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A new music recommendation system from Sun: A music store like Apple iTunes contains more than 5 million songs today. And there are plenty of similar music stores online. With people posting online their own creations or excerpts of the concerts they attend, it's possible that a million new songs appear every day in a near future...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Tagging, Network World, Music, Hendrix, Speech Recognition, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Report: TD Ameritrade data leak started in 2005: TD Ameritrade received warnings that its data leak disclosed recently in early 2006, indicating the actual leak occurred much earlier. According to Network World, which obtained emails indicating TD Ameritrade knew of the issue, an IT security expert warned the online broker starting in Jan. 9, 2006. ...; Tags: Data Leak, Ameritrade Inc., Network World, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-09-20
Morrisville State to be first to roll out 802.11n: Network World is reporting that Morrisville State College will be the first in the country to roll out a campus-wide wireless network based on the 802.11n draft standard. Many large institutions have been hesitant to invest much time or money in 802.11n since the standard has not been finalized....; Tags: Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-06-22
Nortel introducing new router with VoIP features: via Network World In just a little while from the time I am posting this, Nortel will introduce a new WAN router with VoIP features.Intended for corporate branch offices, the Nortel Secure Router 4134 will be Microsoft and Nortel network-compliant, and as Network World notes, be dedicated to speeding up Web-based...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-05-22
Federated identity hubs: Network World has a story on the growing use of Shibboleth, the federation standard with roots in the Internet2 project. The article highlights InCommon, a federation hub for educational institutions. Its not just institutions of higher education who are members of InCommon, however. The federation hub...; Tags: federation; Blog posts 2006-10-17

Network World: VoiceCon: Cisco, IBM demonstrate telephony integration: More detail around Sametime 7.5 integration...Thetwo giants showed off at this week's VoiceCon conference in Orlando, Fla.,a customized plug-in for Sametime 7.5 that will integrate the platformwith Cisco's Unified CallManager and Unified Presence Server. The integrationis based around the Session Initiation Protocol SIP and SIP...; Tags: integration, SameTime 7.5, IBM Lotus SameTime, VoiceCon; Blog posts 2006-03-14
Network World: Best blogs for buyers: Wow. Yesterday's Network World is their 2006Best Products issue. Aninteresting feature is a "Best blogs" article, highlighting bloggersfrom Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM. A two-part surprise for me: 1) thatmy blog has been selected, and 2) finding out about it via Jackand vowe(Note to...; Tags: IBMers blogging, Best Blogs, Network World; Blog posts 2006-03-07
Network World: Macs are cheaper than PCs by half: Network World: Macs are cheaper than PCs by halfmany factors in a pc purchaseThis sheds light on the shortsighted analysis of writers such as George Ou, although he is certainly not the only offender. A PC purchase is a many-faceted decision, and its costs add up to much more...; Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, PC Purchase, PC, Macs ARE, font, Network World; Discussion threads 2006-03-06
Network World: Macs are cheaper than PCs by half: I know that it's probably old news by now but an article in Network World claims that the Total Cost of Owning TCO a Mac is about half of what it costs to own a PC. From Business 2.0:World columnist Winn Schwartau runs the numbers on what it truly costs...; Tags: Network World, PC, Winn Schwartau; Blog posts 2006-03-06
Network World: Lotus lays out its future at Lotusphere kick-off: Coverage from the first day of Lotusphere."Forthe record, there is no architectural shift involved [for Notes/Domino],it is pure growth with no regression," said [Lotus General ManagerMike] Rhodin. "There will be continued support for all Notes applications."Rhodin and IBM/Lotus executives alsotook a more aggressive stand in...; Tags: IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2006-01-30
Network World: New Lotus boss sailing tricky seas: Saw Network World's John Fontana just outsidethe Lotus office in Cambridge last week...knew that something good wascoming up. And here it is...IBM/Lotus chief MichaelRhodin this week will quietly finish his first 100 days at the helm, butit is the coming months that will tell...; Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2005-11-15
Network World Special Report on VoIP: IP telephony allows you to marry your voice and data networks, eliminating duplicate costs, headaches and hassle, not to mention traditional PBX leases, per-minute toll charges and more. This year more than 50% of all PBX systems sold are IP PBXs. This special report lays the groundwork for identifying...; Tags: Network, IP Telephony, IP, ShoreTel, PBX, Network World, VOIP, Telephony, Telecommunications, Networking; White papers 2005-10-01
Policing the future: Network World has a profile on the Society of Police Futurists International, a nonprofit group formed in 1991 that serves as a sort of think tank about the future of law enforcement. The society has joined with the FBI to form a subgroup focused on homeland security and technology issues....; Tags: information fusion, tool; Blog posts 2005-08-29
What's the Word on WiMAX?: WiMAX has many potential applications; among them is simply providing a wireless broadband alternative to DSL, cable modem and T-1 services. The good news is that there are finally standards for the broadband wireless access BWA market and an organization - the WiMAX Forum - to certify product compliance and...; Tags: Microsoft Word, Network World, News, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications; White papers 2004-10-15
How to Cook Up a Storage-Area Network: Storage-area networks SAN are being adopted more frequently today, but uncertainty still exists among users about why to install them and the applications that can make the best use of them. SANs are high-speed networks, similar to LANs, that connect disk subsystems directly to servers or clients. The idea is...; Tags: Fibre Channel, Network, SAN, Network World, Idea, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware; White papers 1999-08-30

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Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Gallery: Broadband in a sewer: The coverage is good but the location stinks. A sewer built in London during the reign of Queen Victoria is now hosting a business broadband network. by Andy Smith; Tags: Sewer, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Andy Smith, broadband, wireless, network. UK; Image galleries 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Yesterday I sat down and talked with Entellium, an on-demand CRM company that has recently gone away from a purley browser-based model and moved into a desktop smart client application. In doing so they saw a big increase in conversion numbers and the customers have responded well to having the...; Tags: Entellium, Sun Java Studio Creator, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Application, Video Game, Video, CRM, Desktop Application, Games, Desktops, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-07-23
166 Frames of Fame: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," Andy Warhol famously said in 1968. Turns out, four decades into the future, the tomato can and Marilyn Monroe pop artist was an optimist. Now, anyone and everyone who wants...; Tags: Blog, Post, Gawker, Warhol, Blogging, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-23