Tuesday, December 18, 2007

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Vonage sued by Nortel

Brad Reed By Brad Reed
Vonage has been sued by yet another company for patent infringement, this time by Canadian telecom equipment manufacturer Nortel. Read full story

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Buzzblog: Gates on education: Knowledge is good
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Is Cisco's Giancarlo about to jump ship? Cisco vs. ProCurve network behavior analysis. Jeff Doyle reports on your suggestions for his next book. Plus: Our blogger complained, Cisco listened. Cast your votes for the design of next year's Networkers bag.

Today at Microsoft Subnet
Mac Office 2008 on track for January release. How Microsoft Can Save Vista And Windows Server 2008. PowerShell and WinSCP.

December giveaways from Microsoft Subnet: Win a training course of your choosing from New Horizons Computer Learning Centers worth up to $2,500. Plus we have 15 copies of MCTS 70-620 Exam Cram: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring by one of our newest bloggers, Patrick Regan for grabs.

December giveaways from Cisco Subnet: Up for grabs: 15 copies of CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets. Enter to win one of 15 downloads of Cisco Press' CCIE Voice Exam Quick Reference Sheets by Mark Lewis. Check out Mark's blog for Cisco Subnet here and an excerpt of the book here.

Today on Layer 8 we find out how to really bury a mainframe:
Some users have gone to great lengths to dispose of their mainframe, but few have gone this far. On Nov. 21, 2007, the University of Manitoba said goodbye to its beloved 47-year-old IBM 650 mainframe Betelgeuse by holding a New Orleans style jazz funeral.


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