Subject: Review: Draft-N Wi-Fi fast and reliable; On the menu at Ruby Tuesday: Security

From: "Computerworld First Look" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:38:51 -0500

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             Computerworld First Look
                March 09, 2007
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In this issue:

 * Review: Draft-N Wi-Fi is now fast and reliable
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54378/2/

 * Ohio U. names new CIO 
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54379/2/

 * Users are putting Band-Aids on software, says new federal research chief
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54380/2/

 * Now on the menu at Ruby Tuesday: Better security
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54381/2/

 * SEC suspends trading of 35 firms tied to 'pump-and-dump' spam
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54382/2/

 * The hybrid race is on: Apple and LG plan flash laptops
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54383/2/

 * Vonage ordered to pay $58M in patent case
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54384/2/

 * After bumpy start, transit agency finds virtualization a smooth ride 
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54385/2/

 * Virtualization's downsides
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54386/2/

 * Former Gateway execs found guilty of manipulating earnings
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54387/2/

 * Yahoo tests social network component for Answers
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54388/2/

 * Informatica integrates data here and there
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54389/2/

 * Google alumni launch new answer brokering site
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54390/2/

 * Opinion: Why Apple's 'consumer' Macs are enterprise-worthy
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1336265/387651/54391/2/

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TODAY'S IT BLOGWATCH
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Sony's Home run (and Dylan hears a Who)

Living under assumed identities, it's IT Blogwatch, in which Sony finally gets some good press for Home, a bold new plan to develop a virtual world based on its PlayStation franchise. Not to mention a Bob-Dylan-as-a-childrens-songwriter sendup ...

Kotaku dishes the dirt from the floor of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco:

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TODAY'S TOP STORY
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Seven ways to keep your search history private

Worried that Google and other search sites know too much about you -- and that the federal government can subpoena that data? Fear not -- we've got seven steps you can follow to keep your search history to yourself.

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THIS WEEK'S FRANKLY SPEAKING COLUMN
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Time to Reinvent IT

Frankly Speaking: Trying to lure kids into corporate IT careers might be good idea, but Frank Hayes thinks we're going about it all wrong.

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 * Have to find a new way to hear my favorite obscure genre
 * Be relieved -- one less thing to block on my corporate network
 * Wait, you can get radio on the Internet?
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