Opinion

Contacts who die and U.S. intelligence

Latest Skype release makes shopping easier; Google bring Gmail to mobile users

* Recent announcements from Google and Skype

Early SNMP versions are useless as security for high-risk environments

* Managing security in high- or elevated-risk environments

Considerations for voice and video over IP

Half-dozen Microsoft patches coming Tuesday

* Patches from Microsoft, Mandriva, Gentoo, others * Latest e-mail hoaxes target personal data, pack virus * Social Security agency warns of e-mail scam

Cisco profit, revenue surge ahead in Q1

Looking for LAN answers

NetFlash: Juniper embraces 802.1X to control network access

* Juniper embraces 802.1X to control network access * Virtualization show goes far beyond VMware * Laptop loss: How to avoid becoming the next Starbucks * FAQ on NAC * Q&A: 40 years and going strong: Internet pioneer Merit celebrates and looks ahead

Possible to edit table data with MySQL Administrator?; Considerations for voice and video over IP

64-bit Vista security forum, network buzz and more

Here is this week's Editors' Choice; look for Readers' Choice later this week.

Security issues with pre-802.11n wireless gear

Verizon outages affected several states for two days

* Calls dropped for two days between Verizon, CLEC networks.

Buyer Beware

Microsoft offers BSOD screensaver

T.G.I.P.

I’m a (unemployed) Mac

“I’m on the plane”

Dems might push AT&T/BellSouth merger

Novell accused of spamming

NetFlash: DoD awards telecom deals worth up to $3 billion

* DoD awards telecom deals worth up to $3 billion * HP takes reins of software customer show; some feel abandoned * Software patent ignites firestorm in higher education * Utility offers millions to help data centers go green * Dems might push AT&T/

OpenID helps beat web account management hassles

iPod Shuffle: Get bent

Google eyes its own shoe line

AOL does the impossible

Press release of the week

Why I Don’t Understand the Voting Machine Brouhaha

Cost Effective, Easily Installed, Low Power Consumption Supercomputing

A look at NetEqualizer

* NetEqualizer from APConnections

Centralized printing

* UniPrint reduces printing problems in Citrix and Terminal Server

Truth in speeds – broadband access

Taking ISPs to task regarding service speeds.