| Turning 5,000 discarded cell phones into art
Artist Rob Pettit creates his artwork out of obsolete, discarded or recycled cell phones. His instillation are painstakingly arranged flower-swirls and stacked mini-mountains, as well as paintings. Here we take a look at some of his most recent work. Gmail chat invaded by phishing scam
Google's e-mail service has been invaded by a virus that is spreading itself through users' instant message accounts. Microsoft has big growth plans even as economy limps
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts Monday that the weak economy and declining PC sales would continue to challenge the company but that Microsoft would focus on growing market share within its seven core businesses. Plus:
Microsoft's strategy '09: Sell more expensive stuff to the enterprise Fluke claims fix for Cisco WAAS issues
The latest version of Fluke Networks' Visual Performance Manager can diagnose and fix performance problems in Cisco's WAAS application acceleration, as well as measuring the ROI achieved by WAAS, Fluke has claimed. Microsoft trying out netbook processors in data centers
It sounds crazy to use processors designed for tiny netbooks in data centers, with their potentially massive computing requirements, but Microsoft is experimenting with doing just that and finding that it may lead to cost savings. Secure Passage releases a new version of its firewall-analysis tool
Secure Passage is rolling out a news version of its firewall analysis and compliance-verification software that identifies unintentionally allowed risky behavior on business networks. Microsoft to launch experimental search site
In the next several months Microsoft expects to launch an experimental search site called Viveri, designed to allow the company's researchers to easily roll out new search ideas. Nortel sells technology for a fraction of original value
Nortel announced that it is selling application delivery technology to Radware for $17.65 million, a fraction of the $6 billion-plus price it paid for it in 2000. 15 real ways to secure teleworkers
Security continues to be one of the top bugaboos to letting employees telecommute. As gas prices have stayed high and the economy continues to drive itself into the ground, telecommuting continues to be a viable and cost-effective way for companies to keep employees connected to the home office, but at what price? Lost laptops? Network hacks? Stolen data? February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. | 
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