Friday, September 26, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Japan's KDDI to offer 1G bps Internet connections to homes (New York Times)

Japan's KDDI to offer 1G bps Internet connections to homes (New York Times)
Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI will start offering from October 1G bps (bits per second) fiber-optic Internet hook-ups for less than the current price of a connection one tenth the speed, it said this week.

Computer applications float in Internet cloud (AFP via Yahoo! News)
When Merlin Mann is on the go and needs to access his computer information he steps into the cloud. Mann, a 41-year-old technology blogger, is one of thousands of Americans who are shunning packaged software in favor of programs served up as services available on the Internet.

Father of the Internet Talks About His Child's Future (WebProNews)
Vint Cerf, who is commonly known as the "father of the Internet", has posted an article on the Official Google Blog , as part of their series of experts predicting the future, such as Marissa Mayer did for search and read more

Robert Hernreich - Tragic Love: Love Knows No Bounds When Internet Couple Ends With Coma (WTOL 11 Toledo)

Tragic Love: Love Knows No Bounds When Internet Couple Ends With Coma (WTOL 11 Toledo)
They were a young couple just starting out e-mailing for weeks over Internet. Moments before going out on their first real date, a terrible accident right here in the Cleveland suburb that changed everything.

Father of the Internet Talks About His Child's Future (WebProNews)
Vint Cerf, who is commonly known as the "father of the Internet", has posted an article on the Official Google Blog , as part of their series of experts predicting the future, such as Marissa Mayer did for search and read more

Madison County buses to have free Internet access (BizJournals)
Madison County (Il.) Transit Express buses will be equipped with free wireless Internet access beginning Oct. 1.

Senate bill aims to protect children from Internet predators (Deseret Morning News)
With the prodding of Oprah Winfrey and Ed Smart (father of kidnapped-and-found Elizabeth Smart), the Senate passed a bill Friday that is designed to help protect children from Internet predators and to help investigation of child exploitation, including child pornography.

Japan's KDDI to offer 1G bps Internet connections to homes (New York Times)
Japanese telecommunications carrier KDDI will start offering from October 1G bps (bits per second) fiber-optic Internet hook-ups for less than the current price of a connection one tenth the speed, it said this week.

Internet service providers want to set industry guidelines for online privacy (Los Angeles Times)
Verizon, Time Warner Cable and AT & T executives, who testified this week before a Senate committee, say they want 'to go forward with this self-regulatory approach.' Internet service providers called for industrywide guidelines to protect privacy online in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday. But they want to set the guidelines themselves.

Computer applications float in Internet cloud (AFP via Yahoo! News)
When Merlin Mann is on the go and needs to access his computer information he steps into the cloud. Mann, a 41-year-old technology blogger, is one of thousands of Americans who are shunning packaged software in favor of programs served up as services available on the Internet.

Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://biz.yahoo.com/portfolio/080918/tag_www_portfolio_com_2008_5_13952.html?.v=1'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://biz.yahoo.com/portfolio/080918/tag_www_portfolio_com_2008_5_13952.html?.v=1">Web 2.0 Expo: Upbeat Despite Economic Downturn

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The Web 2.0 Expo in New York may have the misfortune of happening during the worst week for tech companies since the collapse of the bubble and a global equities meltdown born of a unrelenting crisis of confidence -- ...

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So, I've written about Web 2.0 for a while now, but every time I've written or read something about it, a little voice in my head is saying "bogus!" (a...

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A Butler Group report claims employees' Web 2.0 know-how can boost workforce productivity and bring positive changes to businesses.

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AUGUSTA, Maine----Maines official Web portal has again been named one of the best state government Web portals. Maine.gov was ranked second among all state Web sites by the Center for Digital Governments 2008 Best of the Web competition.

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onmouseover="return window.status='http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10149'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10149">Cisco unveils collaboration lineup; Enterprise 2.0 on the move?
Cisco on Wednesday rolled out its collaboration portfolio as it targets the enterprise market--and notably the Microsoft SharePoint juggernaut. At least Cisco isn't alone--Oracle earlier this week unveiled Beehive, which is another collaboration effort. Oracle wouldn't say that Beehive is a direct competitor to SharePoint, but it...

Robert Hernreich - Madison County buses to have free Internet access (BizJournals)

Madison County (Il.) Transit Express buses will be equipped with free wireless Internet access beginning Oct. 1. Robert Hernreich

Robert Hernreich - 2.8% of households wordlwide to have Internet TV by 2012 - ZDNet Blogs

2.8% of households wordlwide to have Internet TV by 2012 - ZDNet Blogs
Global subscriptions to Internet-based TV are on track to reach 19.6 mln subscribers in 2008, a 64% increase, according to Gartner . Revenue from worldwide Internet protocol television is forecast to reach $4.5 bln, up 93.5% from a year earlier, with

Senate passes intellectual property bill - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON— Congress was poised Friday to pass legislation that would give the Justice Department more resources to combat intellectual property theft, including patent and trademark infringement, counterfeiting and copyright crimes. The bill

Congress tightens laws on use of Internet by child pornographers - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Congress is sending President Bush several bills that would tighten laws on child pornographers' use of the Internet. The House on Friday passed by 418-0 a measure clarifying that images obtained over the Internet were subject to federal

Gateway Communications leases capacity on AFRICASAT-1 - New York Times
Gateway, which was recently acquired by Vodacom Group, will lease multiple C-band transponders on AFRICASAT-1 as it consolidates its market position in the provision of voice, data and Internet access.

Altig's In-House TV Show Hits the 250 Milestone - Forbes
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Altig International's in-house television show, Altig TV, surpassed the milestone of 250 episodes in September 2008. Altig TV connects everyone in the company by recognizing outstanding achievements and

VoIP system users can be targeted in attacks - CNET News
Jason Ostrom of VoIP Hopper on Saturday plans to release his next-generation VoIP sniffer at Toorcon in San Diego to help raise awareness of the type of vulnerabilities businesses face as they adopt unified communications (UC) technology. He told

DEM POL'S SON WAS 'HACKER' - New York Post
The 20-year-old son of a Democratic state lawmaker in Tennessee was being cited on the Internet yesterday as a suspect in the hacking of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail. State Rep. Mike Kernell told The Tennesseean newspaper that his

Congress sending child porn bills to president - Detroit Free Press
WASHINGTON — Congress is sending President George W. Bush several bills that would tighten laws on child pornographers’ use of the Internet. The House today passed by 418-0 a measure clarifying that images obtained over the Internet were subject

Robert Hernreich - onmouseover="return window.status='http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/24/intel-invests-web-tech'" onmouseout="window.status=''" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/24/intel-invests-web-tech">Intel invests in web 2.0 tech company

INTELS LONG ARM of global investment, Intel Capital, said it will shell out $20 million for a stake in social software company Telligent Systems. Robert Hernreich

Current TV partners with Twitter, invites viewers to engage with election coverage. Robert Hernreich

Titus Labs, a leading provider of email and document classification software, today announced the release of Titus Labs Message Classification Web Access 2.0. The industry's most advanced classification solution for Microsoft Outlook Web Access now enables organizations to enforce email labelling policies, protect against data leakage, and make users accountable for proper information handling ... Robert Hernreich

The biggest change for readers is more tech news more news stories and more Bits posts, and very soon, a steady stream of content from three of the most respected tech blogs on the Web: VentureBeat , GigaOm and ReadWriteWeb . The Times is providing extra coverage with two new reporters who recently joined our staff Claire Cain Miller, who covers start-ups and venture capital, and Ashlee ... Robert Hernreich

At Web 2.0 Expo last week Curl released beta 2 of the next version of the platform codenamed "Nitro". "Nitro" allows Curl developers to take their applications beyond the desktop so you can deploy Curl applications as desktop applications with an expanded security sandbox that enables more functionality. "Nitro" doesn't... Robert Hernreich

While online buying continues to move upwards and surpass the overall growth of the travel market in China, it still has lots of room to grow faster. According to Chen Chao Zhuang, co-founder and CTO, Qunar.com , a speaker during EyeforTravel's Travel Distribution and Sales China 2008 conference, being held in Beijing , many Chinese travelers continue to use the web as a source of information ... Robert Hernreich

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Appliance maintains network connection to Internet. (ThomasNet)

Appliance maintains network connection to Internet. (ThomasNet)
Available in 3 models capable of handling up to 6 WAN links, Barracuda Link Balancer is used for routing and managing traffic across multiple Internet connections. User interface allows administrators to define, manage and control bandwidth settings from one central location as well as view graphical traffic statistics to analyze hourly, daily, or monthly usage. Device is capable of automatic ...