Opinion

Hardware: The weird and the cool

The week’s most-read stories

* All the most-read stories of the week

Some of the gems at Interop

Will Cisco suffer IBM’s fate?

Maybe Verizon ought to stick to phones

Ameritrade leaks and more Wi-Fi theft

Robots: More than meets the eye

Novell says Microsoft deal is good for Linux business; Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers

Palm set to unveil ‘smart phone companion’; Qualcomm infringed Broadcom patents, jury says

F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities; Don’t trust Google Toolbar; ‘Spam king’ arrested

Freedom of speech and its consequences

* Another look at AutoAdmit

App intelligence a new network service

Vertical lessons from over the water

IBM lays off over 1,500; IBM raises bar in Unix market

ITIL V3 goes live; Nearly 30% of businesses not ready for a disaster

Getting down to application specifics

* Certeon outfits its appliances with application-specific functions; the latest target is EMC’s Documentum Content Server and eRoom

Dell + Linux + Wal-Mart

30-day Windows Vista Enterprise VM available for download

20,000 leagues under the sea, network-style

Interop 2007: A multimedia view

Open source envy over 235 violated Microsoft patents

Cisco looking more proprietary than Microsoft

The new “surface” computer … cool but impractical

Jeopardy puts Google in the form of a question

Acquisition complete; assimilation starts

Does Cisco want Avaya?

Phone card plan for soldiers in Iraq gathers steam

FiOS TV? Maybe Verizon ought to stick to phones

Air passenger bumping: the technology and cold-hearted bottom line

Orange Business adds managed services for Microsoft apps

* Business Together with Microsoft