Stimulus could revitalize muni Wi-Fi, other stalled projects Could $7.2 billion in federal funds committed to boost broadband in the U.S. transform small towns like Truckee, Calif., into the next Mumbai, India, filled with beehives of call centers that employ local residents? Products of the week Cool new announcements from Norton, BMC and Blade and others. Revealed: Surprises in the 4Q08 Ethernet switch market Reese: This week data networking and telecom research firm Infonetics, released a report on the 4Q08 Ethernet and Application Switch market, revealing a few surprises. NTT Makes Big Gains in U.S. Markets Nickasch: NTT, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation is growing their U.S. presence, and fast. While initially situated in Japanese local telco, data/IP/voice, and mobile markets, the company continues their global growth, rising to the number three spot of the world's top telecom companies by revenue. Microsoft demos innovations at annual TechFest If you've ever been frustrated with trying to determine who is speaking when listening to a conference call, help may be at hand. Plus: Microsoft TechFest video: Commute UX keeps your eyes on the road At TechFest 2009 Microsoft Research is showing off many projects in development. One of them is an in-car infotainment technology called Commute UX. Ex-officials see successful '10 census despite handheld cuts Director Louis Kincannon told reporters Tuesday that he expects a successful 2010 U.S. census despite the agency's decision last spring to cut back significantly on the use of handheld computers in the effort. Attackers targeting unpatched vulnerability in Excel 2007 Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program has a 0-day vulnerability that attackers are exploiting on the Internet, according to security vendor Symantec. Microsoft wants open sourcers to write code for Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft showed off its new IDE and said it hoped open source developers would write plug-ins for it, but didn't mention the licensing that would allow for that. IBM, Facebook and the mainframe: Growing a Big Iron following Pretty sure I would never have expected to see “mainframe” and “Facebook” in the same sentence but there it was. While the page has been up there a while – the zSeries mainframe page has almost 600 Friends – IBM this week acknowledged it had created the page to further develop the mainframe community and of course attract university students to the world of Big Iron. Verizon stomps on “Velveteen Rabbit” robocalls Perhaps they were just trying to hide behind the cute tale of a cuddly rabbit come to life, but Verizon Wireless has today filed a lawsuit to stop a telemarketing group from bombarding its customers with robocalls touting the upcoming film, "The Velveteen Rabbit." Today on Microsoft Subnet Windows 7: maybe in September; Microsoft issues two security advisories: for Excel exploit, Windows AutoRun; QueryShark: Powerful systems reporting at an affordable price. Today on Cisco Subnet Cisco layoffs have commenced, sources say; New CCIE count: Beginning roots of a new tech boom?; Network management is so painful, its like being chased by a angry Shih Tzu with your friends watching; OSPF Puzzle VI: Interpreting show ip ospf. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here. |
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