Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft/Skype deal, says Chambers

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Your Wi-Fi speed stinks. Here are 10 things you can do about it. WLAN revenues dip as buyers wait for 11ac products Network World Daily News PM May 31, 2013 Share this email Cisco not looking to kill Microsoft/Skype deal, says Chambers Cisco doesn't want to kill Microsoft's marriage to Skype -- it just wants a dowry. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Your Wi-Fi speed stinks. Here are 10 things you can do about it. 2. WLAN revenues dip as buyers wait for 11ac products 3. Nothing says narcissist like wearing Google Glass on a date 4. FBI: Cyber criminals hitting photo-sharing apps to spread malware, access information 5. Cisco leading 100G Ethernet 6. PayPal's $100,000 Battle Hack competition wants cool social apps 7. Largest ever DDoS attack directed at financial firm, Prolexic reports 8. Security analytics will be the next big thing in IT security 9. INSIDER So you want to be a data scientist? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Consolidate & Manage Alerts for FREE! 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The FBI said offenders typically advertise vehicles online but will not provide pictures in the advertisement, rather they will send photos on request. Sometimes the photo is a single file sent as an e-mail attachment, and sometimes the... READ MORE Cisco leading 100G Ethernet The worldwide Ethernet switch market was $4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2013, down 8% from the fourth quarter of 2012 but up 1% annually, according to Infonetics Research. The first quarter is seasonally soft but the market has grown over the past three quarters despite continuing weakness in Europe and the U.S. federal government vertical, the firm notes. READ MORE PayPal's $100,000 Battle Hack competition wants cool social apps PayPal this week kicked off a global software-coding competition called Battle Hack, challenging software developers to devise on their own a socially useful application that makes use of PayPal payment processing. The grand prize: $100,000. 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