filters won’t like. It’s easy to imagine the Supreme Court decision, whichever way it goes, spilling into the online world.
Today on Layer 8, where we always have a snap in our step and a smile on our face… yeah, right:Smile and the world smiles with you? Seems so, even in cyberspace. Ohio State University research released today says the simulated emotions of digital characters on Web sites have a real impact on potential customers looking at them.From Cisco Subnet: Dell’Oro reports McData received thrashing from Cisco
Tam Dell’Oro, founder, president, and senior analyst for SAN market research at the Dell’Oro Group, reports McData received a thrashing from Cisco for the second quarter in a row.
