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Network World Daily News: AM, 07/06/07 Six burning VoIP questions
VoIP is hot. The Gartner Group predicts that by 2008, VoIP-enabled systems will account for some 97% of all systems sold. But all that heat can raise some issues. We resolve to answer some of the more pressing questions you might be facing. Microsoft to release six security updates next week
Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, including three critical updates for Windows and Excel users. Security company launches eBay for bugs
Psst. Want to buy a zero-day? A Swiss start-up called WabiSabiLabi has some for sale, but to qualified buyers only. | Manage Insider Security Threats Experts say 75% of security threats come from inside your organization. Watch the latest Network World Editorial Perspectives Webcast today, "Security From the Inside," and learn which technologies and processes best protect your intellectual property and assets inside the perimeter. Click Here to View | | Integration key issue in Massachusetts review of Open XML
The decision by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to consider adopting a second open document format could lead to integration issues but could also help revive similar legislation in other states. Talking Trojan says 'bye bye' to victims' data
A newly identified malicious program not only messes up its victims' computers, it taunts them too. Identity thieves really missing their chance
Most of the hundreds of documented data breaches that have happened in recent years have not resulted in identify theft, according to a new government report. U.K. company says it's close to unlocking iPhones
A company that unlocks cell phones in Europe said it is close to having an application that will allow customers to unlock their Apple iPhones so they can use SIM cards from carriers other than AT&T to activate the phones. FastSoft speeds up WAN with FastTCP technology
Using FastTCP technology, start-up FastSoft claims to speed up IP WAN links using appliances at one end of connections, unlike competitors Riverbed, Juniper, Cisco and Expand, which have two-ended WAN-optimization gear. Diagnosing the health of the Internet
The speed of the Internet, number of users and frequency of online attacks changes by the second. A free Web page from Akamai lets anyone see how “healthy” the Internet is at any given moment. CIOs, CSOs struggle with conflicting roles
CIOs and CSOs have fundamentally conflicting roles. Compromise is essential, but the chain of command can supersede security concerns. Blogs From Cisco Subnet
Blogger Jeff Doyle lays down the groundwork before beginning a short series on implementing IPv6. Blogger Brad Reese finds a Cisco tape capturing the mental breakdown of an exec in a hotel (boy, we've all been there). Author Expert blogger Doug Alger shares his experiences of building Cisco's upcoming Tier III/IV production data center in Texas. Plus: 10 tricks with Cisco IOS service command. Buzzblog: Dumb, dumber, brilliant, dumb and dumbest
Apple marketers accused of stealing ideas ... Mall owners accused of trampling photographic freedom ... And, The Consumerist's brilliant sting snags a dumb Geek Squad tech and brings out the dumbest defenders. Today on Layer 8, where we never believe anything we get in e-mail:
You know that Texas is supposed to do things in a big way, so I guess it’s no surprise that an e-mail hoax had thousands of Texans calling their public safety officials this week. Google still complaining about Microsoft Vista search
On Monday, Google asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to allow it to weigh in as an interested party on how Microsoft should change its search options in Vista. The Microsoft Subnet blog asks: Is Google playing the part of the good guy – or the bad guy? | 
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