* MCI launches security risk management service * Users urge BlackBerry maker to settle * RSA buys Cyota for $145 million * Software vendors bare teeth at sales time * Juniper, Symantec join forces to secure remote machines * 2005 Holiday Gift Guide
* Web application firewalls take on more heat * Automation: Better but not yet automatic * Fluke to acquire network manager Visual Networks * IE bug lets hackers phish with Google Desktop * Network World Radio Podcast: The GPL roadmap * 2005 Holiday
* Microsoft's 'Live' plan short on business apps * McAfee releases beta of Policy Enforcer * Security plagues retailers * Botnets getting nastier * Today on Layer 8
* Cisco in space * Microsoft moves to add VoIP to Office * Barracuda targets anti-spam appliance at big enterprises * Study: Offshore outsourcing creates jobs * Microsoft patches break some Web sites * Today on Layer 8
* Cisco warns holes in IOS, WLAN and IPS gear * Sprint, cable companies go for quadruple play * Novell to lay off 10% in restructuring * From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise of next-gen services * Today on Layer 8
* Where's MIMO? * Gates, Ozzie go 'Live' with Microsoft services plan * Vulnerable security algorithms raise concerns * Telecom merger approvals get mixed reviews * Worm with rootkit hits AOL chat service * Today on Layer 8
* Bring on the wireless apps * Level 3 to acquire WilTel / FCC okays telecom mergers with conditions * ScriptLogic spices management tool with inventory, patching, anti-spyware * Tasman aims at beating Cisco with lower-cost router * Radio: Verity and
* AT&T: Fall of an icon * Chevron has had it with passwords * Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal * From IMS to fiber, RBOCs tout promise of next-gen services * Trend Micro, eSoft tout anti-spyware products * Today on Layer 8
* Windows 2000 vulnerability could lead to new outbreak * The ABCs of SOA * IBM to offer per-chassis pricing for Linux * Microsoft, RealNetworks settle for $761 million * Anti-spam vendors spread their wings * Today on Layer 8
* Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug * ISP spat blacks out 'Net connections * Cold water thrown on Google's app aspirations * MCI shareholders approve Verizon deal * Microsoft expects nine security fixes in October * Today on La
