Unconventional (but useful) input devices When shopping for a new keyboard or mouse, sometimes it pays to look to an unconventional solution. In this slideshow, we present to you several input devices that are a lot different from the mouse (or laptop trackpad) and keyboard used on a daily basis. Avoiding home network traffic jams Tips for optimizing home networking equipment for maximum bandwidth. The FCC seeks bids for white spaces service providers: where's Google? Google could get left in the dark with white spaces, after it fought so vocally to get white spaces approved. The FCC could grant a five-year monopoly to a white spaces service provider, and Microsoft has already demonstrated its technology in the first public network -- one that was funded by a FCC director's own VC firm. Network IPS tests reveal equipment shortcomings An independent test and evaluation of 15 different network intrusion-protection system products from seven vendors showed none were fully effective in warding off attacks against Microsoft, Adobe and other programs. Force10 embraces MPLS within carrier core switches Force10 Networks is forging deeper into the carrier core by adding MPLS to its high-end Ethernet routing switches. Novell grabs for big role in virtualization security Novell this week will lay out an ambitious plan to secure applications across heterogeneous virtualization platforms at customer sites and off-premises, an effort designed to play off Novell's strengths in network and identity management. News podcast: Network World 360 Novell this week will lay out an ambitious plan to secure applications across heterogeneous virtualization platforms at customer sites and off-premises, an effort designed to play off Novell's strengths in network and identity management. After a hard-fought battle, Cisco has won control of videoconferencing leader Tandberg with ownership of 91.1% of the company's shares. (5:42) Ruckus patents technique for video over Wi-Fi Wi-Fi equipment vendor Ruckus Wireless has patented a technique that appears to be widely used to improve video on wireless LANs. Microsoft kills $150 Windows 7 Family Pack deal Microsoft yanked its $150 Windows 7 Family Pack from the U.S. market last week, saying that the limited time offer had expired. How Will Verizon Defend Higher Early Termination Fees? What will Verizon tell the FCC about its decision to double the early termination fee it charges customers who quit their wireless contracts early? Single-Atom Transistors Are The Smallest Yet Remember playing with the bulky transistors that came with your first electronics kit? The most important part of modern electronics, the transistor has been shrinking since its discovery in the 1920's. Smaller transistors mean smaller and faster chips, and now scientists have found the smallest transistor to date. Virtual satellite cluster technology gets $75M blast Scientists building the complex space technology that will replace traditional spacecraft with clusters of wirelessly-interconnected satellite modules got an almost $75 million infusion from the Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Cisco has 84% of Tandberg locked up and The VEPA standard -- a potential game changer?; On Microsoft Subnet: Fake Microsoft security e-mail spreads malicious code; On Google Subnet: Google releases free public DNS Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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