The Web Is Dead. Who Cares?

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	The Web Is Dead. Who Cares? No doubt many netizens of cyberspace were surprised to hear this week that the World Wide Web is on death's doorstep while the Internet is alive and well and ready to be the platform for an electronic Camelot. That's because for many folks the Web and the Net are synonymous. They use the words interchangeably in their daily lives, and they're likely to continue using them that way even if the prediction of the Web's fade from glory becomes a reality. Read More   In this Issue Adobe to patch Reader zero-day bug Thursday I Quit! 8 Dramatic Ways to Leave Your Job Dell Streak teardown: Go ahead and drop the tablet Mozilla downplays Firefox bug, passes on fix Has The Mouse Outlived Its Usefulness? News podcast: Network World 360 HP's Fortify buy puts spotlight on obscure -- but important -- niche Zenprise extends security controls to employee-owned iPhones, other devices Who are these people who think cybersecurity experts are crying wolf? Windows in the cloud: long boot times, other difficulties not seen with Linux Everything's coming up green WHITE PAPER: NetApp How Efficient is your Storage Environment? Learn how to store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. Read More! Adobe to patch Reader zero-day bug Thursday Adobe said today that it would patch a critical Reader vulnerability on Thursday. Read More   I Quit! 8 Dramatic Ways to Leave Your Job When you're ready to say "Take this job and shove it," how should you deliver the message? With thanks to JetBlue's newest hero, here's a look at 8 unique job resignations using everything from song to sheetcake. Read More   Dell Streak teardown: Go ahead and drop the tablet The Dell Streak tablet, which goes on sale Friday in the United States, is a sturdy device just daring you to drop it. But if you do need to take it apart and fix it, that's not a problem, according to iFixit, which this week tore the device open for peek inside. Read More   WHITE PAPER: NetApp ESG Report: Driving storage efficiency in SAN environments This ESG paper outlines the considerations for architecting an efficient SAN data storage infrastructure with a focus on the NetApp solutions for increased utilization, improved performance and streamlined protection to reduce operational costs. Read More! Mozilla downplays Firefox bug, passes on fix Mozilla said it will not patch a bug that blocks the display of a warning when Firefox detects a potentially deceptive URL, saying the flaw was not a threat. Read More   Has The Mouse Outlived Its Usefulness? A German retailer has prematurely posted (and very quickly taken down) details and product shots of the upcoming Microsoft Arc Touch mouse. The Microsoft peripheral is innovative more in its form than its function, but along with the Apple Magic Trackpad it hints at a future where the mouse may no longer have a role. Read More   News podcast: Network World 360 IBM has strengthened its hand in the Unix business with new systems based on its Power7 processors, including a server for large enterprises that scales to 256 cores. Also, Toshiba will detail a breakthrough in data storage later today that it says paves the way for hard drives with vastly higher capacity than today. (4:32) Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Forrester – Ramp Up Your Virtualization Benefits Virtualization is a top priority for SMBs. This Forrester research examines the four stages of virtualization deployment. Forrester highlights their key findings and makes concrete recommendations on how SMBs can accelerate successful virtualization adoption and avoid common mistakes. Read Today! HP's Fortify buy puts spotlight on obscure -- but important -- niche Analysts say that HP's agreement to buy Fortify Software should make corporate users more aware of the need for improved application security. Read More   Zenprise extends security controls to employee-owned iPhones, other devices Can you manage and secure an employee-owned mobile device that's accessing your corporate network? Zenprise has added a trio of new features to its MobileManager software for just this purpose. Read More   Who are these people who think cybersecurity experts are crying wolf? It happened again Monday that a news report about the threat of cyberattacks was greeted with skepticism. Read More   Windows in the cloud: long boot times, other difficulties not seen with Linux Running Windows servers in the Amazon cloud may have just gotten a lot easier, but a project by the management vendor RightScale to improve Windows support shows that people who use the Microsoft operating system in cloud networks face difficulties not seen in the Linux world.   Read More   Everything's coming up green While outside in my neck of the Northeast green lawns have turned brown (except where homeowners' automated sprinklers work overtime), it seems everywhere I turn at work things are greener than ever. Read More
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