| Tech job losses slowing, but totals still grim
Challenger, Gray & Christmas data shows fewer high-tech jobs cut in the second quarter of 2009, but the totals for the first half of the year mark the most IT jobs cut since 2002. How Gamers Can Improve Your Network
Learning about how gamers deal with "lag" (latency, jitter, etc.) can give you insight into solving your own enterprise network issues. John Dwyer of Bigfoot Networks talks with Keith Shaw about how increased demand on network traffic over the next few years will require IT to think more like online gamers. (17:08) Cash for Clunkers in the Data Center
I have been seeing a fair amount of news coverage about the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program. Turn over a functioning automobile that averages less than 19 miles per gallon in gas and is less than 25 years old and you can earn a $3,500 or $4,500 voucher toward the purchase of a new vehicle. Wouldn't it be great if there was similar program for Data Centers? Has Google fundamentally changed?
One article that stood out from all of that mess last week came from blogger Anil Dash, who last week suggested that Google has had its "Microsoft Moment." Cisco replaces Nortel at 2012 London Olympic Games
Cisco has replaced Nortel as the supplier of IP networking gear for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The London organizing committee was not confident that Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy in January, could meet its deadlines and single supplier needs while it liquidates assets. Rackspace outages teach cloud lessons
Back-to-back power outages at cloud service provider Rackspace offer some lessons that cloud providers and their customers can benefit from. New IT job: Virtual Infrastructure Architect
IT departments adopting virtualization across IT domains such as network, servers, storage and desktops should consider creating a new position designed to address the technology at an enterprise level. 5 Facebook, Twitter Scams to Avoid
CSO asked two social network security experts for some of the latest scams found on Facebook and Twitter, and how to recognize and avoid them. Microsoft confirms another zero-day vulnerability
Microsoft confirmed another zero-day vulnerability on Monday in a set of software components that ship in a wide variety of the company's products. Microsoft Opening Mall-Size Data Center Near Chicago
Microsoft next week will open a 700,000-square-foot data center near Chicago. The new facility, plus a new 300,000-square-foot data center in Dublin, will support the company's new Bing search engine and other online services. July Giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
For better or worse, Nortel as we know it is coming to an end. Here's how the telecom giant got to this point.
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