* Lucent and Alcatel in merger talks * Check Point, Sourcefire call off merger * Microsoft warns of nasty IE bug * Laptop theft at Fidelity exposes data on HP workers * Q&A: Novell president vows to crank up its marketing, Linux strategy * Proteg
* Cisco to acquire SyPixx Networks for security cameras, IP-based surveillance gear * Inside the building boom for Wi-Fi networks * Critics question AT&T deal's impact * Corente delivers applications globally * VoiceCon: Cisco, IBM demonstra
* Demand fueling data center building boom * Best blogs for buyers * Protectionism no way to counter offshoring, says Bush * SEC: Beware 'paid autosurfing' schemes on the Web * Microsoft offers a few more 'Origami' details * New
* FEMA updates IT systems to better respond to disasters * Ford cuts the cord - but others not following * New RedBrowser Trojan first to target J2ME * AOL sues big phishing organizations * Cloudmark service aims to rid ISPs’ mail stores of spa
* New virus can pass from PCs to mobile devices * HP details CMDB plans * Microsoft to announce Origami device this week? * Survey: Cost is biggest concern of WAN outsourcing * Network World Hot Seat: Finding a niche in virtualization * Application
* ID theft, the sequel * Net neutrality debate heating up * Microsoft warns of file-trashing worm * Bush proposes tech funding, defends wiretapping * EFF sues AT&T over U.S. wiretapping program * Nortel, Huawei plan joint broadband venture * IM i
* SAP CEO: India is getting expensive * Lesson learned for small businesses looking to outsource * Spyware sharing and analysis group planned * MessageLabs launches hosted e-mail archiving * Sprint bolstering network for Super Bowl * Hot Seat: Big RO
* Harvard and Oxford team with Consumer Reports on 'Badware' * VoIP vulnerability may be over-hyped, analyst says * EMC to unveil high-end array * The future of business communications * San Diego OKs $667 million outsourcing deal * Symante
* CA set to acquire Wily Technology * HP and Blackstone may bid for CSC, report says * McAfee tip line part of SEC settlement * CES 2006: Can you see the future here? * Today on Layer 8
