* SMC Networks introduces products for three different kinds of LANs
* Social Security Administration migrates to a paperless office * Cisco tackles RFID in the network * Sigaba’s e-mail security software upgrade focuses on the outbound * Forum certifies first Carrier Ethernet systems * Router vendors address se
* Force10’s 10 Gigabit Ethernet equipment in Vonage’s VoIP network
* Vendors step up as VoIP nets mature * EBay to acquire Skype for $2.6 billion * Microsoft to debut Sparkle, OS features * FCC mandates seen as aid to telecoms in disasters * Radio: Mesh networks provide 'Net access to Cedar Rapids buses * Today
* What’s the best way to protect against spyware? * Siebel sells out to Oracle * High-tech air travel soars * Cisco’s Chambers lectures on China, buyouts * Microsoft scraps September security update * Today on Layer 8
* Face-off: Is it ethical for security companies to buy vulnerability information? * FEMA’s faux pas * From Windows to Apple * Training is most important with channel partners
* Google hacking: What started as a joke builds into a movement * Cisco warns of another IOS bug * Ebbers jail time put off, for now * Firefox upgrade offers improved usability, security * Internet pioneer Vint Cerf goes to work for Google * Today on
* Carmakers unite on global data sharing * F5 to acquire Swan Labs * IBM ships Lotus Notes/Domino 7 * CA releases software patents to open-source developers * Today on Layer 8
* Market numbers on WLANs, WiMAX
* Katrina could cost BellSouth $600 million * Battle lines drawn again between browsers * Vendors prep management tools to handle virtualization * Microsoft renames business app project, targets mid-market * SonicWall offers versatile security platfo