Bots, bombs and weird science: The wackiest stories of 2009 From iPhone app trouble to Stephen Colbert toilets and levitating mice, the high-tech way-out-there machine kept humming in 2009. Microsoft's Bing tries to leapfrog Google Maps Microsoft is taking aim at one of Google's most popular services, Google Maps, with a richer version of its own online mapping service that was released in beta on Wednesday. Nortel in '09: Dismantling of a tech stalwart This year saw the slow, painful dismantling of Nortel. Its gradual exit from the tech scene played out the entire year, as each month brought news of more layoffs, markdowns or sell-offs. When will Cisco issue a statement addressing US-CERT Clientless SSL VPN Vulnerability Note VU#261869? US-CERT has issued a warning that certain networking products from Cisco and Juniper are vulnerable to an exploit in which hackers could gain broad access to corporate networks, then steal confidential data, install malicious software or turn PCs into spam servers. IT management start-ups to watch Today we added two more names to our list of IT management start-ups worth watching: Conformity and DeskCenter. See who else made the list. Lawsuit seeks information on federal surveillance of social networking sites The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the University of California, Berkeley have filed a lawsuit against six government agencies, seeking information on their use of social networking sites for data collection and surveillance. Skype opens up SIP business service to everyone Any business that has a corporate VoIP system can now use Skype's SIP trunking service as a way to cut the cost of corporate phone bills. Gazing inside Howard Stringer's crystal ball With signs of a recovery in the consumer electronics market, Sony has recently placed bets on a couple of technologies that it thinks will be big in 2010: 3D television and Internet delivery of content to its TV sets and other devices. But they aren't the only technologies interesting CEO Howard Stringer right now. Oracle/Sun behemoth makes customer negotiations tricky The combination of Oracle and Sun raises many questions for customers, who should tread carefully in negotiating with the combined company. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: The CCIE has gotten a lot harder, data shows and Can Santa Deliver a Hummin' Dynamips Platform for Christmas?; On Microsoft Subnet: Prevx apologizes, backtracks on claims that Microsoft patch causes black screen; On Google Subnet: Google changes rules for Google News to placate publishers Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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