| FCC to scrutinize wireless industry
The Federal Communications Commission next week will hold a broad-ranging meeting that will take a hard look at competitive and billing practices in the wireless industry. Fortinet mops up defunct Ethernet start-up
UTM vendor Fortinet has cherry-picked the assets of high-speed Ethernet start-up Woven Systems, which disappeared in May after a funding shortfall. Steve Jobs accused of 'illegal' Palm proposal
Steve Jobs attempted to strike a deal with Palm to prevent the rival handset maker from hiring Apple employees, according to Bloomberg. Miami hacker exploited unlimited database defects
A Miami-based hacker indicted Monday for stealing 130 million credit card numbers from known U.S. retailers, including 7-Eleven, employed an old technique of SQL injection that takes advantage of the "unlimited number of vulnerabilities" in retailers' databases, said one security expert. Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to fight Google book deal
Microsoft, Amazon.com and Yahoo plan to join a consortium to fight a proposed settlement Google has made with authors and publishers over its Google Book Search service, according to a report published in The New York Times. Cisco-Juniper battle for carrier business continues neck-and-neck
In the ongoing battle between Cisco and Juniper for dominance in carrier networks, the two vendors have battled to a split decision in a recent Infonetics poll. Cisco came out on top for its carrier Ethernet switches, while Juniper won for its IP edge routers. NASA speeds moon communication to near real-time
How often do you go to make a call on your cell phone and you're stymied by a bad connection? McAfee defiant after latest Finjan patent defeat
McAfee is playing down suggestions that a patent ruling in favour of Israeli security outfit Finjan will affect its ability to sell the Web Gateway appliance it acquired in buying Secure Computing a year ago. Kindle-like E-paper set for rapid growth
Amazon's Kindle e-book reader has caught on with early adopters the way Apple's iPod did, says a new report on the future development and commercialization of low-power "electronic ink. 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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