Opinion

Digicam facts to wow your (nerdy) friends

Quarterly VC survey: More first stage financings

* VCs invested more money in first-round financing of telcos start-ups in 2005

Web conferencing for the small biz

* A look at some of the top Web conferencing tools

Linux computing on the couch, from across the room

* Package ties remote control to Linux

Questions to ask before you hand over your training dollars, Part 2

* How much hands-on practice will you receive?

Filling in the 802.11e gaps

* Do vendor moves reflect on Vo-Fi’s maturity?

Fischer targets ‘next generation’ of identity mgmt.

* Fischer International’s approach to identity management

Broadband battle lines drawn

* Broadband competition mapped out

Security, compliance and management converge

* What the convergence of security, compliance and management means

VoIP season about to heat up

* EarthLink, 3Com among those readying offerings

NetFlash: VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns

* VoIP rollouts generate heat, power concerns * Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo * Cell phone service takes a big hit in hurricane states * BMC acquires knowledge mgmt. company * IT director lends a hand in Thailand * Today on Layer 8

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It’s time for XML (and more!) in your network

Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo

Secure transactions through a Flash-based storefront

* Macromedia’s Flash-based approach to securing Web transactions

IT career survival in the face of offshoring

* IT careers in the age of offshore outsourcing

The API ‘maturity lifecycle’

* An explanation for why older apps, devices get left behind

A new podcatcher

Followup to Gearblog News for week 35 / Hold ’em or Fold ’em Dept.

Another insane patent, this time, for insanity

Five reasons NOT to use Linux

Google losing ground in China

Cell phone flasher possibly ID’d

Flickr fans plan ‘symbolic suicide’

Application accelerators take on various problems

* The problems addressed by application accelerators

Identity: more than just security

* Identity management can have uses beyond security

Industry insiders have the edge

* IT execs say industry-specific experience will tip the scales in a job seeker's favor

PingTel supports Earthlink’s Vling VoIP service

* PingTel's suppport of Earthlink's Vling VoIP service may well be an important way for VoIP services to gain popularity

IBM tops server heap, Gartner says

* IBM makes the most money at the server game, according to Gartner