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Final IPv4 addresses to be issued within months, NRO warns | Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer

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The world's coolest data centers
Data centers gobble up energy and generate heat, but here are some data centers that try to do it with their own flair. Read More


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Final IPv4 addresses to be issued within months, NRO warns
The global body in charge of allocating Internet addresses expects to hand out the final blocks of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses to regional registrars early next year, it said Monday. Read More

Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer
Physicists at the University of California have taken a giant leap closer to creating a new computer chip that gives memory the brains of a CPU, which promises to vastly improve computer performance and keep systems in an always-on state. Read More

Latest Facebook privacy flap: Big deal or overreaction?
This looks like one of those cases where the details matter a lot... and yet not so much. When The Wall Street Journal print edition carries a four-column headline at the top of page one, the newspaper is announcing to the world that that this story is a Major League Big Deal. This morning's headline: "Facebook in Privacy Breach: Top-Ranked Applications Transmit Personal IDs, a Journal Investigation Finds." The headline screams "be afraid, be very afraid." However, a number of security experts -- while acknowledging that the newspaper has identified a legitimate issue - are calling the presentation of that news alarmist at best. Read More

New malware technique targets intrusion-prevention systems
A recently discovered category of malware -- advanced evasion techniques -- can sneak through most intrusion-prevention systems to deliver even well-known exploits such as Sasser and Conficker to targeted machines without leaving a trace of how they got there, researchers say. Read More


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4G coming to New York, LA, San Francisco this year
Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday. Read More

Atheros merges home Wi-Fi, powerline networks
Chipmaker Atheros Communications tried to simplify home networks on Monday with reference designs for combined Wi-Fi and powerline networks, even as the technologies in this field remain complex and potentially confusing for consumers. Read More

App acceleration: Managed service or roll your own?
There no longer seems to be much argument about the need to optimize the performance of applications over wide area networks – the business requires service level guarantees and you're going to save money in the process. A win/win. The only question now is, do you buy and install the optimization gear yourself or put the responsibility in the lap of a service provider? Read More

The Open Source Community Is Microsoft-phobic
My fellow open source subnet blogger Joe Brockmeier came to the defense of OpenOffice pretty quickly after I wrote my previous post, that Microsoft has every right to compete against OpenOffice. Of course Joe is an old open source warrior. But like many warriors, Joe is busy fighting the the last war instead of the next one. Read More


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Tap dancing around the Fourth Amendment
The fundamental issue is that the government appears to believe that Internet and wireless digital communications are essentially just modern versions of a 1950s analog telephone call. And we all know that the FBI and police departments have been able to wiretap phone calls for almost as long as there have been telephones. Read More

Zeus botnet gang targets Charles Schwab accounts
Criminals are now using a Zeus botnet to pillage Charles Schwab investment accounts, a security researcher said. Read More

How telepresence and Internet 2 changed Boston schools
Thanks to the advent of videoconferencing set up by Internet 2 connectivity, schools are now utilizing video services that help students learn more interactively. Read More

The Myth of the Smartphone Wars
Although the iPhone has a lot of admirers, it's possible to critique a smartphone without making it seems as if we are destined to default automatically to the iPhone and only one other rival platform. There should be enough room for more than two platforms coexisting without expecting one's imminent demise. Read More

A Cisco IPhone app that is worth sharing
A small diversion from my usual tech posting, but I thought this will be helpful for other Cisco professionals. Read More



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