* Giving cell phones the ol' college try * Microsoft earnings set record, but red flag seen on licensing * Cisco buys network security company Perfigo * Presidential candidates differ in IT questionnaire * Today on Layer 8
If you’re still looking for proof that the world is moving inexorably towards wireless technology, you need look no further than Morrisville State College. The school ripped most of the landline phones out of its dormitories, issuing cell phones to students instead. As this week’s Wider Net story shows, the result is a transformation in the campus culture. Giving cell phones the ol’ college try http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804widernetmorrisville.html?net
If you’re still looking for proof that the world is moving inexorably towards wireless technology, you need look no further than Morrisville State College. The school ripped most of the landline phones out of its dormitories, issuing cell phones to students instead. As this week’s Wider Net story shows, the result is a transformation in the campus culture.
Giving cell phones the ol’ college try
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804widernetmorrisville.html?net
Microsoft earnings set record, but red flag seen on licensing
Microsoft may have reached new highs in profits and revenue in its most recent quarter, but it also showed a drop in “unearned” revenue – which comes mostly from its volume licensing agreements. However, the company is not worried.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020microearn.html?net
Cisco buys network security company Perfigo
Network equipment maker Cisco said it intends to buy Perfigo for $74 million in cash, boosting the company’s efforts to secure network “endpoints” and protect them from worms, viruses and hacking.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/netflash.html?net
Presidential candidates differ in IT questionnaire
President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry both advocate universal access to broadband and stronger cybersecurity but the two candidates disagree in their approaches in answers given in a tech policy questionnaire released by the Computing Technology Industry Association.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1021presicandi.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where it’s time we carved a pumpkin:
The wacky SIM hijinks of roommates Bush and Kerry; man receives kidney brokered over the Web; turn your used Altoids tin into an MP3 player; and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leaked before release; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. The air is starting to come out of the wireless LAN market
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804wlanmarket.html?net
2. California discloses massive ID theft
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1020califdisc.html?net
3. Feds declare war on spyware scams
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804spyware.html?net
4. Microsoft to make its ‘presence’ felt
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/101804von.html?net
5. VoIP is the killer consumer broadband app, Cisco CTO says
https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/1019voncon.html?net
