Opinion

Supercomm makes a comeback; AT&T launches service to optimize Web apps

Four critical Windows fixes coming; Database security not a top corporate priority

Can Linux close its three key technical gaps?

Marriott exec shares convergence ‘horror story’; Qualcomm to seek Bush veto of import ban

* Welcome to the afternoon edition of Network World Daily News.

Four critical Windows fixes coming next week; IP address depletion looms

Wachovia, Rogers give Cisco TelePresence a whirl

Cisco and investor friends fund wireless chip company

Cisco’s managed service for the little guy

Next Week in Web Applications: ooVoo Video Voodoo

Cut the cord: MIT demonstrates wireless power transfer

Coke set to fizz with social networking site

New York Software Industry Association Goes Green

Defense Department insider guilty of computer fraud

Casino bans author of Word for being lucky

Gaming innovations heading to an enterprise near you (namely yours)

Anti-virus fix touted by researchers

Shoppers willing to pay extra for privacy confidence, study finds

Auto industry gets more schizophrenic every day

This Week in Web Applications: LiveSaver keeps a user’s work from coming to harm

Different problems, different resources

* A reader shares his ideas for reconciling tactical and strategic IT requirements

Google gears up to take on Microsoft

* Google Gears provides offline access to Web applications

Inhibitors for Metro Ethernet adoption

* The primary inhibitors for Metro Ethernet implementation

Apple storage busts out in the enterprise

* Apple’s Xserve RAID and Xsan are ready for enterprise deployment

OpenOffice vs. Microsoft Office

* Microsoft Subnet draws traffic, sadly, with insults

CIMIP fights identity theft

* Utica College's Center for Identity Management and Information Protection

Microsoft makes LG Electronics patent partner; Take Vista like a man

IBM acquires Watchfire; Latest storage sales numbers show HP-IBM tie

Verizon gets into supply chain management; Tools automate the business process

Pilgrims go wireless; Vodafone whets appetite for mobile Internet

Vendors seek unity on identity protocols; Mac developers get antipiracy tools