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Level3 completes Internet2 100G net
Level3 announced on Wednesday that it has completed construction of Internet2’s new 100Gbps backbone network.
Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple’s iPhone
The analyst firm Gartner will tell IT executives to keep Apple’s iPhone away from their networks, in a research report to be released within a week.
Open source project quickly builds Linux version of Microsoft browser plug-in
The head of the Mono project this week plans to preview an open source Linux-based port of Microsoft’s Silverlight browser plug-in.
Pressure is on AT&T, Apple over iPhone, says Verizon CEO
The pressure is on AT&T and Apple to change the industry with iPhone, rather than on competitors to respond to the highly anticipated launch of the wireless device, Verizon’s CEO told reporters Wednesday.
Symantec outgrows underground nuclear bunker
Symantec Corp. has emerged from its bunker in the British countryside, moving its malware-fighting operations from a former U.K. military nuclear shelter to a more conventional office in Reading.
Lotus, Microsoft jostle to land social networking customers
Rivals IBM/Lotus and Microsoft tout social networking wares such as blogs, wikis, and bookmark sharing at the Enterprise 2.0 conference.
Cisco’s Chambers: Telecom entering ‘Phase II’
The telecommunications and Internet industries are entering their second phase of growth and reinvention, brought about by collaboration and Web 2.0 technologies, Cisco CEO John Chambers proclaimed at the NXTcomm conference this week.
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Blog
Today on Microsoft SubnetVista and the WAN, a good couple, sometimes. Blogger John Obeto says, “Chalk one up for Google.” Windows XP crashes Kerberos. Linux version of Microsoft Silverlight makes a stir.
