Opinion

Rule #4: If you screw up, apologize

Tivo sells out

AOL founder: Sorry about that whole merger thing

10 gadgets to get you fired

Man faces cell assault charges

Blue Coat targets speed and security

* Catching up with Blue Coat CEO

Qwest offers to manage migrations to MPLS

* Also: Alltel completes spin off of wireline business; Chinese surfers reached 123 million in June

Is e-mail really losing its clout?

* Research suggests e-mail is losing ground to IM and text messaging

ENGL automates deployment of Windows desktops

* Taking a look at ENGL Imaging Toolkit

VPNs winning converts from frame relay

* Businesses use site-to-site VPNs for WAN connectivity

Fujitsu, NEC put the finishing touches on their Montecito dual-core servers

* Server vendors begin rolling out Montecito servers

CA is worth getting excited about again

* CA as the comeback kid

DRM-roll for consumer privacy protection

* Digital rights management could enable consumer control over privacy

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AMD to launch ‘Rev. F’ Opteron chip Aug. 15

NetFlash: HP’s Mercury buy only tip of wide-ranging software plans

* HP's Mercury buy only tip of wide-ranging software plans * Q&A: VMware eyes 'real' utility computing * The 2006 Salary Calculator * Verizon Wireless leads group offering IMS extensions * Experts weigh giving ICANN full control of DNS * Managing you

Patches for Ubuntu, Gentoo and Debian

* Patches from Ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian * Beware Trojan called 'FormSpy' that cloaks itself as Firefox extension * Crypto malware close to being 'uncrackable'

IEEE opens the door for a faster Ethernet

* IEEE forms Higher Speed Study Group

Microsoft-Nortel pact on unified communications is good news for customers

A look at tech overseas

Start-up offers free management tool, and other popular stories

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Not all carriers price MPLS services the same

* The varied ways carriers price MPLS services

DuoShare offers to clean up your snail mail address book

* Making sure snail mail gets to the right place

Google Maps Cool But Mobiles Not Ready

Another link for Wikipedia’s Onion entry

Rule #1 when doing PR for an anti-spam vendor: Don’t spam

HP: We’re cool…really

Marines use MySpace to recruit

Track traffic on your cell via Google

Scotty to face final frontier