FCC to take long, hard look at wireless industry The Federal Communications Commission today approved an inquiry that could lead to sweeping changes in how the commission evaluates the wireless industry. Worst co-workers ever You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your co-workers. The guy (or gal) sitting across from you might have some odd behaviors that you might not appreciate. A new CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,600 hiring managers detailed some of the oddest complaints they've received from employees. Here are our favorites. Web attacks across globe appear linked, security researcher says Three significant waves of SQL injection attacks appear to be under the control of the same source, according to one security researcher. Pentagon reviews Stealth encryption prototype The Stealth encryption prototype from Unisys has been accepted by the Pentagon for review in a technical-evaluation program as a required first step that could, if successful, make Stealth a candidate for future use in secure IP-based communications across the military. FTC rules outlawing those annoying robocalls hit Sept. 1 FTC says few things annoy consumers more than the billions of commercial telemarketing robocalls they receive every year Software can direct cell phones to shoot video coverage of events Cell phones can monitor the goings-on at parties and shoot video highlights using software developed by researchers at Duke University. Microsoft's new OneApp: turning feature phones into smarterphones Earlier this week Microsoft unveiled some new code, and a new approach, that lets basic feature phones -- with limited RAM and processing power -- use a much wider array of mobile apps. Google's Competitors may not be who you think When I worked at Google, I think many of us were surprised by how often people outside the company would talk about Microsoft as a competitor. Inside the company though, we rarely talked about Microsoft. Enterprises say they are already doing cloud computing Cloud computing is already in the enterprise, says a study of 250 companies commissioned by F5 Networks. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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