Networking World: Enterprise Mashups; Cox Worker Pleads Guilty

TechWeb Networking Update - Friday, Sep 28, 2007

(Table of Contents)

*Enterprise Mashups: Mashed Or Half-Baked?
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*Cox Telecom Worker Pleads Guilty To Sabotage, Crashing Service
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*3Com To Be Sold To Bain Capital Partners; Huawei Gets A Piece
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*Apple Patches The iPhone, Turns Some Into iBricks
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*Sun Micro's Java Push Faces Rivals, Skeptics
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*New York Times Recoups After Network Failure
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( Today's Top Story)

Enterprise Mashups: Mashed Or Half-Baked?
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Enterprise mashup tools are the natural next step for SOA, but
security concerns could make this technology a recipe for disaster.

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Interview With A Convicted Hacker: Robert Moore Tells How He
Broke Into Routers And Stole VoIP Services
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On his way to federal prison, the 23-year-old hacker says
breaking into computers at telecom companies and major
corporations was "so easy a caveman could do it."

Halo 3 Sales Smash Game Industry Records
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Halo 3 broke records for first day sales, for pre-orders, and for
the number of gamers who played the game online over Microsoft's
Xbox Live system on launch day.

Google Fights To Save DoubleClick Deal; Microsoft Fights To Kill It
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Google's plan to buy DoubleClick is being reviewed by the Federal
Trade Commission and was the subject of a Senate hearing on
Thursday.

IBM Sees 100,000 Lotus Symphony Downloads In First Week
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IBM says 100,000 downloads in a week represents a record for
software downloaded from its Web site.

Apple Leopard Appears Nearly Ready
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For Apple to meet its promise of releasing Mac OS X 10.5 to
consumers sometime in October, the company would have to finish
the current testing process within three weeks.

(Editor's Picks)

TI Develops New Platform For Government-Issued Electronic IDs
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The contact-less microcontroller technology features fast read
and write times, as well as increased memory capacity and
processing performance, the company says.

Intel, VMware Partner In Virtual Machine Migration
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The collaboration is expected to ease software migration to new
servers capable of running more business applications than older machines.

Google Exec Sees No Condition On DoubleClick Deal
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Google said Thursday it was unlikely U.S. antitrust authorities
would seek to impose conditions on its $3.1 billion acquisition
of advertising company DoubleClick.

(Networking News of the Week)

Cox Telecom Worker Pleads Guilty To Sabotage, Crashing Service
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The attack caused the loss of computer and telecommunications
services for Cox customers throughout Dallas, Las Vegas, New
Orleans, and Baton Rouge.

3Com To Be Sold To Bain Capital Partners; Huawei Gets A Piece
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Bain Capital Partners plans to pay $2.2 billion in cash for the
networking company, and 3Com's longtime partner Huawei
Technologies will participate in the transaction.

Apple Patches The iPhone, Turns Some Into iBricks
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The iPhone V1.1.1 update, which shipped Thursday, is a giant
patch, fixing issues with its mail service, Bluetooth and seven
bugs in Safari.

Sun Micro's Java Push Faces Rivals, Skeptics
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Sun is betting the platform it developed will raise its fortunes,
but it faces tough competition from bigger rivals -- as well as
questions about the technology's future.

New York Times Recoups After Network Failure
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A three-hour glitch of backup systems Wednesday afternoon put the
newspaper's morning print edition at risk.

Plug-And-Play USB Phone Jack Debuts
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Developed by two CLEC veterans, MagicJack turns a PC into a
communications hub.

Oracle, Dell, And EMC Unveil New Data Warehouse Initiative
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The Oracle Optimized Warehouse combines the Oracle Database with
preconfigured hardware from Dell and EMC, with the goal of giving
customers an out-of-the-box data warehouse.

Microsoft Unveils TV Networking Devices For Windows Media Center
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Microsoft opens up revenue channels on its Internet TV platform
for third-party hardware makers and content providers.

Cisco To Buy Latigent To Enhance Call Center Offerings
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Latigent's products will complement Cisco's Unified Customer
Contact product, which is a platform used in call centers to
personalize customer communications.

Chicago Taps IBM, Firetide To Install 'Operation Virtual Shield'
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The citywide video surveillance system uses a combination of
unified fiber and wireless mesh networking to make data available
in real time.

Big Ideas Aim To Make Tech Easier, But Also Eat Lots Of Bandwidth
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Ideas range from technologies that replicate original images into
3-D virtual images that can be touched and broadband technologies
that support huge amounts of data.

AT&T Secures $1 Billion U.S. Treasury Contract
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AT&T will engineer and design TNet, as well provide the necessary
equipment installation and management.

Vermont Municipal Fiber Network Is On The Road To Profitability
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Burlington Telecom started off with a small fiber network that
served city buildings and now offers voice, data, and video
services to city residents. Wireless is on the agenda.

Intel, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Cooperate On WiMax
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The partnership covers future notebooks and mobile Internet
devices, Nokia WiMax devices and Nokia Siemens' infrastructure equipment.

Cisco Product Rollout Aims To Boost Branch Offices
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The new products and services include platforms, hardware
modules, software enhancements, and new feature sets.

Motorola Shows Off WiMax Chipset For Mobile Devices
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The cell phone maker expects to use the technology in its own
products, as well as equipment from other mobile manufacturers
starting in 2008.

Vonage Infringed Sprint Patents, Jury Finds
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A U.S. federal jury found the VoIP software company infringed six
patents and ordered Vonage to pay $69.5 million in damages, plus royalties.

EchoStar Mulls Asset Spin-Off, Buying Sling Media
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The satellite television operator said it may spin off its
technology assets, raising hopes that a split would increase the
value of its businesses for shareholders or lead to a sale.

Verizon Business Pushes Its Deployment Of IPv6
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The telecom said it will complete its North America migration in
2008 and move into the Asia-Pacific and European regions in late
2008 to 2009.

AT&T To Boost 3G Upload Speeds In Weeks
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The upgrade will let customers send photos or video from their
phones to the Internet up to six times faster than before, a top
mobile executive said Monday.

Linksys Expands Smart Ethernet Switch Line For Small Businesses
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The devices offer 24 or 48 ports and range in price from $199.99
for low-end switches to $799.99 for a 48-port switch with two
optical slots.

Startup Offers Free Calls In Exchange for Eavesdropping
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Pudding Media plans to offer free, ad-supported phone calls. The
caller is presented with online ads targeted by keywords culled
from the conversation through speech recognition technology.

FireEye Builds A 'Botwall' To Fend Off Botnet Attacks
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The security company is offering an appliance that is backed up
by a network that tracks botnet activity ramping up around the world.

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KVM May Be A Game Changer For Server And Desktop Virtualization
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If a virtualization hypervisor is in some respects a stripped
down operating system, then KVM, with its access to kernel
resources, is a stripped down hypervisor.

Palm Enters Low-End Phone Market With Centro
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Palm's smallest smartphone makes its first push into the low end
of the mobile market in a bid to revive growth prospects and
offer a cheaper alternative to Apple's iPhone.

Disney To Halt U.S. Mobile Phone Service At Year-End
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Walt Disney said Thursday it will reassess how it competes in a
tough market for high-end cell phone services.

Plug-And-Play USB Phone Jack Debuts
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Developed by two CLEC veterans, MagicJack turns a PC into a
communications hub.

Sonic Adds Download-To-DVD Software To Qflix
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The technology makes it possible for someone to make their own
copyright-protected movie DVDs at home.

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Friday, September 28, 2007

Enterprise Mashups; Cox Worker Pleads Guilty

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