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Friday, August 14, 2009

Healthcare reform e-mail swamps congressional site; Offer for Nortel’s carrier VoIP business seen as near

Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near; Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Multimedia Junkies
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Healthcare reform e-mail swamps congressional Web site;

The White House had previously implied that at least some of the emailing was due to orchestrated efforts to undermine the effort by President Barrack Obama and his congressional Democratic allies. Read full story

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Offer for Nortel's carrier VoIP business seen as near
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Privacy, People, and Palm
The Palm Pre shares with Palm some data from your smartphone: GPS location, applications, application crash data and so on. Get out your tin foil hats.

Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 rated tops among five browsers tested by NSS Labs for effectiveness in protecting against malware and phishing attacks - though NSS Labs acknowledges Microsoft paid for the tests.

Lawyer: IE8 default installation 'troubling'
Microsoft's decision to make Internet Explorer 8 the default browser on computers where the user elected an express installation raises questions about the software giant's compliance with a 6-year-old antitrust settlement, a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs in the case said Thursday.

Verizon brings IT security services to health care industry
Verizon Business is extending its Security Management Program capabilities and services to the health care industry to help providers maintain compliance with federal security guideline.

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile garner top customer care ratings
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA and Alltel tied for the highest ranking in wireless customer care awarded today by J.D. Power and Associates. But AT&T and Sprint Nextel finished no better than average, even as the overall industry rating improved.

How application management can improve business performance
There can be big payoffs for companies that keep close tabs on how applications are performing for end users, says Aberdeen Group in a new research report.

Apple board to meet next week to decide on Schmidt replacement
It's been a little over a week since Apple announced the resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt as an Apple board member, but that vacancy isn't likely to remain open for long. The remaining Apple board members will reportedly convene sometime next week to discuss possible replacements for Schmidt.

Costello buys a computer from Abbott
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Killer asteroids getting free pass on NASA's watch
NASA seems hamstrung on this one. Tasked with watching out for huge chunks of space rocks that could smash into the earth, it has been denied the money to actually do the job.

August Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31.

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