* Demand rises for wireless skills * In-depth: What's new in Firefox 2.0 * Judge questions telecom merger agreements * Nortel: The highs and lows of the past six months * Buzzblog: Your washer's calling and the dryer's on IM * Today on Layer 8
Demand rises for wireless skills
Scan the job postings: IT network job descriptions increasingly cite wireless skills among the requirements. There also has been an influx of training courses in wireless and certification programs aimed at wireless administration and security. These are adding luster – and pay increases – to a range of wireless network positions. Click here for details.
In-depth: What’s new in Firefox 2.0
It’s a new day for Mozilla. Only a few days after OneStat reported that its Firefox Web browser has reached nearly 13% market share worldwide, the open-source software development organization Wednesday released Beta 1 of Firefox 2.0. With this release, Firefox devotees will be widely testing the next version of the browser. Click here for the full story.
Judge questions telecom merger agreements
A U.S. district court judge is questioning Department of Justice approvals of two major telecommunications mergers since late 2005, saying he has “doubts” that the deals were in the public interest. Click here for more.
Nortel: The highs and lows of the past six months
For Nortel, it’s been an up-and-down first half of 2006. The Avis of enterprise networking has tried hard to keep up with No. 1 Cisco, showering the market with more than a dozen new products, announcing a spate of top executive appointments, and launching an ambitious R&D spending plan. But the all-too-familiar bugbears of revenue restatements, job cuts and unspectacular earnings also chased the vendor over the last six months. Click here for a rundown of the top 10 Nortel stories so far this year.
Buzzblog: Your washer’s calling and the dryer’s on IM
Paul McNamara writes: “Next week will find an armada of modern technology being marshaled in behalf of three Atlanta families and their desire to devote less time to a household chore that dates to the dawn of mankind – at least the dawn of clothed mankind.” Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, so much fun the feds will have us banned:
Google set to invade Michigan; House passes online gambling ban; MySpace beats Yahoo, Google; and man successfully barters paper clip for house; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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