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Network World Daily News: AM, 10/05/07 Two schools say Cisco switches don't make the grade
Cisco’s dominance in enterprise networking doesn’t necessarily mean it is the only game in town — or that you jeopardize job security by bypassing Cisco./p> U.S. government e-mail server turns into spam cannon
Subscribers to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security daily e-mail bulletin were inundated with dozens of e-mails on Wednesday. Feds pull the domain name plug on State of California
The Federal government pulled the plug on the ca.gov Web domain used by the State of California on Tuesday, setting into motion a chain of events that threatened to grind government business to a standstill within the state. | Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. | | Customers upset with Google over Urchin software
A major upgrade to Google's Urchin Web-analytics server software is almost three years late and customers who bought the product worry that Google's silence and inaction may mean it will be discontinued. Symantec seeking product management umbrella
Symantec is looking to bring its storage, backup, security protection, configuration and patch-management tools under a common management umbrella that will lead to better IT policy and compliance reporting, a company executive said Wednesday. Amazon MP3 may emerge as iTunes rival
It boasts a DRM-free selection, variable pricing, and cross-platform compatibility. But does the new digital music service from Amazon.com have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the 800-pound gorilla of the digital music retail world, Apple's iTunes Store? SEC suspends trading of firms susceptible to stock spam
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended the stock trading of three companies that haven't provided adequate information about themselves to the public, making them susceptible to spam-based stock scams, the agency said. Microsoft updates Vista's speed, stability, again
For the second time in two months, Microsoft has rolled out fixes to improve Windows Vista's speed and reliability. IT JOB OUTLOOK Tech grads get higher salaries, but workers may face perils
Computer science graduates and other students leaving college with IT skills appear to be in demand: Starting salary offers are up, according to a recent report, and university officials say that IT recruiters are crowding campuses. PODCAST We want a spam cannon!
Jason and Keith discuss the latest wacky government tech antics, why GPS mapping companies are getting scooped up, and why they're boycotting the local McDonald's for the next 30 days. LIVE CHAT Got career questions?
National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Matt will discuss the IT job market and you. Got questions about the IT job market in the months to come? What should you do to manage your own career? How hard will it be for your department to fill vacancies? Certifications vs. degrees; hot job skills and weak ones - Matt, a prominent national IT recruiting expert that manages the Sapphire National Recruiting & Strategic Accounts Team will answer these questions for you and more. No registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in. BLOGS Today at Cisco Subnet
IP routing expert Jeff Doyle gives an update on IPv4 depletion. Continuing his back to routing basics discussion, Global Knowledge trainer Raj Tolani considers commands and configs. From the Field blogger Michael Morris wonders if there could ever be a zero-defect network. Cisco kits out Korea service provider with 100Mbps infrastructure. Plus: Help Cisco's Peter Packet save the world! Buzzblog: FiOS out for 5th time in 7 months, but…
This time there’s at least a reasonable chance that it wasn’t Verizon’s fault. Today on Layer 8, where we find that the feds take a dim view of anyone called Botmaster:
According to court documents, a California man was this week indicted on four counts of electronic transmission of codes to cause damage to protected computers. Greg King - also known as Silenz, Silenz420, sZ, GregK, and Gregk707 - allegedly controlled over seven thousand such “bots” and used them to conduct multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks against Web sites of two businesses. | 
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