IPv6 on home routers and DSL/cable modems: FAIL

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	IPv6 on home routers and DSL/cable modems: FAIL When it comes to IPv6 support, consumer home networking gear lags far behind other devices, like enterprise equipment and PC operating systems. Most devices certified as IPv6-compliant by the IPv6 Forum are full of implementation bugs, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed ANPM Vendor Analysis Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. In this Issue The iPad event in pictures Amazon hooks into VMware's management platform iPad 2 v BlackBerry PlayBook: 7 Enterprise Considerations Absolutely brilliant: Windows upgrades through the years Microsoft won't patch IE before Pwn2Own Cloud, mobility will drive revenue, Juniper says Need for 'big data' analytics drives vendors' acquisitions Do I have to buy Android? The App Malware Problem: Is There a Solution? Wordpress recovers from huge DDoS attack The Network World Enterprise Tablet Recommendation Poll DHS denies plans for expanded use of body scanners Air Force set for second super-secret spacecraft blast-off WHITE PAPER: Brocade The Distinction between FBC and FBI A fabric-based computing architecture can support virtualization and cloud computing. Distinguishing between fabric-based computers and fabric-based data centers is critical to select the best technologies and products. Read this paper to learn more. Read now! The iPad event in pictures The iPad led a parade of product announcements Wednesday, and we were on hand in San Francisco to capture it all. Read More Amazon hooks into VMware's management platform Amazon Web Services (AWS) will help IT staff to move virtual machines to the AWS cloud with a new plug-in for VMware's management platform, AWS said on Friday. Read More iPad 2 v BlackBerry PlayBook: 7 Enterprise Considerations Steve Jobs tried to dismiss iPad's tablet rivals as "copycats" at Wednesday's iPad 2 launch. But whether Steve likes it or not, the tablet wars are officially on. And this battle will be decided not only by consumers and gadget lovers seeking the latest and greatest slates, but also by businesses and corporate workers looking for the next game-changing productivity tool. Read More Absolutely brilliant: Windows upgrades through the years Here's a brilliant video from Chain of Fools showing an upgrade installation of every version of Windows since 1.0 (with the exception of ME, since ME couldn't be upgraded to Windows 2000). Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improve Application Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Microsoft won't patch IE before Pwn2Own Microsoft today revealed that it will not update Internet Explorer (IE) before the Pwn2Own hacking contest begins next week. Read More Cloud, mobility will drive revenue, Juniper says Juniper Networks reaffirmed its long-term forecast for annual revenue growth of 20 percent or more as it met with financial analysts on Thursday following two big product-line introductions. Read More Need for 'big data' analytics drives vendors' acquisitions Acquisitions such as Teradata's planned purchase of Aster Data Systems are driven by the growing demand for technologies that can help enterprises mine massive volumes of unstructured data, analysts said. Read More Do I have to buy Android? I am currently an iPhone user and have been thinking about switching to an Android phone as the technology looks very interesting - and as a supporter of Open Source, I would like to put my money where my "mouth" is. Read More DOWNLOAD: Diskeeper Get Maximum I/O Performance on Virtual Servers V-locity 2 is only product that automatically optimizes virtual platform I/O bandwidth without causing resource conflicts between VMs. For Hyper-V and VMware ESX. Also eliminates "bloated" free space on thin/dynamic disks. Learn More The App Malware Problem: Is There a Solution? Google had to remove some criminal's idea of fun from the Android Market - no surprise there. But reaction isn't sufficient - failure to address this threat puts much of the future of mobility at risk. Read More Wordpress recovers from huge DDoS attack Politically motivated hackers are being blamed for a large Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS) on the Wordpress blog management system that left many customers experiencing severe disruption on Tuesday. Read More The Network World Enterprise Tablet Recommendation Poll Your company's future, not to mention your IT career, is on the line. Your CEO glares at you over a desk the size of an aircraft carrier, chews on an unlit cigar, and then she says, "OK, propellerhead. I'm taking this company into the future and the future is mobile. What tablet do we go with?" This is your chance. Read More DHS denies plans for expanded use of body scanners The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today denied it plans to expand the use of whole-body scanning technologies to rail and bus transit facilities or for pedestrian surveillance. Read More Air Force set for second super-secret spacecraft blast-off The US Air Force will launch a second secretive spaceship, the X-37B, tomorrow if the weather holds and all systems are go. 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 VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 20 awesome tech products at DEMO Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011. Top 10 Chrome OS extensions Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on top of a bare minimum version of Linux. The following extensions can improve the user experience of Chrome (OS or browser) to give you some of the functionality found in a traditional operating system. MOST-READ STORIES Google gives antiquated 404 page a makeover First look at Apple iPad 2: what's new, unchanged, still missing Jobs unveils iPad 2: sleeker, more powerful, same price Cisco caught off guard by switching hit Tablet Tumble: iPad 2 vs. Motorola Xoom iPad 2 spoiler: RIM PlayBook tablet coming April 10? Google Android's infected apps spotlight mobile danger 5 new ways to build apps for iPhone, Android and Web browsers Open source expert takes on the hardest job at Microsoft Google yanks 21 malicious apps from Android Market, phones
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