Opinion

A look back at what was ‘hot’ in 1992

* What PC technology did you covet back in '92?

Getting a printer for the holidays

A look at HP’s LaserJet 3380 all-in-one printer

On the road with the Telework Coalition

Mark these telework events on your 2005 calendar

Readers on residential VoIP, Part 3

*Readers weigh in on future of residential VoIP

Microsoft extends NT support through end of 2006

* Microsoft continues custom support for Windows NT through end of 2006

Wireless routers and cable modems

The costs and benefits of remote workers

The IBM PC father: Remembering Don Estridge

The beauty of Ruby

Reviewing our 2004 predictions

One man, 60-plus identities

* Santa's identity crisis

And you think your IT problems are big!

Buy me some passwords and Cracker Jack

Creating a VPN between offices

2004: The year in Linux

* Linux 2.6 kernel, Microsoft vs. Linux studies, LSB 2.0 emerges

How ‘management’ may take on new meaning at Cisco, Part 1

* Report from Cisco’s analyst meeting

Clear Choice Test: Spam in the Wild, The Sequel

Microsoft patches XP firewall issue

* Patches from Microsoft, KDE, Debian, others * Beware an Atak variant that tries to hide itself in a holiday-related message * New IE hole could perfect phishing scams, and other interesting reading

Nortel reports loss in Q3, sees pickup in Q4

* Nortel lost money in third quarter, but end of year looking up

Change management reins in SANs

* SAN change management software

This week on Network World Fusion, 12/20/04

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Imagine Santa’s IT issues

* Imagine Santa’s IT issues * A predilection for predictions * The man, the myth, the PC * E-commerce still customer-service-challenged

Sizing up the Sprint/Nextel deal

Small firms struggle with WLAN security

Cisco snaps up security start-up

CA, IBM frame identity management strategies

Wireless routers and cable modems

* Dr. Internet columnist Steve Blass offers advice on wireless routers and cable modems

New IE hole could perfect phishing scams

Cisco rolls out branch office storage

China: ISPs report major growth in 2004

* Sales of IP VPN services are booming in China and India.