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First 40G Ethernet products to come at Interop

Sony to end floppy disk production | McAfee promises to reimburse consumers for bad update

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40G Ethernet takes center stage at Interop
Switching will once again be all the rage at this week's Interop conference in Las Vegas as the first 40Gbps Ethernet products are slated to be unveiled. Read More


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Sony to end floppy disk production
The floppy disk, already abandoned by most computer users, has been pushed closer to extinction by a Sony decision to end manufacturing of the storage media this early next year. Read More

McAfee promises to reimburse consumers for bad update
McAfee told consumers it will reimburse 'reasonable expenses' related to last week's antivirus update; it has yet to say anything about its plans for corporate users. Read More

Take a vacation with your iPad
Traveling this summer will be more fun than ever...provided you are able to get your hands on an iPad (and manage to keep all your digits). Along with packing your suitcase, make sure to pack your iPad with these handy travel apps. Read More


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Geolocation and Application Delivery
Both business and technical stakeholders will find value and a broad range of uses for the highly accurate data available from a trusted third-party geolocation provider, especially when the data is integrated into a Unified Application and Data Delivery platform. This Whitepaper has all the details. Read More!

Israel gives approval for iPad imports
Israel lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad on Sunday, saying the device conforms with local wireless standards, the government said. Read More

BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 Gets New VoWi-Fi Features
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's (RIM) today announced the latest version of the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS) at its ninth annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) in Orlando. MVS 5 adds new voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) functionality and support for additional corporate PBX systems. Read More

News podcast: Network World 360
Switching will once again be all the rage at this week's Interop conference in Las Vegas as the first 40Gbps Ethernet products are slated to be unveiled. (5:25) Read More


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Wozniak on Apple Secrets and Leaks
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wrote a guest post for Gizmodo recently claiming that Apple engineer Gray Powell was not fired for losing an iPhone prototype in March. Wozniak's brief post also tells the tale of how another Apple engineer lost his job for showing off an iPad to Apple's cofounder just hours ahead of the device's April 3 launch. Wozniak's post offers an interesting, albeit brief, look behind the scenes at Apple, and reinforces the stereotype of Apple's deeply paranoid and overly secretive corporate culture. Read More

Netgear Targets SMBs With New ProSafe Gigabit VPN Firewall
Today, Netgear released the ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall (SRX5308), a business firewall appliance that, at $500, is priced for the small- to medium-sized business IT budget. Read More

Sluggish Firefox? This Quick 'Fix' Might Help
For months now, I've been grappling with a weird problem: At seemingly random times, Firefox would turn to molasses. I'd click a link and it would take several seconds to register. Or I'd open a dialog box in, say, a blog tool, and again there'd be an unusual delay. Even the simple act of scrolling proved weirdly "sticky." Read More

Supreme Court to hear California violent video game law case
The United States Supreme Court will hear its first ever video game-related case in its upcoming term this year. The case originates two California State Assembly bills that make up a law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. This law was struck down by a U.S. appeals court based in California and now goes before the Supreme Court on appeal. Read More



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