Six cool satellite projects eye the sky

	Thinking About Drinking? Smartphone Apps to Enhance Your St. Patrick's Day Experience | New Cisco Ethernet switches to play broader video, security roles
	Network World Daily News PM				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Six cool satellite projects eye the sky Six new satellites set to launch in the next few years could go a long way toward making Global Positioning Systems, military and private communications and national security capabilities much stronger than they are today. Read More WEBCAST: Compuware Succeed with Cloud Technologies There is plenty of hype surrounding the potential benefits of Cloud Computing, but how do you realize those benefits? APM is a major part of that answer. Join featured speaker Gartner Research VP Milind Govekar for this On-Demand webcast to learn why. View Today! In this Issue Thinking About Drinking? Smartphone Apps to Enhance Your St. Patrick's Day Experience New Cisco Ethernet switches to play broader video, security roles Microsoft touts 'browser with no name' in Windows Phone 7 FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules FAQ: Say hello to IE9 VMware eases migration to Windows 7 Cisco battered by large fall in security market Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone Your Next Facebook 'Friend' Could be a Federal Agent Linus Torvalds named most influential open source blogger WHITE PAPER: Sprint SIP Addresses Unified Communications Deployment This white paper gives strategic guidelines for deploying UC. Read why SIP matters. Read More Thinking About Drinking? Smartphone Apps to Enhance Your St. Patrick's Day Experience Use these Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Palm apps to locate the nearest pub, play beer pong, cure a hangover, or find a whole host of merrymaking activities. Read More New Cisco Ethernet switches to play broader video, security roles Cisco Wednesday is unveiling new Ethernet access switches and enhanced routers designed to take on more of the jobs frequently handled by separate devices, such as those dedicated to handling video traffic or ensuring network security. Read More Microsoft touts 'browser with no name' in Windows Phone 7 At the MIX Web developer conference, Windows Phone 7 executives had relatively little to say about the now-unnamed browser on the new mobile operating system. At the same time, the company announced a "preview" version of much advanced technology and features in what will eventually be Internet Explorer 9. 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 FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. Read More Law enforcement push for stricter domain name rules Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system. Read More FAQ: Say hello to IE9 We answer the first questions you'll undoubtedly have over the months ahead as Microsoft starts adding muscle to the bare bones framework of its next-generation browser, IE9. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Energy-Efficient Servers Most organizations faced with budget challenges put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives, such as extending server life cycles and extending software licenses. This paper demonstrates that such a buy and hold strategy actually adds costs to the datacenter. Learn more VMware eases migration to Windows 7 VMware has upgraded its ThinApp application virtualization software to enable migration of applications from older versions of Windows to Windows 7. Read More Cisco battered by large fall in security market 'Nobody fires you if you buy Cisco' it was once said but it seems somebody should tell the corporate security sector which has deserted the giant in droves in late 2009, new figures show. Read More Malware found on another HTC Magic smartphone Traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet has been found on another HTC Magic from Vodafone in Spain, security company Panda wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. Read More Your Next Facebook 'Friend' Could be a Federal Agent Here's yet another reason to be careful of what you share on Facebook -- the Feds could be checking you out. An internal Justice Department document obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation reveals that U.S. law enforcement agents have been logging onto social networking sites in the name of crime fighting. Read More Linus Torvalds named most influential open source blogger O'Reilly media founder Tim O'Reilly is "the most powerful voice" in open source, but Linus Torvalds is the most influential blogger. Read More
	Join us on LinkedIn Discuss the networking issues of the day with your colleagues, via Network World's LinkedIn group. Join today! - Jeff Caruso, Executive Online Editor The Future of Big Iron Do your IT plans include mainframes? Participate in this Aberdeen survey and see how your plans stack up to those of peers in terms of on what core applications are staying on mainframes and where the industry is headed in operating and software architecture. The goal is to get an accurate picture of the opportunity for expanded utilization, the role of 3rd-party support, and overall objectives with respect to distributed, outsourced, heterogeneous and centralized computing paradigms. Aberdeen will also establish a baseline for performance and a set of best practices for improving the efficiency and utilization of mainframe computing technologies. All survey respondents will receive a free copy of the resulting research. Today from the Subnet communities Massive giveaway from Cisco Subnet: 50 copies of the Cisco Press CCNP Cert Kits kits are up for grabs. Deadline March 31. NEW! 15 books on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007 R2 available, too. SLIDESHOWS 21 apps Apple doesn't want on your 3.0 iPhone The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates. 10 geeky items you're embarrassed to admit you want Most of us love gadgets. But there is a certain eye-popping reaction when we find a gadget that speaks to our technological selves. Owning such devices would surely be the subject of teasing from those who deny their inner geek, but it would also be the cause of more than a little envy. MOST-READ STORIES Who else wants national broadband? A new take on cloud security ... from Hitler Apple sees over 120,000 iPad pre-orders on first day IE9 proves Microsoft is back in the browser battle 60% of virtual servers less secure than physical machines New Cisco Ethernet switches to play a broader video, security roles 8 things you didn't know about Windows Phone 7 Chambers: 'I did not want to compete against IBM and HP' Will Google tip the scale toward OpenID? Simplify Media yanks iPhone apps, promises 'new direction'
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2010 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **