Networking World: Next-Gen IP Fizzles / Podcast Craze Stirs Rush For Content

TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING
Friday, July 15, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Next-Gen Internet Protocol Fizzles
2. Networking News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Podcast Craze Spurs Rush To Develop Web Content
4. Office 12 Comes Together
5. European Commission Tells E.U. To Increase Wi-Fi Spectrum
6. Venture Investment Boosts RayStat's In-Vehicle Broadband

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Dell In Dust Up Over Online Support
8. Attackers Could Eavesdrop On Cisco-Routed VoIP Calls
9. Harry Potter, IBM, And The Wizardry Of Online Retail
10. Cyber Crime Rates, Losses Fall, Says Survey
11. Trend Micro Bug Cost $8 Million

Last Week's Hottest Story
12. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Next-Gen Internet Protocol Fizzles
Though IPv6 greatly expands the pool of available Internet addresses
and U.S. government agencies are adopting it, most enterprises here
don't see much value in the upgraded Internet Protocol and are in no
hurry to deploy it.
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2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK
WorldCom's Ebbers Gets 25 Years For $11 Billion Fraud
Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers received the stiffest sentence
yet in the recent spate of corporate scandals--a term tough enough to
reduce the once-swaggering CEO to tears in the courtroom.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epEP0Hi7YQ0G4V0DXi30EF

Sprint, Nextel Shareholders Approve Merger
Shareholders overwhelmingly approved the merger as executives of both
companies tout the benefits.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epEP0Hi7YQ0G4V0DXi40EG

Senate Considers Speeding Up Digital TV Transition
Broadcasting's longest-running soap opera has returned to Capitol
Hill, as a key Senate committee considered whether it should move up
the current mandate that transmissions go all digital by 2009.
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Federal Spending On Telecom To Continue Growing
The Department of Homeland Security and e-government are among the
drivers that will boost federal telecom spending according to a study
released by the government market research firm Input.
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Can Broadband Over Powerlines Deliver?
A leading market researcher warned that broadband-over-powerline
communications may fail to compete against DSL and cable. Undeterred,
corporate heavyweights are investing in the technology.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. Podcast Craze Spurs Rush To Develop Web Content
While Podcasts profits remain elusive right now, the company that
manages to become the go-to Web site for the audiocasts could cash in
big time via subscriptions and advertising.
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4. Office 12 Comes Together
Microsoft is melding the infrastructure underlying SharePoint Portal
Server and Content Management Server (CMS) for the Office 12 wave
starting next year.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epEP0Hi7YQ0G4V0DXi70EJ

5. European Commission Tells E.U. To Increase Wi-Fi Spectrum
The European Commission said it has decided to make two additional
frequency bands available for Wi-Fi access across all 25 countries of
the European Union.
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6. Venture Investment Boosts RayStat's In-Vehicle Broadband
RaySat Inc., a Virginia company using satellite technology to supply
broadband to moving vehicles, has landed $27 million in venture
capital.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Dell In Dust Up Over Online Support
A tempest in a Web teapot over Dell's decision to shutter an online
support message board has erupted into a full-blown debate throughout
the blogosphere about the company's customer-service policies.
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8. Attackers Could Eavesdrop On Cisco-Routed VoIP Calls
Flaws in Cisco's voice-over-Internet (VoIP) software could allow an
attacker to bring down the alternative-to-traditional-telephone
service, or access the server that initiates and routes Web-based
calls, a security firm says.
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9. Harry Potter, IBM, And The Wizardry Of Online Retail
Rather than sorcery, it is the integration of many disparate IT
technologies and services via IBM's WebSphere that will be key to the
delivery of millions of copies of the new Harry Potter book on
Saturday.
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10. Cyber Crime Rates, Losses Fall, Says Survey
A downward turn in overall cyber crime has hit its fourth year, said
the 10th-annual survey on computer crime, and average financial
losses have tumbled by more than half.
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11. Trend Micro Bug Cost $8 Million
The April release of buggy anti-virus software by Trend Micro cost
the company $8.2 million and forced it to lower revenue and profit
forecasts for the next quarter, the Tokyo-based security firm said.
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LAST WEEK'S HOTTEST STORY
12. Hackers Deface Al-Qaeda Web Site
In September 2004 a group of hackers calling themselves TeAmZ USA
attacked the Web site of a Qaeda-linked group that has claimed
responsibility for numerous kidnappings and beheadings of Westerners
in Iraq.
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Friday, July 15, 2005

Next-Gen IP Fizzles / Podcast Craze Stirs Rush For Content

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