Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Broadband stimulus exempted from 'buy American'; NASA boosts packet inspection on 10G; Juniper upgrades edge routers

NASA boosts packet inspection on 10 Gig WAN links; Juniper boosts edge routers for multimedia
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Broadband stimulus exempted from 'buy American'

The U.S. government has exempted broadband builders who want federal grants from a "buy American" provision of the US$787 billion stimulus package passed in February. Read full story

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June 30, 2009

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  5. Windows 7 for $50, for two weeks only
  6. IBM supercomputer to heat university
  7. Google begins sending out Google Voice invites
  8. The Pirate Bay to Take On YouTube, Hulu
  9. Nortel lays off execs connected to Microsoft ICA partnership
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