Nevis Networks Uncovers Flaw in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare

Nevis Networks, which supplies secure switching and identity-based policy enforcement appliances, has identified vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, which is the new, subscription-based service provided by Microsoft to protect Windows computers. OneCare provides anti-virus protection, a two-way firewall, a back-up utility and system tune-ups.According to Nevis, the vulnerabilities allow remote unauthenticated attackers to launch a...

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Virtela Appoints Steve King as CEO

Virtela, a global network solutions provider based in Denver, announced the appointment of Steven R. King as president and CEO. King also becomes a member of the company's board of directors. Previously, King was president and CEO of ZANTAZ Inc., a pioneer in compliance content archiving and e-discovery leveraging the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Prior to ZANTAZ, King held a number of executive positions at E*TRADE Group Inc., where he...

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NEC to Supply Submarine Cable System for Indosat

Indosat, the leading international telecommunications operator in Indonesia, has selected NEC to supply a submarine cable system linking Indonesia and Singapore. The "JAKABARE" (Java - Kalimantan - Batam - Singapore) Submarine Backbone Network will stretch over 1,300km and connect Jakarta (Java), Pontianak (Kalimantan), Batam Island and Changi (Singapore) using NEC's state-of-the-art optical fiber transmission system based on 10 Gbps x 64 wavelengths...

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TI Introduces Newest VoIP Gateway Solutions

Texas Instruments introduced the newest members of its VoIP gateway silicon and software solutions that will enable equipment manufacturers to scale from eight to several hundreds of channels while supporting advanced voice and video features. TI's newest gateway solutions are powered by its TMS320C64x+ digital signal processor (DSP) that significantly increases performance for VoIP and video encode, decode and transcode applications. This allows...

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Motorola Introduces Universal Edge QAM

Motorola introduced a high density, low cost and low power universal edge QAM designed to enable MSOs to economically deploy additional QAM capacity to meet growing consumer demand for personalized, high-bandwidth services. Motorola said its new APEX1000 QAM complements its suite of bandwidth-expansion solutions including DOCSIS 3.0 based channel bonding, switched digital video and deep-fiber technologies. The APEX1000 platform supports standards-based...

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EarthLink Abandons Philly Wi-Fi Network

EarthLink is terminating its Philadelphia Wi-Fi service and an negotiations to transfer the Wi-Fi network to the city government or a non-profit organization failed. EarthLink has also filed today a proceeding in federal court seeking a declaration that EarthLink may remove its equipment from the City's street lights and that EarthLink's total potential liability may not exceed $1 million."EarthLink has worked diligently for many months to transfer...

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NTT's Hikari Optical Access Reaches 8.78 million, DSL Contracts

NTT reported that the number of FLET'S Hikari optical access subscriptions reached 8.78 million as of March 31, 2008, up from 3.2 million a year earlier. Meanwhile, the number of ADSL subscribers fell to 4.6 million from 5.3 million a year earlier. Likewise, the number of conventional telephone lines fell to 39.2 million from 43.3 million last year.In the mobile communications market, NTT noted the introduction of mobile number portability in the...

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NTT DOCOMO Appoints New Management Team

NTT DOCOMO announced a new management team headed by new president and CEO Ryuji Yamada, who previously served as the company's senior executive vice president. Yamada replaces Masao Nakamura, who is resigning from the posts. The company also announced numerous other changes to its board and management teams. Full details of the changes are online.http://www.nttdocomo.com/pr/2008/001399.h...

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NTT and KT Venture Forum Targets NGN Applications

NTT and KT announced plans for a "Venture Forum" (provisional name) for developing new business models which will enable both companies to expand into new areas in the global IT industry. The "NTT-KT Venture Forum" will work with other companies, including startup companies, toward the early development and commercialization of applications and other services for broadband and next-generation networks.A kick-off Forum and a MOU signing ceremony will...

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Ericsson Supplies HSPA Modules for Dell Laptops

Dell will offer built-in HSPA mobile broadband modules from Ericsson beginning in Q2 2008. The modules use Ericsson's in-house HSPA chipset. The companies said the built-in mobile broadband module provides superior downloading and uploading performance and takes less power from the battery. The module also has a GPS receiver, to be used together with positioning applications. Market projections indicate that in 2011, approximately 200 million notebooks...

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Alcatel-Lucent Supplies ASON/GMPLS Optical Net for Tianjin Power

China's Tianjin Power, a municipal electricity provider, selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy an intelligent optical transport infrastructure to streamline energy and corporate operations. The Alcatel-Lucent solution, using an intelligent control plane key for dynamic networking and traffic protection, will enable Tianjin Power to set up and tear down connections over its optical transport network in real-time for a wide range of applications including high-speed data backup and employee training sessions. An intelligent control plane based on automatically...

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AT&T Offers 10 Mbps U-verse Service for SMBs

AT&T has begun offering a mew High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled Business Edition service offering download speeds up to 10 Mbps. The service, which is being launched in 40 markets, can serve up to 32 Internet access connections over existing telephone wiring in the customer's business. AT&T Business U-verse also provides free unlimited access to the company's nationwide Wi-Fi network, which has more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots nationwide...

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AT&T Licenses MPEG-4 Video-Compression to Sony Corp.

AT&T has signed Sony Corp. as the latest licensee in its global MPEG-4 video-licensing program. Sony is AT&T's fourth licensee in Japan. The AT&T patents underlying the company's global licensing effort are considered essential to the practice of ISO/IEC 14496-2 and 14496-10, also known as MPEG-4, Part 2 and MPEG-4, Part 10 (H.264).http://www.att....

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