* Military research aims to develop self-configuring, secure wireless nets * Systems management wares debut at LinuxWorld * Unisys offers $50,000 reward for missing VA computer * Sun sells off mainframe re-hosting business * Buzzblog: You can't bring the band back with an iPod * Today on Layer 8
News podcast: Network World 360
In this week’s podcast, we get a glimpse into Cisco’s approach to security, see Microsoft remain firm on SA, examine the executive changes at 3Com, analyze the fallout from the IBM-FileNet deal, and get a preview of this week’s LinuxWorld conference. Listen now. (8:42)
Military research aims to develop self-configuring, secure wireless nets
Government, corporate and academic researchers are working on a network that would be able to configure itself, intelligently cache and route data, and allow for fast and reliable sharing of data, all while maintaining military-grade security. Click here for more.
Systems management wares debut at LinuxWorld
Systems management newcomers this week stormed LinuxWorld with software designed to manage the open source operating system. Click here for the full story, click here for all the news from the LinuxWorld conference or click here for our LinuxWorld reporter’s notebook.
Unisys offers $50,000 reward for missing VA computer
Unisys, working with the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the FBI, is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of a missing desktop computer that belongs to the VA. Click here for more.
Sun sells off mainframe re-hosting business
Still looking to cut costs, struggling server maker Sun has sold off its mainframe re-hosting business to Chicago’s Clerity Solutions. Click here for more.
Buzzblog: You can’t bring the band back with an iPod
Real rockers don’t ditch their lighters for some fancy-pants software that “lights up” an iPod. (Does that sound old-school? Or just old?) Click here for more.
Today on Layer 8, hotter than a Sony battery:
Apple denies wireless iPod’s a-comin’; why IT pros are stress magnets; more on AOL perverts; and researchers say hands-free cell driving is still dangerous; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
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