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NetFlash: Research net set to fly

Opinion
Jan 06, 20042 mins
Networking

Internet2 was supposed to be a glimpse into the next generation of the Internet, to be used for all kinds of advanced networking research. But the bandwidth has been hijacked by college kids swapping music and video files – leading researchers to build the next next-generation of the Internet. This one is called the National LambdaRail, and is about to bring 40 wavelengths of 10G bit/sec each to major cities across the country. Research net set to fly http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105nlr.html?net

Internet2 was supposed to be a glimpse into the next generation of the Internet, to be used for all kinds of advanced networking research. But the bandwidth has been hijacked by college kids swapping music and video files – leading researchers to build the next next-generation of the Internet. This one is called the National LambdaRail, and is about to bring 40 wavelengths of 10G bit/sec each to major cities across the country.

Research net set to fly

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105nlr.html?net

Holiday online retail spending up in 2003

Holiday shoppers spent 29.5% more online in 2003 than they did the year before, reaching $12.5 billion in purchases. Find out why.

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Security group warns of hole in Linux kernel

Computer security researchers are again warning about a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could be used by malicious hackers to take control of systems using the popular open source operating system.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0105securgroup.html?net

The new face of fault-tolerant servers

With the Internet extending business around the globe – and around the clock – there is a demand on server systems to be up and running all the time. For some companies that means clustering a bunch of boxes to achieve high availability, but analysts say in many cases IT managers should take a second look at fault-tolerant servers.