How to destroy a hard drive in five seconds, and other popular stories

Opinion
Jun 29, 20062 mins

Welcome to The Best of Network World. Here is this week's Readers' Choice, with the most-clicked stories of the week.

READERS’ CHOICE

The top 10 most-read NEWS STORIES this week

1. How to destroy a hard drive in five secondsNortel CTO targets CiscoSymantec to exit security appliance businessInternet partly to blame for your lack of friendsCisco may adopt unbundled pricingHow one school system makes the most of open sourceMicrosoft warns of exploit code for dial-up bugQ&A: Cisco engineer on LANs, NAC, network designExchange 2007 will shake up messagingWi-Fi hacked in ‘digital drive-by’

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The top 5 most-read IN-DEPTH STORIES this week

1. 10 cutting-edge network research projectsThe 2006 10 Start-ups To WatchSecurity Buyer’s GuidesContent filters monitor outbound trafficProtocol measures IP performance

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The top 5 most-read COLUMNS this week

1. Anderson: Microsoft vs. Cisco: The new clash of the titansLAN switches: What Dell did rightThe layers of network hellReal tools for real geeksBest EAP for an enterprise wireless LAN

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The top 5 most-read BLOG ENTRIES this week

1. Small Business: Schools and open sourceMicrosoft wants to pimp my what?Dell uses Google Earth for better servicesVerizon, LG launch VX8300 phoneNetwork neutrality

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This week’s featured WHITE PAPERS

Biscom: Secure Information Exchange in an Insecure World – Secure Message and File DeliveryUltimate Guide to Email SecurityLearn how to achieve PCI compliancePlugging into Utility Storage for Enterprise-Class Application ServersIsolating Application Performance Issues: How to Find and Fix Performance Problems

Clearswift:

VeriSign:

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