Opinion

LAN party planning tips and other entertaining answers

The growing trend of podcasting

* Yes, Virginia, your iPod isn’t just for music anymore

The good, the bad, and the unknown about mesh

* Mesh: Points to ponder

The cost of screwing up your Web site and how to avoid it

* Quality control and a revisit to WebAgain

What’s on your wish list for converged features?

* What cool feature would you want on your convergence equipment?

Is penetration testing more effective than vulnerability scanning? Yes

Two industry insiders debate the merits of two popular security technologies.

ZigBee: What’s in it for me?

Game over, start new game

It’s a content conundrum

Creating PDF files on Windows

Pity the poor telephone company?

When IT, politics collide

Is penetration testing more effective than vulnerabiltiy scanning? No

Two industry insiders debate the merits of two popular security technologies

The need for (enough) speed

Buying from the channel can work to your advantage

* Results of EMA's channel distribution research

As GPL gets an update, a world of changes must be considered

* FSF to revamp GNU GPL

The insanely cool VMware Player

You say you can smell phish in your in-box?

Putting lipstick on the Internet porno-pig

Linking networks wirelessly

Branch office IT strategies are vital

Detective agency scores big with makeover

A new peer-to-peer network option

MioNet combines file sharing and remote desktop control

All change in the ID mgmt. world

* Consolidation continues in the identity management market

NetFlash: Web application firewalls take on more heat

* Web application firewalls take on more heat * Automation: Better but not yet automatic * Fluke to acquire network manager Visual Networks * IE bug lets hackers phish with Google Desktop * Network World Radio Podcast: The GPL roadmap * 2005 Holiday

This Week: Vendors beefing up app firewalls

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SAML 2.0 simplifies federation

* SAML 2.0 radically alters the federation landscape

Creating PDF files on Windows; Linking networks wirelessly

Northrop Grumman to deliver IP conferencing net to DoD

* Northrop Grumman to deliver IP conferencing net to DoD

Cisco IOS security hole surfaces in Web server code