Cisco adds 3G to branch router
3G wireless will grow up at the CTIA Wireless show in Orlando this week, finding its place in Cisco business routers.
Google’s next frontier: Television
Google is coming to your television set. The Web search giant is hiring a team of software engineers to develop products for television and is building a sales team that will secure advertising for Google’s TV offerings.
Air-conditioning failure threatens Florida government’s computers
A massive air-conditioning failure at a Florida office complex in Tallahassee is threatening to disrupt state government computer traffic statewide today.
AT&T offers anti-DDoS service for SMBs
AT&T launched its DDoS Defense Service Monday aimed at helping small and midsize businesses mitigate malicious Internet attacks.
Report: Ambitious federal wireless net at ‘high risk’ of failing
A new report by the inspector general of the Department of Justice concludes that an ambitious, multibillion-dollar federal wireless network faces a “high risk” of failing to be achieved.
HP sues Acer for patent infringement
The world’s largest PC vendor filed suit against its fastest growing rival on Tuesday, alleging the infringement of five patents.
Microsoft joins forces with Carnegie Mellon University
Not all that money you spend on Vista and other Microsoft products is going into Bill Gates’ pockets. Some of it is helping the software company fund such initiatives as the new Center for Computational Thinking at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
LG phones to carry Google software
LG Electronics plans to launch at least 10 cell phones this year with preinstalled software and services from Google, the two companies said Wednesday.
Sprint misses global MPLS mark
Sprint is behind on the promise it made last year to deploy its MPLS network to nearly 50 additional countries.
Tech firms push for more use of unlicensed spectrum
Microsoft, Intel, Google and other tech companies called on the FCC to move forward with a proceeding to make unused television spectrum available for wireless networking technologies.
Interview
Q&A: Virtualization invites management nightmare, says Yankee Group analyst
IT managers looking to unleash virtualization technology in their production networks should anticipate a major overhaul to their management strategies as well. That’s because as virtualization adds flexibility and mobility to server resources, it …
Podcast
How New Cisco gear aids first respondersNetwork World Senior Editor Phil Hochmuth talks with Boulder County, Colo., IS Director Drew Depler about Cisco’s new IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) 2.0, which includes a new Policy Engine for automatically notifying and connecting communications systems among disparate groups during events impacting public safety. (9:34)
Blogs
Today on Layer 8, where we keep both hands on the wheel at all times:
Legislatures on both coasts are looking at developing laws against texting (a la Blackberries and other devices) and driving. Three South Jersey lawmakers say texting while driving is even more dangerous than using a cell phone because it requires drivers to divert their hands and eyes.
From Cisco Subnet: Cisco’s storage fate to change?
Jerome Wendt, lead analyst and president of Datacenter Infrastructure Group, predicts Cisco will enter new enterprise accounts as the lead strategic storage management vendor. Quite a departure from its current status of being one of the support cast.
