Opinion

Linux patch roundup

* Patches from Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake Linux others * Beware latest backdoor viruses

Telecom consolidation doesn’t hurt competition, Part 1

* Analysis of competition in rapidly consolidating world of telecom

The kids were right, school is a prison

A home wireless network without a router

Linux: Ready, willing and able

Dinner à la Chez Gearhead

OSDL outlines needs for Desktop Linux

* OSDL releases four specs for its Desktop Linux Capabilities document

Was Bill Gates the right choice to keynote the RSA Conference?

* What Bill Gates had to say about security

Debugging a Cisco SSL VPN connection

Heard and overheard at DEMO

The art of being dumb

ARO expands at-home jobs beyond call center

A new approach to collaboration

Cisco attends Juniper ‘infranet’ meeting

* Cisco shows up at Juniper's Infranet Initiative Council meeting

U.K. #1 in illegal TV downloads

The New York Times gets fleeced

Web cam 1, Burglar 0

The evils of 1337?

Will equipment vendors follow suit?

Will large telco equipment vendors merge as well?

NetFlash: Qwest to bid anew for MCI

* Qwest to bid anew for MCI * My day with Deke at VoiceCon * RSA: Microsoft on 'rootkits': Be afraid. Be very afraid. * Cisco attends Juniper 'infranet' meeting * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories

Vorticians suggest REM songs to describe telco M&As

More from RSA: Gateway router with all the bells

Battling Sunday night dread

Typing style = password

Are carriers sabotaging VoIP?

iPods take Manhattan

RSA all over again

Blogging big brother

Bandwidth vs. management: A careful balancing act

* Readers share their thoughts on bandwidth vs. mgmt.

Moving up to a ‘real’ router

* Migrating to Check Point's new 400W is a big step up from SOHO gear