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	AT&T shifts to usage-based wireless data plans AT&T effectively has scrapped its unlimited wireless data offering for new subscribers. The new scheme offers a lower starting point for monthly costs, but usage is capped at 200MB or 2GB. Also new: letting laptops tether to smartphones as a wireless modem, but you'll pay $20 a month to do so. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Excel: Creation and Distribution Challenges Spend less time building spreadsheets. View this webinar to learn a free and intuitive method to automate spreadsheet production and efficiently produce the accurate, up-to-date, analysis-ready Excel spreadsheets your users need to support their business decisions. View Now In this Issue How Apple topped Microsoft Cyberattacks seen as top threat to zap U.S. power grid Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch Red Hat's CEO: Clouds can become the mother of all lock-ins Computer lab network design News podcast: Network World 360 Microsoft counters report of Google's dumping Windows Google to release Chrome OS in fourth quarter Is AT&T Just Hurting Itself With New Data Plans? Woman Sues Google over Bad Directions: It Was Dark WHITE PAPER: ShoreTel Conquer the Cost of IP Complexity Companies are frequently tied to expensive, complex, legacy telecommunications systems that don't support modern technologies and applications, such as unified communications. This white paper examines the challenges associated with legacy systems and how to achieve greater value and opportunities with IP-based technology. Read More How Apple topped Microsoft Apple spends just a fraction of what Microsoft does on acquisitions and R&D, yet it now has a higher market capitalization because it gives users what they want. Read More Cyberattacks seen as top threat to zap U.S. power grid Cyber attacks, pandemics and electromagnetic disturbances are the three top "high impact" risks to the U.S. and Canadian power-generation grids, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. Read More Force10 unveils VM-optimized Gigabit Ethernet switch Force10 Networks unveiled a Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack data center switch optimized for virtual environments. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Take a Smarter Approach to Archiving Examine strategies and tactics for unifying data and content. View an e-discovery calculator and go inside a 3-year ROI model. Read More Red Hat's CEO: Clouds can become the mother of all lock-ins Cloud architecture has to be defined in a way that allows applications to move around, or clouds can become the mother of all lock-ins, warned Red Hat's CEO James Whitehurst. Read More Computer lab network design To implement the network, I have two designs in mind: Use central switch that is connected directly to a switch in each lab, or use central switch that is connected to a router in each lab. Then each router is connected to the lab's switch. Which design is better and why? Read More News podcast: Network World 360 A new report says that cyber attacks, pandemics and electromagnetic disturbances are the top 3 "high impact" risks to the U.S. and Canadian power-generation grids. Also, on the heels of a report that Google will phase out Windows in its workplace over security concerns, Microsoft on Tuesday stood up for its operating system. (2:19) Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Microsoft counters report of Google's dumping Windows On the heels of a report that Google will phase out Windows in its workplace over security concerns, Microsoft on Tuesday stood up for its operating system. Read More Google to release Chrome OS in fourth quarter Google plans to release its Chrome operating system late this year, initially targeting laptop users, the head of the project said Wednesday. Read More Is AT&T Just Hurting Itself With New Data Plans? AT&T's decision to nix unlimited data plans may be yet another instance of the much-maligned company damaging its already shoddy reputation. Did AT&T institute these sweeping changes to shield itself from further abuse and strengthen its network, or has it spun the chamber on another round of Russian roulette? Read More Woman Sues Google over Bad Directions: It Was Dark Search Engine Land, the news and information site that broke the story about how Lauren Rosenberg was struck by a vehicle and is now suing Google, has an update to the story: it was dark outside, and Google maps instructed her to walk across the street. Read More
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