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	Will IE 9 be safe for corporate Web apps? I attended the launch party Microsoft threw in San Francisco for Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate, which is the "final milestone," as host Ryan Gavin put it, before the final release to Web (RTW), coming in the near future. What I went there wanting to know was whether IE9 would ease the security worries of IT managers about delivering enterprise apps to employees or others through a Web browser and whether their Web sites will go haywire trying to run in the new browser. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave More Power, Lower Price, Earn $15 GC iPrism Web Security's 500h appliance delivers 1Gbps of throughput for unrivalled speed and performance across your enterprise. We've got the power to handle your biggest pipeline. We'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. You'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. In this Issue Cisco financial results demonstrate real networking competition -- finally It's official: Wearing a Bluetooth headset makes you ugly Open source guru Miguel de Icaza "psyched" about Microsoft/Nokia deal Blaming the NASDAQ Hack on Open Source A whale of a bad analogy for bandwidth hogs Domestic Spying: Is the Price Worth the Sacrifice of Privacy? Only 39% are honest about cursing at computers, survey shows WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! Cisco financial results demonstrate real networking competition -- finally As of this writing, Cisco shares are down between 11% and 13% even though it beat the Street's revenue and profit estimates. Why the dip? Read More It's official: Wearing a Bluetooth headset makes you ugly If you've ever seen men or women wearing Bluetooth headsets in public and thought, "Wow, that's unattractive" – it turns out, you're right! A new survey by Retrevo showed that about one-third of people are less interested in, or more likely to find a person unattractive for using/wearing a Bluetooth headset in public. Read More WEBCAST: Mainsoft 'Social Email' Drives 4th Generation Collaboration Solutions Enterprises today are investing in a host of collaboration tools, including SharePoint, but they remain underutilized. Hear Gartner analyst Matt Cain and Mainsoft CEO Yaacov Cohen talk about how to close the user adoption gap by bringing SharePoint collaboration and social features into email. View Now. Open source guru Miguel de Icaza "psyched" about Microsoft/Nokia deal Miguel de Icaza, founder of the open source Mono and GNOME projects, says he is "psyched" about Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 partnership with Nokia. Read More Blaming the NASDAQ Hack on Open Source When I see supposedly intelligent people blaming open source for simple SQL injections I see red. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Five CIO Challenges Addressed by Better Change Management Addresses five of the foremost change management challenges that CIOs have to meet and how organizations can turn these challenges into a business advantage. Read More A whale of a bad analogy for bandwidth hogs Having written my fair share, I know that bad analogies can stick out like a sore flower pot. Case in point: Businessweek.com has an interesting analysis of the ongoing debate about wireless "bandwidth hogs." In making its case that it is the carriers, not heavy users, who are being piggish, this passage struck me like a harpoon in the side. Read More Domestic Spying: Is the Price Worth the Sacrifice of Privacy? Mike German suggested that more people should report on the extreme cost of domestic spying. In the security vs. civil liberties arena, we continue to sacrifice privacy even though there is really no evidence that all this surveillance is making us any safer. Read More Only 39% are honest about cursing at computers, survey shows A troubling 61 percent of computer users have apparently deluded themselves into believing that they have never - not even once -- cursed or yelled out loud at a malfunctioning machine. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of AAA Identity Management Security. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 15 more useful Cisco sites Three years ago, we compiled our initial list of 20 useful sites for Cisco practitioners, partisans and pundits. Now we're adding to that list with 15 more sites we found useful for the Cisco masses. A sneak-peek preview of Android 3.0 Expect a new holographic look, customizable home screens, a Windows-style taskbar, and tabbed browsing in Google's upcoming version of the Android OS, code-named Honeycomb. MOST-READ STORIES Geekiest marriage proposals of all time Why Debian matters more than ever Windows fix on Patch Tuesday 'breaks' VMware software Is Apple planning to turn the Apple TV into a gaming platform? Microsoft ships release candidate for IE9 browser Google overlooks legions to Doodle Thomas Edison 'Laptop is dead,' proclaims MDM company Obama goal: 99% of U.S. covered by 4G broadband 'Night Dragon' attacks from China strike energy companies Nokia partners with Microsoft, adopts Windows Phone 7
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