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We searched the development labs and drawing boards of Silicon Valley and beyond to give you a look at some of the most promising ideas in mobile computing. Pressure on Microsoft, as Windows attack now public
Hackers have publicly released new attack code that exploits a critical bug in the Windows operating system, putting pressure on Microsoft to fix the flaw before it leads to a worm outbreak. 1,000 year-old math problem solved
Normally I would avoid math problems where scientists start off by saying: "The numbers involved are so enormous that if their digits were written out by hand they would stretch to the moon and back." Apple pushes unnecessary software to Windows PCs
Apple again used its software update tool to push a program that was previously not installed on a PC, according to Computerworld tests early Monday. Later in the day, however, Apple removed the software from the update list. Growing "power gap" could force smartphone tradeoffs
Mobile users face a fast-growing gap between their smartphones' increasing power needs and battery capacity. Alcatel claims new optical network speed
Alcatel-Lucent researchers said they have figured out how to multiply the speed of the fastest undersea cables by a factor of 10, an achievement that someday could send the contents of 400 DVDs hurtling from Paris to Chicago in one second. Futuristic security surveillance system brings Big Brother to life
Researchers are looking to develop an intelligent image system that can monitor large areas, perhaps miles wide; identify potential threats based on the correlation of events and anomalies it detects; and issue timely alerts with few false alarms. SMBs unprepared for disasters, Symantec finds
Small businesses shouldn't be so confident about their disaster recovery plans, survey finds. Twitter knockoff Squeaker is a site for the world's most concise writers
What if Twitter limited all posts to only 14 characters? Even worse, what if every post had to be exactly 14 characters, no more and no less? That's the premise behind Squeaker, yet another Twitter parody site. Apparent Networks manages net performance in the cloud for free
Apparent Networks, maker of network performance management software, recently made available a free product that will help network engineers see the performance of complete network paths -- even as they cross through the cloud. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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