Friday, April 01, 2011

IEEE suffers data breach; separately, approves next WiMax standard

IEEE approves next WiMax standard | Google's 2011 April Fools Day gags

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IEEE suffers a data breach
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers suffered a data breach last year that compromised credit card information of 828 people who registered for an IEEE conference. Read More


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IEEE approves next WiMax standard
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has approved IEEE 802.16m, the standard for the next generation of WiMax, which may deliver downstream speeds of more than 300M bps (bits per second). Read More

Google's 2011 April Fools Day gags
A human autocompleter, Google teleport, gesture-based email and more Read More

H-1B visas need to be easier to get, business leaders tell Congress
A strange mix of business leaders asked a congressional subcommittee on Thursday to clear some of the red tape required to get H-1B visas. This request was countered by testimony from an academic saying the H-1B visa program encourages employers to hire cheaper foreign labor with ordinary skills who take away jobs from Americans. Read More


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IETF's April Fools' gags geekier than ever in 2011
The IETF is up to its usual April Fools' Day tricks, publishing bogus requests for comment (RFC) on its website Friday for addressing serious IP challenges, including IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. Read More

iFixit spoofs own Apple "screwgate" revelation with April 1 prank
Apple iPhone users worried that their jailbreaking ways will be punished by Steve Jobs and friends are being teased with an April Fools Day special offer by gadget teardown specialist iFixit: an iPhone 4 Oppression Kit. Read More

April Fools Videos hit the Interweb
Overheard in the newsroom earlier today: "The Web has ruined another holiday." So it goes with April Fool's Day, in which everyone on the planet thinks they work for The Onion, sprinkling my inbox with fake press releases, product announcements and other such nonsense. Over in Twitter, the "news feed" is also littered with fake fake and more fake, with everyone trying to pull a fast one on everyone... Read More


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5 more Android apps for IT
Gibbs has a few more Android apps that he thinks you need. Read More

Cisco's three Unity voicemail products: what's the diff?
It is my pleasure to address everyone in the network community during the month of April. In this series of articles I will begin with exploring Cisco voicemail solutions followed by focusing in on Cisco Unity Connection; its design, features and applications. Cisco currently has three voice mail solutions that consist of Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Unity. Cisco Unity Express... Read More

Miami hospital tightens security in advance of medical records system revamp
Miami Children's Hospital is replacing its older network and clinical applications with a modern electronic medical record system to give medical staff faster and more unified access to patient information, a major step toward a paperless work environment. Read More

Dell updates PowerConnect switches but keeps earlier line
Dell updated its enterprise Ethernet switch lineup on Thursday with the PowerConnect 7000 series, adding high-availability features, low power consumption and POE (power over Ethernet) to its equipment offerings for use in several parts of a LAN. Read More



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