* This net screams * HP to lay off thousands next week, reports say * IBM, Microsoft to ship another Web services security protocol to standards body * Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T patent * Weblog: Ken Fasimpaur’s IT Borderlands * Today on Layer 8
To give thrill-seekers the perfect ride every time – that’s the goal of all the computers and networking and sensors built into a roller coaster at an Ohio amusement park. This net screams http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071105widernetcoaster.html?net&story=071105widernetcoaster
To give thrill-seekers the perfect ride every time – that’s the goal of all the computers and networking and sensors built into a roller coaster at an Ohio amusement park.
This net screams
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071105widernetcoaster.html?net&story=071105widernetcoaster
HP to lay off thousands next week, reports say
The number of employees that will be let go by IT giant HP could be 5,000, or it could be 25,000. Only new CEO Mark Hurd knows for sure.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071505-hp-layoffs.html?net&story=071505-hp-layoffs
IBM, Microsoft to ship another Web services security protocol to standards body
IBM and Microsoft are set to turn over to a standards body a key set of Web services security specifications they have been developing for establishing trust and exchanging data between partners.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071405-ws.html?net&story=071405-ws
Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T patent
Microsoft infringed an AT&T patent for speech-coding technology in its distribution of a master version of the Windows operating system outside of the U.S. for replication abroad, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday, concluding the final issue remaining from a 2001 lawsuit.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071405-microsoft-att.html?net&story=071405-microsoft-att
Weblog: Ken Fasimpaur’s IT Borderlands
Resident IT guy Ken Fasimpaur this week talks about the vanishing line between work and home life and gives this advice to other IT folks: “Be the user.”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=borderlands
Today on Layer 8, home of the half-blood prince:
PBS launches downloadable “Nerd TV”; Fox scams baseball fans; study says VoIP is inferior to land lines; and broadband price wars mean good news for users; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/?net&story=layer8
