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* BWA carriers make telco bypass strides
* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass advises a reader on how to protect Cisco routers
* What the Identarati are talking about now
* Understanding Samba through the geekspeak
* DomainKeys Identified Mail
* Reader questions why IP telephony vendors tout proprietary protocols
* Patches from Microsoft, Mandriva, Gentoo, others * Beware new Bagle variant that spreads through e-mail and peer-to-peer file sharing networks * Google now a hacker's tool, and other interesting reading
* A variety of Linux-based hardware offerings abound at LinuxWorld
* VoIP security concerns cannot be ignored * Making Verizon giddy * Crashing the 'Net would be very tough ... which is why no one's done it * Many could crash the 'Net ... but they lack motivation
* Questions dog Cisco routers * IT staff shortage looming * Anti-spyware firm warns of massive ID theft ring * Cisco mulls acquiring Nokia, report says * Salesforce.com: the next Microsoft? * Radio: ITIL realities * Today on Layer 8
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