NetFlash: Lighting up broadband

There’s a lot of money in tobacco – at least, there was, until lawsuit settlements called for tens of billions of dollars to be distributed from tobacco companies to state governments. What the states do with the cash is up to them, but the State of Virginia has decided to pour it into networking, and lay a thousand miles of fiber-optic lines. Lighting up broadband http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004widernettobacco.html?net

There’s a lot of money in tobacco – at least, there was, until lawsuit settlements called for tens of billions of dollars to be distributed from tobacco companies to state governments. What the states do with the cash is up to them, but the State of Virginia has decided to pour it into networking, and lay a thousand miles of fiber-optic lines.

Lighting up broadband

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004widernettobacco.html?net

Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a ‘bad thing’

HP’s Carly Fiorina says that this year’s fourth quarter is unlikely to show enterprise companies splurging on IT gear. As she correctly points out, for each of the last three years industry pundits have been saying that the fourth quarter would be the one where IT spending would go through the roof. Fiorina argues that the old models of IT spending are “bad,” and new, “good” spending doesn’t involve splurging.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0924fiorisomet.html?net

IBM, other vendors accused of cheating E-Rate program

U.S. House members Wednesday accused IBM and other IT vendors of breaking the rules in a much-criticized program designed to help schools and libraries purchase Internet equipment.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0922ibmother.html?net

New, dangerous Microsoft JPEG exploit released

New computer code that exploits a recently disclosed hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser is circulating on the Internet and could allow remote attackers to take full control of vulnerable Windows machines, according to warnings from anti-virus companies and Internet security experts.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0923newdanger.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where we say, “Why? Because we like you”:

German firm hires Sasser writer; ‘Net security threats keep on rising; walk down Apple’s advertising memory lane; and Google digs vanity art; all this and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net

This week’s top 5 stories so far:

1. Cisco to hire 1,000 engineers, salespeople this year

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0922hirecis.html?net

2. Feds eyeing one access model for all

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004fedsmart.html?net

3. IP services profitability still in doubt

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/092004ipprofit.html?net

4. Exploit posted for Microsoft JPEG flaw

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921exploposte.html?net

5. SBC readies 50,000-node IP phone system at Ford

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0921sbcreadi.html?net