TECHWEB TODAY: NETWORKING Friday, August 27, 2004 IN THIS ISSUE 1. Friday Networking Feature: MPLS Goes Mainstream 2. Networking News Of The Week
Today's Top News 3. DOJ Accuses Six Of Crippling Rivals' Web Sites 4. VoIP Continues Meteoric Rise 5. IP/DSL Set Top Boxes Riding Telco Video Wave 6. Search Is Second Most Popular Online Activity Other News This Week 7. Chipping Away 8. Democrats Unleash 'Demzilla' On The GOP 9. Cell Phone Defect Could Cause Hearing Damage 10. Cisco Gear Subject to DoS Attack ------- Advertisement ------------------- Forget track-based backup. VXA Packet Technology from Exabyte reads and writes data in digital packets, giving you superior restore integrity, faster transfer speeds and scalable capacity. VXA Packet Technology is the new standard in tape backup and restore. Learn more at http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cfli0AC -------------------------------------------- 1. FRIDAY NETWORKING FEATURE: MPLS Goes Mainstream Momentum is picking up for MPLS in core service-provider and enterprise networks. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7k0AP 2. NETWORKING NEWS OF THE WEEK Verizon's Babbio Rips FCC's Ruling Delays Frustration over ruling delays leads to latest lawsuit attempting to force the FCC's hand. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7l0AQ Carriers Hope MPLS-based Services Offset Declining Voice Revenue MPLS positioning strategies of the top seven U.S. carriers vary greatly. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7m0AR VoIP Support Added To Wireless-Wired SMB Routers Linksys and Netgear are co-marketing with VoIP vendor Vonage to offer voice service as well as hardware. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7n0AS Company Brings 10Gbps Performance To UTP Underlying technology is based on NASA efforts to filter noise and reconstruct signals from deep space probes. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7o0AT Fujitsu Jumps Into WiMAX Chip Market The company is developing chipsets for both base stations deployed by carriers and end user equipment. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7p0AU McCaw's Clearwire Launches Wireless Broadband Service Clearwire, a wireless broadband company founded by wireless pioneer Craig McCaw, launched its first service this week in Jacksonville, Florida. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7q0AV ------- Advertisement ------------------- Forget track-based backup. VXA Packet Technology from Exabyte reads and writes data in digital packets, giving you superior restore integrity, faster transfer speeds and scalable capacity. VXA Packet Technology is the new standard in tape backup and restore. Learn more at http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cfli0AC ------------------------------------------- TODAY'S NEWS 3. DOJ Accuses Six Of Crippling Rivals' Web Sites Authorities detail the nation's first case alleging denial of service attacks against competitors to knock them offline. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7r0AW 4. VoIP Continues Meteoric Rise Voice over IP continues to enjoy stellar growth. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7s0AX 5. IP/DSL Set Top Boxes Riding Telco Video Wave The worldwide market will reach over seven million units and more than $700 million in revenue by 2008. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7t0AY 6. Search Is Second Most Popular Online Activity Approximately 38 million Americans use search engines each day, making search second only to e-mail as the most popular online activity. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7u0AZ OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK 7. Chipping Away Projections for increased semiconductor revenue after a soft summer could buoy the whole tech sector. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cjud0AK 8. Democrats Unleash 'Demzilla' On The GOP An open-source data mart is helping the DNC wage an election-year data war against the Republicans. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7v0Aa 9. Cell Phone Defect Could Cause Hearing Damage Siemens warned users of its 65 series cell phones that a bug in the devices' software could cause hearing damage. http://update.techweb.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/ei7q0GpvDH0G4V0Cj7w0Ab 10. 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