Wireless
Motorola Forecasts Loss on Struggling Phone Biz
Motorola said it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as recovery in its cell phone business is taking longer than expected, dashing Wall Street expectations.
LANS
Cisco Revamps Key LAN Switches with Virtualization
Customers won't have to "rip and replace" switches, thanks to firmware upgrades that include virtualization.
WANS
Comcast Weighs 250 GB/Month Download Limit
Comcast is considering a rate hike for broadband customers who consume more than 250 gigabytes of data each month, though there are no immediate plans for implementation.
Net Applications
Enhance Windows with Object Desktop 2008
Now available in two versions (Regular and Ultimate), Object Desktop is still the best way to customize your Windows experience.
Routers
Cisco Revamps Key LAN Switches with Virtualization
Customers won't have to "rip and replace" switches, thanks to firmware upgrades that include virtualization.
Switches
Cisco Revamps Key LAN Switches with Virtualization
Customers won't have to "rip and replace" switches, thanks to firmware upgrades that include virtualization.
Firewalls
IdentityTruth Predicts and Prevents Fraud
IdentityTruth looks at addresses, phone numbers, duplicate SSNs, and other aspects of your identity to warn you ahead of time if fraud seems likely.
User Devices
Motorola Cable Modems Win DOCSIS 3.0 Cert
On Monday, Motorola said that its SURFboard SB6120 and SBV6220 cable modems, as well as its BSR 64000 termination system/edge router had won DOCSIS 3.0 certification.
Hosted Apps
Google App Engine Now Open
Google's new App Engine provides a hosting solution for web developers to build their apps on top of, sparing developers the trouble of server maintenance and scalability.
Net Appliances
Open-Sourcing Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Intel wants to revolutionize data center and storage area networking with open-source Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
Sniffers
Microsoft: Critical Vista Patch Coming
Microsoft plans to ship two patches on Jan. 8 to patch code execution vulnerabilities in its newest OS.
News
LANDesk's GM Looks Back to the Future
Q&A: Consolidation hasn't changed the basic challenge for Avocent's LANDesk division: managing desktops and laptops and keeping them securely patched.
Surprises in Spectrum Bidding
Google may be the least surprising of the known bidders for 700MHz spectrum.
NetHope Brings Fast Links to Disaster Relief
The organization's Network Relief Kit helped keep communications open after the cyclone Sidr hit Bangladash.
Podcasts
Moving to 802.11n
What is the future of the 802.11n wireless standard? There's a lot of interest, but are there many deployments? They could start happening in 2008, explains Greg Murphy, COO of AirWave, in this IT Link podcast.
Encryption as a Service
PKI may have been an imperfect security solution, but in this IT Link podcast, Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security, says that Identity Based Encryption, or IBE, is a better idea.
Connectivity as Utility
Connectivity is becoming as available and reliable as electricity as technology industry veteran Rich Bader of EasyStreet explains to David Strom in this Channel Chat podcast.
Security and the 10G Network
In this OnSecurity podcast, Lisa Vaas chats with Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager for McAfee's Avert Labs, about how higher-bandwidth networks will affect the way IT managers address security.
Opinions
There was a time when Microsoft's own solutions could have been a part of a systemic solution to the problems in e-mail. Those times are past, and they need to join in with the rest of the industry.
Until Red Hat, Novell, or another party focuses around open-source directory services, Linux will be stuck playing catch-up with Windows 2000.
Opinion: Businesses have very few, if any, broadband options to choose from.
Careers
The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years, in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear is on the verge of recession.
Brocade Communications former CEO was sentenced to 21 months in prison for backdating stock-option grants in a scandal that has ensnared scores of U.S. companies and led to billions of dollars of restatements.
VAR purchase will see Connecting Point add 120 customers and increase its Microsoft competency.
Reviews and Guides
16GB Corsair Flash Voyager GT Review
Is Corsair's faster "GT" line of Flash Voyager USB keys worth the extra money over the standard models? We put a 16GB unit to the test.
StarTech.com USB 2.0 to DVI Adapter Review
Review: Need a second or third display? Got money to waste? You should still avoid this external, USB-based graphics adapter from StarTech.com.
Two Dual-Memory DDR2/3 Motherboards
Review: DDR2 is so last year, but DDR3 is still too expensive. What to do if you're building? Join us as we examine two motherboards that support both memory architectures.

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