Google issues call to make the Web faster; Nortel collapse hurts Microsoft

Avaya close on Nortel enterprise buy; Hospital confirms Jobs' liver transplant; Nortel's liquidation could cripple UC relationship with Microsoft Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by NetApp What you Need to Know About Server Virtualization Do you have: Networked storage? Little raised floor space in your data center? Limited power and cooling resources? If your answer yes to any of these questions then you will benefit from virtualization. Get the full report now. Spotlight Story Google issues call to make the Web faster Google Tuesday called on the Web development community to improve the speed of Web pages, posted its own list of performance best practices, and declared that protocols such as TCP/IP and HTML need to be updated or even replaced. Read full story Related News: Avaya close on Nortel enterprise buy; Hospital confirms Jobs' liver transplant Nortel is reportedly close to selling its enterprise division to Avaya for $500 million. Also, Methodist University Hospital in Memphis confirmed late Tuesday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant. (5:21) Nortel's liquidation could cripple UC relationship with Microsoft Nortel's liquidation of its assets could possibly gut the 3-year-old unified communications partnership the company has with Microsoft. Nortel Finished. What does that mean for Microsoft? The kingdom known as Nortel is falling apart. Regardless of the many conjectures as to why they failed the fact is there won't likely be a "restructured Nortel". Instead, anything desirable will be sold off to the highest bidder and the rest liquidated to cover bankruptcy obligations. Palm delays webOS developer kit, Mojo With little explanation, Palm has delayed the release of Mojo, the software development kit for its webOS platform, until the end of the summer. Defense Secretary Gates approves creation of U.S. Cyber Command Defense Secretary Robert Gates today approved the creation of a unified U.S. Cyber Command to oversee the protection of military networks against cyber threats. Abrupt closure of airport fast-lane program sparks concern over customer data A company that collected detailed personal information including biometric data on 260,000 individuals as part of a registered air traveler program it operated has abruptly gone out of business, leaving many customers wondering about the safety and privacy of their personal data. High profile Twitter hack spreads porn Trojan Former Apple Macintosh evangelist Guy Kawasaki [cq] posts Twitter messages about a lot of different thing, but the message he put up on Tuesday afternoon was really out of character. Cisco gives IronPort gear a boost with RSA's data-leak prevention tech News of the IronPort S-Series upgrade marks the first fruit of the DLP partnership between Cisco and RSA, announced with much fanfare last year. Cisco Security warns of IOS HTTP hole with no patch Cisco on Friday reissued a security advisory originally released to the public in December 2005. The Site Survey Question Revisited I think site surveys are going to eventually be viewed as a key element of the ongoing, day-to-day WLAN management process, not as a one-time, pre-installation activity. HP introduces new Mini 5101 business netbook Seeking to cement its lead in the business-oriented netbook space, Hewlett-Packard Co. today announced an updated Mini netbook. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. 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