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	Ten of the World's Strangest Social Networks If you crave advice on sculpting the perfect mustache, revel in the dark and mysterious world of vampires or seek a divorce from your partner, yes, there's a social network for that. Here are 10 weird and truly niche social networking sites that strive to bring together some unusual birds of a feather. Read More WEBCAST: HP Improve Tracking of VM Devices Virtualization has a major impact on the network and those who manage it, making it difficult to gain visibility to inter-VM traffic. This Webcast addresses the challenges – from operating expenses and compliance to security and management. Learn best practices to alleviate some of the burden virtualization has placed on the network. Listen now In this Issue Conviction of Google execs in Italy sheer madness Enterprise Security Tips on a Small-Business Budget Verizon plan requirements won't change with Skype EC confirms Google antitrust probe News podcast: Network World 360 Citrix buys Paglo to boost asset management U.S. Supreme Court denies bid by Cisco's cofounders to overturn $19.5 million punitive damage award IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes Phil Schiller explains Apple's position on recently removed adult iPhone apps WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. Conviction of Google execs in Italy sheer madness Word comes this morning that a jury in Italy has convicted a trio of Google employees over the brief posting of a video that showed four boys bullying another child who has Down's Syndrome. Read More Enterprise Security Tips on a Small-Business Budget Whether your business is a big fish or a small-fry home office, you can get hacked just the same, and the stakes are higher than a few canceled credit cards. Here are a few tips to protect your users and your networks--steps that even enterprise-class security specialists may slip up on. Read More Verizon plan requirements won't change with Skype Once the shock of seeing Skype on Verizon Wireless phones wears off, it may look like not much has changed: Subscribers who want to use the application will face the same required service plans. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. EC confirms Google antitrust probe The European Commission is in the early stages of an antitrust investigation into search giant Google, it said Wednesday. Read More News podcast: Network World 360 An environmental activist group has issued its latest list of popular cell phones that emit comparatively high levels of RF radiation, although all are within federal limits. Also, Juniper Networks will give its R&D efforts a big boost by funneling $50 million into a venture fund to back new companies in virtualization, green IT and other networking fields. (4:33) Read More Citrix buys Paglo to boost asset management Desktop management and virtualization software company Citrix has purchased IT-asset-monitoring service provider Paglo for an undisclosed amount, the two companies announced Wednesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. U.S. Supreme Court denies bid by Cisco's cofounders to overturn $19.5 million punitive damage award This month, Cisco is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a public company. However simultaneously, Cisco co-founders Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner are being forced to payout millions in an arbitration panel's award to David C. Soward, following an angry, bitter, lengthy and very quarrelsome business dispute between the 3 former business partners. Read More IBM offers de-duplication for mainframes IBM announced the availability of an appliance that de-duplicates data being backed up for mainframes, offering as much as a 25:1 data reduction ratio. Read More Phil Schiller explains Apple's position on recently removed adult iPhone apps After removing nearly 5,000 sex-themed apps from the iTunes App Store, Apple was rightfully called out for implementing what to many was an obvious double standard. While scores of nameless developers with risque apps were given the boot, explicit and racy apps from well known entities such as Sports Illustrated and Playboy were curiously left untouched. Read More
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