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	Google, Microsoft, Netflix in talks to create list of IPv6 users Leading Web content providers -- including Google, Yahoo, Netflix and Microsoft -- are conducting early-stage conversations about creating a shared list of customers who can access their Web sites via IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Top Five Benefits of Video Conferencing From obvious benefits, like reduced travel costs, to a few less apparent advantages, see what Polycom customers, resellers and industry analysts are saying about the power of video conferencing. Read More In this Issue Is Cisco 'Too Big To Fail'? Undergrads flock to computer science programs 10 must-have free Palm webOS apps Gartner: 10 mobile & wireless technologies that should be on your radar Can a user-created ad campaign save Palm? What to make of the hacker who broke IE8 in two minutes Microsoft's New Embrace of Open Source Makes Sense Predictions on demand for iPad are astonishing Will the iPad be Jailbroken at Launch? WHITE PAPER: 3Com Building Mission-Critical Data Centers The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation and core switching has turned into an operational nightmare. However, an IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) based network can extend the control plane across multiple active switches, increasing resiliency and reducing complexity. Learn More. Is Cisco 'Too Big To Fail'? Is Cisco 'Too Big To Fail'? Companies come and go all the time, due to lots of factors. Economic, political, legislative, all reasons why a vendor is here today, and gone before close of business tomorrow. What impact would Cisco's failure have from a technology standpoint? Read More Undergrads flock to computer science programs For the second year in a row, computer science enrollments in the U.S. have increased, according to an annual study of enrollment trends, giving hope that the degree program is seeing a revival that's here to stay. Read More 10 must-have free Palm webOS apps A smartphone is only as good as its apps. Here are 10 free ones to supercharge your shiny new Palm phone. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense Essential Information Protection Successful organizations depend upon their ability to collaborate, communicate, and share information online. This paper explains how Essential Information Protection is designed to help organizations make the most of their IT security investments. Read More Gartner: 10 mobile & wireless technologies that should be on your radar Gartner is highlighting 10 mobile and wireless networking technologies – including new versions of Bluetooth and location-awareness -- it says will play a big role in business-to-employee and business-to-consumer interactions over the next couple of years. Read More Can a user-created ad campaign save Palm? The team of Palm enthusiasts at webOSroundup.com has launched a crowd-sourcing project that invites other Palmophiles to create their own video ads for Palm's innovative operating system and the phones that run it. Read More What to make of the hacker who broke IE8 in two minutes Some of you might have seen today's story by Gregg Keizer of our sister publication Computerworld headlined "Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in two minutes" and may have asked the same question I asked. Two minutes? Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Identity and Access Governance – What You Need to Know Live Webcast: Wednesday, May 5th at 1pm ET/10 am PT. Oracle presents a timely event featuring the Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, who will provide an overview of the latest technology for identity management. Get guidance on compliance, security, identity management and other topics and participate in a live Q&A. Register Today! Microsoft's New Embrace of Open Source Makes Sense Microsoft seems to be spending a lot of time lately trying to convince the open source world it really means it no harm. And, just maybe, it's true. See, Microsoft is about making money. It's a business. When a business sees dollars being siphoned off by other sources, it begins to pay attention. A well-run business doesn't wait until it's lost the battle to co-opt the model picking away at it. Read More Predictions on demand for iPad are astonishing Even by Apple standards, the hype around the iPad is difficult to fathom (in part because I couldn't imagine laying out $600 for one). Read More Will the iPad be Jailbroken at Launch? iPhone hacker George Hotz claims he has developed a new untethered software jailbreak method for the iPhone and iPod Touch that may also work on the iPad. Hotz, also known online as Geohot, says in a recent blog post that his new unnamed jailbreak method is as simple to use as his previous iPhone software jailbreak, blackra1n. The new software will purportedly work on all currently jailbroken iPhone and iPod Touch models. Read More
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