Don't Let Your Printer Suck Your Wallet Dry Some printers charge exorbitant prices for their replacement ink or toner. Here are seven printers worth avoiding--and four much cheaper alternatives. News podcast: Network World 360 A new report from McAfee suggests that nations that want to disrupt their enemies banking, media and government resources don't need their own technical skills they can simply order botnet attack services from cybercriminals. Also, proving that social networking is a huge cultural force, the New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen 'unfriend' as its 2009 Word of the Year. (5:32) Brocade takes aim at Cisco with new Carrier Ethernet line Brocade has launched a line of small form factor Carrier Ethernet routers designed to make Ethernet service delivery at the edge more cost and power efficient. The Future of Linux is Google I used to think Ubuntu was destined to lead Linux into the mainstream, but now it's looking much more like Google--not Canonical--will be the first Linux vendor to truly challenge Microsoft. Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has lymphoma Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Email to become extinct in 10 years? Email could die-out in the next ten years in favour of instant messaging, says TalkTalk. Endpoint security frustrates IT There's a groundswell of frustration about today's endpoint security, as well as worries about how newer technologies such as virtualization or cloud computing will impact it, according to a new study. IT takes biggest job-cut hit in the back office Two million IT positions are expected to have been eliminated from 2000 to 2014, according to Hackett Group, which forecasts an 'extended jobless recovery.' T-Moble's Sidekick out of the doghouse, back on sale T-Mobile, about a month after a service outage threatened to eliminate data on its customers' Sidekick smartphones, has started selling the devices again. HP pushes thin clients with new hardware, tools Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday. November giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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