The Big Friday Edition of Today's Links and My Two Bits....

Verizon installs Vigilent Energy Management Systems in 24 of its US Data Centers. Verizon’s goal to save money by saving has led Verizon to install the Energy Management Systems. The system made up of sensors in the data centers and monitored by software developed by Vigilent offers suggestions to the optimal working temp in the data center. A side benefit to this energy saving on Verizon’s part is the fact that it will help the environment. To learn more you can read the press release; http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-significantly-reduces-energy-consumption-at-24-of-its-us-data-centers-123544794.html

“Verizon Serves up Fios A La Carte”
http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2011/06/09/verizon-serves-up-fios-a-la-carte-but-its-no-feast-for-vz-stock/

Conspiracy? Verizon iPads2 are being sent back to sender in China. The website 9TO5 MAC has gotten whiff of something strange going on with the iPads2. It seems FedEx is sending them back to the manufacturer in China, at Apple’s request. The strange part is the people at Apple don’t know why Fedex is doing this and they the Apple employee’s seem clueless about any recall. And of coarse FedEx is just doing what the system tells it to do. You can read the story for your selves at ;
http://www.9to5mac.com/71512/is-apple-recalling-verizon-ipad-2s/

“Can T-Mobile's 4G network with Rocket 3.0 challenge Verizon's 4G LTE?”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/can-t-mobiles-4g-network-with-rocket-30-challenge-verizons-4g-lte/4789

“IBM debuts supercomputing private cloud”
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mapping-babel-10017967/ibm-debuts-supercomputing-private-cloud-10022702/

“The Best Router for CCNA, 2011”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ccna-lab-series-part-6-best-router-ccna-2011?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-06-10

“Lessons That Technology Company CEOs Should Learn From the RSA Breach”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/lessons-learned-rsa-breach?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-06-10

“Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-microsoft-firefox-malware.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2011-06-10

“IBM building security into cloud fabric”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060911-ibm-security.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2011-06-10

“The price is wrong, ACA tells FCC about programming, retransmission”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/price-wrong-aca-tells-fcc-about-programming-retransmission/2011-06-10?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

“NCTA to FCC: There's enough competition so rules can be removed”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/ncta-fcc-theres-enough-competition-so-rules-can-be-removed/2011-06-10?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Bringing QR Codes to life for Business
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/10/paperlinks-brings-business-optimized-qr-codes-to-life/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

ONLIVE on mobile devices and everything in Between to the TV...
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/10/onlive-brings-proper-gaming-to-tablets-hdtvs-and-we-go-hands-on-at-e3-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Some think that Office 365 is not ready for Prime Time...
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061011-office-365-beta.html?hpg1=bn&source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

“Employers paying up for scarce IT talent”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/employers-paying-scarce-it-talent?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

“US looking for revolutionary binary code system”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/us-looking-revolutionary-binary-code-system?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

“Data loss hits vast majority of businesses”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061011-ponemon-data-loss.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

“Fully rugged notebook PC powered by Intel i7”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061011-gd-itronix.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

A cell phone goes against a blender...
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/tough-nails-phone-vs-bad-ass-blender?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-06-10

“Think You Own Your LinkedIn Profile?”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/230027/think_you_own_your_linkedin_profile_better_think_again.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

“AMD resurrects FX branding for eight-core Bulldozer processor”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/amd-resurrects-fx-branding-for-eight-core-bulldozer-processor/6093?tag=nl.e539

“Sprint steps up prepaid game: Android fuels commodity devices”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/sprint-steps-up-prepaid-game-android-fuels-commodity-devices/50305?tag=nl.e539

“The Late Great Virtual CPU Debate”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/the-late-great-virtual-cpu-debate/3251?tag=nl.e539

“Spain arrests 3 Anons for Sony, bank hacks; AnonOps vows revenge”
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/spain-arrests-3-anons-for-sony-bank-hacks-anonops-vows-revenge.ars

“IBM Cooks Up Super-Thin Graphene Chips”
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/IBM-Cooks-Up-Super-Thin-Graphene-Chips-72634.html

“Motorola Photon 4G hands-on demo video”
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/motorola-photon-4g-hands-on-demo-video/

“NHTSA administrator: Apps must take backseat to auto safety”
http://www.freep.com/article/20110610/BUSINESS01/106100443/NHTSA-administrator-Apps-must-take-backseat-auto-safety

“Healthcare Tech Gobbles Growing Chunk Of GDP”
http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/mobile-wireless/230500226

“Army's $57 Million Training System Uses Gaming Tech”
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/230500243

“AT&T launches Wi-Fi in NYC parks”
http://www.cedmagazine.com/News/2011/06/ATT-Wi-Fi-NYC-New-York-City-hotspot-hotzone-parks-expand.aspx?et_cid=1660812&et_rid=265117505&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.cedmagazine.com%2fNews%2f2011%2f06%2fATT-Wi-Fi-NYC-New-York-City-hotspot-hotzone-parks-expand.aspx


Surfs up!.........................................Eric