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	Google's Top 10 Best (and Worst) Innovations of the Year Google rolled out a number of cool products this year, but not all of them can be home runs. Here's a look at the best and worst of Google this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now! In this Issue The 25 Worst High-Tech Habits (and How to Fix Them) Air Force bounces Windows XP, goes all-in for Windows 7 Change in Congress: Business as usual for tech Android piles on its U.S. smartphone market share lead November giveaway: SharePoint 2010 training for three worth $4,000, and an iPad Facebook punishes developers for passing on user IDs Microsoft CIO Eats His Own Cloud Dog Food Microsoft, SAP sued by inventor over coding method Vecebot botnet strikes Vietnamese anti-communist blogs  Boost Your Geek Cred With the Linux Credit Card (Really) WEBCAST: NetApp Is Your IT Ready For The Future? Join us for a virtual event to learn about new NetApp technologies, products, and solutions that can make your IT ready for the future. With a shared infrastructure built on NetApp, IT can deliver unparalleled efficiency and flexibility to your organization. Learn More The 25 Worst High-Tech Habits (and How to Fix Them) Good citizens of technological America, this story is not for you. Read More Air Force bounces Windows XP, goes all-in for Windows 7 The US Air Force said it has begun a service-wide upgrade of operating systems to Windows 7, the plan to complete the upgrade across the service by December 2011. Read More Change in Congress: Business as usual for tech Republicans are poised to take majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives after Tuesday's election, but it will be business as usual for many technology policy issues in Congress. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint Start Deploying UC Immediately Yankee Group analyzes the Unified Communications market and makes recommendations for businesses looking to accelerate a UC deployment. Read More Android piles on its U.S. smartphone market share lead Popularity of the Google Android mobile operating system is showing no signs of slowing down, with the OS being found in 44% of smartphones purchased during Q3. Read More November giveaway: SharePoint 2010 training for three worth $4,000, and an iPad We're tickled to announce a new alliance between Network World and online training provider Webucator. Network World has teamed up with Webucator, a premier provider of SharePoint2010 training, to give away SharePoint classes for up to three people. Read More Facebook punishes developers for passing on user IDs Facebook is punishing several application developers for passing certain information to a data broker in the latest move by the social networking site to control growing concerns over privacy. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Determine Your SharePoint Readiness Score SharePoint is growing in the usage of portals, team sites, enterprise content management, and Web content management. This IDC workbook will help you assess your organization's infrastructure readiness to manage SharePoint and discusses the value an expert service provider can bring to optimize SharePoint implementations. Read now Microsoft CIO Eats His Own Cloud Dog Food A big part of Microsoft CIO Tony Scott's job in Redmond is to personally use all of Microsoft's technologies, including its cloud products. Microsoft types call this "eating your own dog food." Read More Microsoft, SAP sued by inventor over coding method Microsoft, SAP and Bamboo Solutions are being sued by a Virginia company that claims some of the companies' software products infringe on its patented, "novel technique for associating the modules of a multi-module computer program." Read More Vecebot botnet strikes Vietnamese anti-communist blogs  A botnet has been systematically attacking Web sites that post blogs or forums containing content critical of the Vietnamese Communist Party, according to security firm SecureWorks. Read More Boost Your Geek Cred With the Linux Credit Card (Really) What is the coolest thing for a Linux fan to carry in their pocket? Why, the new Linux Tux credit card! The Linux Foundation teamed up with UMB Bank and CardPartner Inc. to create the Linux-branded Visa card. It's pretty much your typical credit card, except that, by applying for the card, you are also helping to promote Linux. 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 Goodies from the Subnets We've got SharePoint 2010 training for up to three people from Webucator up for grabs. There's an iPad available, too. Enter to win one! SLIDESHOWS The Google Android Quiz Android OS, with its openness, readily developed applications and flexibility has anchored a new wave of mobile devices that are rapidly gaining popularity. Here's a quiz about the operating system, its devices and history to see how well you really know it. Keep score and rank yourself at the end. 25 hot products from new IT companies Network World's 25 New IT Companies to Watch are building a broad array of new IT products for the cloud computing and virtualization age. Here's a look at the 25 new IT companies and the technologies they're offering. MOST-READ STORIES Steve Jobs' business card from 1979 Is it legal to use Firesheep at Starbucks? Enterprises: We'll run Windows XP even after retirement Will the next wireless infrastructure be humans wearing radios? Hey, you with the open Wi-Fi: You're an idiot Mastering the art of the Cisco Kool-Aid keg stand 11 uses for an old PC How to improve WAN performance Are your skills ready for the opportunities in networking? Cisco management software vulnerable
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