By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 23 Jul, 2008
One day after a security company accidentally posted details of a serious flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), hackers are saying that software that exploits this flaw is sure to pop up soon. read more »
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 23 Jul, 2008
Brocade Communications Systems' planned US$3 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks is a major strategic move in a brewing war over the future of data-center connectivity, industry analysts said Tuesday. read more »
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
A computer security company on Monday inadvertently published details of a major flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) several weeks before they were due to be disclosed. read more »
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 22 Jul, 2008
Storage networking company Brocade Communications Systems has agreed to acquire enterprise LAN vendor Foundry Networks for approximately US$3 billion, the companies announced Monday. read more »
By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld (US online) 17 Jul, 2008
Sprint Nextel Corp. dropped out of the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance recently because the group endorsed Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for fourth-generation wireless networks, while Sprint is developing and nearly ready to launch competing WiMax networks this fall, a Sprint official said Thursday. read more »
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service\Stockholm Bureau 16 Jul, 2008
Industry organization GSM Association has completed trials of SIP-I, a protocol that will make it possible to send circuit-switched mobile traffic over core networks based on Internet Protocol. read more »
By Andrew Hendry, Computerworld Australia 16 Jul, 2008
National ICT Australia (NICTA) has earned a spot in a European Commission project that aims to revolutionize the way information is delivered over the Internet. read more »
By Brenda Zulu, IDG News Service\Lusaka Bureau 14 Jul, 2008
Zambia Postal Service (ZAMPOST), in partnership with the Zambia Telecommunications (ZAMTEL), has secured US$700,000 in funding to install a WAN (wide area network) that will link all the country's post offices. read more »
In Johannesburg (or Jozi), street lights work and are obeyed; the computerized system has cracked down on all errant motorist until they have all towed the line. I even commented to a friend that we need such a computerized system in Kenya, but we have to get rid of the thugs who carjack motorists at night before we can obey lights at night. read more »
