| Clear may sell customer data; Sophos warns of Michael Jackson spam
Three days after ceasing operations, owners of the Clear airport security screening service said their database of sensitive customer information may end up in someone else's hands, but only if it goes to a similar provider, authorized by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. Also, Hackers are using Michael Jackson's death to try and trick people into disclosing personal details, says Sophos. (6:51) How NASA connects with its latest moon orbiters
Flying to the moon is not easy feat but communicating with as well as relaying information to and from rocketing space probes is the most critical part of the mission. Energy-efficient servers earn a star -- but so what?
The Energy Star program for servers is a good first step, most agree, but it measures energy use only under limited circumstances and does not include popular hardware types, like blade servers -- at least not yet. Jackson's Death a Blow to the Internet
Many people around the world yesterday were saddened over the news of the sudden death of pop star Michael Jackson. But the King of Pop's passing also impacted the tech world as millions of fans flocked to Twitter, Facebook, and various news sites to soak up Jackson-related information. The result was an impact on the Internet we haven't seen since the Great Google Lapse of 2009. Google Voice: 5 Reasons to Use It, 5 Reasons to Think Twice
After weeks of anticipation, Google is finally accepting a limited number of new users into its Google Voice phone system. Google Voice allows you to unite all of your phones under a single number and then use a powerful set of controls to determine how calls are handled. It packs plenty of other impressive functionality, too, including voicemail-to-text transcribing and advanced call-screening. Beckstrom appointed new ICANN head
The global Internet domain name rule-making body has appointed former U.S. National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) director Rod Beckstrom as its new CEO. Analyst: $120 for Windows 7 'way too much'
Microsoft's pricing plans for Windows 7 threaten to derail its efforts to move users away from the aging Windows XP and make them forget the bad taste of Vista, an NPD retail research analyst said Thursday. Average tenure of a senior Cisco executive is 11.5 years
Had an interesting conversation earlier this week with a famous networking industry journalist and we both were wondering aloud about what the average tenure would be of the 61 executives listed on Cisco's Mount Rushmore (i.e. Cisco's executive biographies web page). The Federal Government, Cloud Computing, and Encryption Key Management
The tech industry is not the only entity confused by the lack of a solid definition for cloud computing. With new Fed CIO pushing the government to move to the cloud, the GSA put out an RFI to "cloud computing" vendor last month. Another pair of deadline-extending dodges
An item here last week about the Web site Corrupted-Files.com had one reader reaching deep into the memory bank for similar tale that also deserves sharing. June Giveaways
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
We found 5 things to love and 5 things to hate about VMware's vSphere.
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