Networking World: Arrests in Zotob Case / Hard Drives Slim Down

TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING
Friday, August 26, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE
1. Today's Top Story: Hard Drives Slim Down
2. Networking News Of The Week

Breaking News
3. Zotob Arrests In Turkey, Morocco
4. Mozilla Tests Firefox, Thunderbird Updates
5. Finding Profits In Podcasting
6. Sightings Of A Rare Bird: IBM Compatible Mainframe

Today's Most Popular Stories
7. Adult Mag Seeks Ban Against Google, Amazon
8. Intel, Microsoft And The Coming DRM Clampdown
9. Analyzing IE At 10: Integration With OS Smart Or Not?
10. Wanted: 20,000 IBM Mainframe Specialists
11. Microsoft: Windows XP PCs Subject To Zotob-like Attack

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1. TODAY'S TOP STORY: Hard Drives Slim Down
One-inch hard drives recently began appearing in media players and
smart cell phones. Now they've broken into the mainstream, shipping
as standalone products.
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2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK
Skype Opens VoIP, IM Platforms
Announcement by Skype Technologies, the VoIP leader, comes on the
heels of announcement by Google that it will offer VoIP and instant
messaging services.
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IP PBX Sales Outstrip Traditional PBXs For First Time
In-Stat report says that by 2009, IP PBXs will account for 91% of
total PBX shipments.
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VoIP Carrier Equipment Sales Will Hit $5.7 Billion By 2008
Infonetics report also finds revenues were up 18% in second quarter
of 2005, reaching $614 million.
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Layer 2-3 Ethernet Switch Revenue Continues Strong Growth
Ethernet layer switch revenue gained between the first and second
quarters this year with Layer 2-3 Ethernet switch revenue jumping 10
percent to $3.4 billion.
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Behind the Cisco, Intel Alliance
The new alliance between Cisco and Intel is good for both companies
and maybe even for their customers, an industry expert explains.
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VoIP Promises Are Overhyped: Forrester
New survey says that despite all the publicity, 70% of consumers have
no interest in switching to a VoIP service.
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BREAKING NEWS
3. Zotob Arrests In Turkey, Morocco
Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two people believed
to be responsible for unleashing the computer worm.
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4. Mozilla Tests Firefox, Thunderbird Updates
Mozilla Foundation developers ask for volunteers to test a
long-awaited part of the next editions of Firefox and Thunderbird.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ep3G0Hi7YQ0G4V0DeJy0Ee

5. Finding Profits In Podcasting
Companies like IBM, Oracle, and Purina are using podcasting to hawk
their wares.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ep3G0Hi7YQ0G4V0DeJz0Ef

6. New Sightings Of A Rare Bird: An IBM Compatible Mainframe
A little known company builds a plug-compatible mainframe targeting
users of IBMis zSeries and the installed base of Amdahl computers.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES
7. Adult Mag Seeks Ban Against Google, Amazon
Adult magazine publisher Perfect 10 asks a federal court to prevent
Google and Amazon.com from displaying its pictures and links to
copyrighted photos.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ep3G0Hi7YQ0G4V0DeJ20ET

8. Intel, Microsoft And The Coming DRM Clampdown
Microsoft will be folding DRM into Vista through a feature called
Output Content Protection Management -- potentially causing problems
viewing high-res DVDs.
http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ep3G0Hi7YQ0G4V0DeCJ0Ek

9. Analyzing IE At 10: Integration With OS Smart Or Not?
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the release of Windows 95
and Internet Explorer. Microsoft took no pause to celebrate.
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10. Wanted: 20,000 IBM Mainframe Specialists
IBM and the Share user community work to fill 20,000 mainframe
positions that are expected to become available due to retirements.
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11. Microsoft: Windows XP PCs Subject To Zotob-like Attack
The Plug and Play vulnerability that led to last week's Zotob blitz
on Windows 2000 machines poses a major risk to some Windows XP
systems, Microsoft confirmed.
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Arrests in Zotob Case / Hard Drives Slim Down

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