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D-Link switches now IPv6 ready

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:22:00 GMT

IPv6-enabled switches promise a secure network

D-Link has announced that the company's xStack DGS-3400 series, xStack DES-3200 series, xStack DES-3528/52 series, DGS-3610 series and DES-7200 chassis series switches received IPv6 Ready Core Logo Phase 2 certification from the IPv6 Forum.

Cisco rival Juniper unveils new network suite

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:25:00 GMT

Software, processors and cloud networking systems in launch

Juniper Networks has unveiled its new software, silicon, systems and partnerships, in an effort to take on competitors in the networking industry, such as Cisco Systems.

Major Facebook, MySpace flaw may expose users' private data

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:08:00 GMT

Developer finds coding error that leaves data open to hackers

MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed hackers to access to all of their users' data and photos.

Five ways to improve website uptime

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMT

Avoid embarrassing website outages

When the site GDGT.com went live this past summer, Ryan Block was expecting a lot of interest.

Google Dashboard claims to meet privacy concerns

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:13:00 GMT

Everything Google knows about you

In a concession to users' privacy rights, Google launched what it calls Google Dashboard - a tool which gives Google account holders a single view of all of the data associated with their Google accounts.

New software stops bots stealing website data

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

HumanPresent helps websites whose intellectual property can be copied

Websites such as job boards face a persistent problem: their data is constantly pilfered by automated bots.

LaCie unveils Network Space 2 NAS drive, media server

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT

The LaCie unit includes iTunes server software so Mac and PCs

LaCie has introduced the LaCie Network Space 2, an advanced consumer network attached storage (NAS) and media server.

Google Apps to get video conferencing improvement

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:23:00 GMT

Ability to chat to more than two participants

Google Apps users can expect to see significant improvements in the suite's voice- and video-chat capabilities, as the company builds on Gmail's current features in that area.

Nortel customers should wait for Avaya deal

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:00 GMT

Don't lose your nerve, say analysts

Nortel users shouldn't panic, but they should put off any long term decisions about their communications infrastructure until after Avaya buys the bankrupt company and reveals its product road map for the combined companies, VoiceCon attendees were told.

Cisco drops hints that it could drop Tandberg bid

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:18:00 GMT

Company looks to resist pressure to raise offer

Cisco looks to be preparing the ground for dropping its US$3 billion offer for videoconferencing vendor Tandberg, According to a blog post, Cisco Chief Strategy Officer Ned Hooper responded to reports that the deal might fall through by emphasising the risks and costs involved and saying the purchase would have to make financial sense in the end.

ICANN to allow non-Latin characters in domain names

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:53:00 GMT

End of a long struggle

Countries and territories will finally be able to show domain names in their native language, a major technical tweak to the Internet designed to increase language accessibility.

Europe moving slow on IPv6 adoption

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:00 GMT

92 percent of ISPs don't see IPv6 traffic

Few organisations across Europe have upgraded to IPv6, the new version of the Internet's addressing protocol, according to a survey commissioned by the European Commission.

Alcatel offers small router for rural areas

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:14:00 GMT

Scaled down service router to connect up smaller communities

Alcatel-Lucent this week unveiled additions to its service router portfolio intended to address the requirements of smaller carriers and the remote points of presence of larger ones.

Analyst: Don't rush to IPv6

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Shifting from IPv4 to IPv6 'too expensive in recession'

The future of communications calls for a focus on unified communications and collaboration, workforce mobility, IP telephony and network virtualisation. But moving from IPv4 to IPv6? Don't worry about it yet, Gartner analysts say.

Outdoor 802.11n Wi-Fi for high-speed hot spots

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:42:00 GMT

Boost wLANs with outdoor network appliances

A big focus for Wi-Fi makers these days is on building equipment that supports high-speed outdoor network applications. For example, there are enterprises that want to extend their wireless LANs outdoors. There are municipalities with wireless public safety and city service applications. And there are service providers wanting to build hot spots that offload data traffic from 3G networks that are quickly growing saturated.

Nimsoft extends monitoring to the cloud

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:04:00 GMT

Company launches new set of probes.

Network monitoring company Nimsoft has extended the reach of its software to monitor cloud services.

Cisco reinvents best-selling ISR router

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:18:00 GMT

Packet-shifts video with multi-core chips

Recession or not, Cisco will this week hit its prospective customers with a brand new router platform, the Integrated Services Router (ISR) G2. What does it do? Almost everything a remote or branch office could possible want, Cisco says.

US ISPs grab IPv6 addresses

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:03:00 GMT

Carriers prepare for end of IPv4

US ISPs are requesting more IPv6 addresses and fewer IPv4 addresses than ever before -- a sign that carriers are investing in the future amidst one of the deepest recessions in modern history.

Home network standard sees success

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMT

G.hn unified networking still needs work

While the ITU marked off another milestone for its G.hn standard for home networking last week, the specification may now face a greater challenge going up against existing technologies.

Wireless network prices slashed

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:19:00 GMT

802.11n kit goes bargain basement

The ink is barely dry on the final IEEE 802.11n standard, and already vendors are slashing their equipment prices to encourage wide-scale enterprise deployments.

Twitter not for sale, says Biz Stone

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Twitter co-founder puts end to rumours

Twitter's Biz Stone sought to put an end to the persistent talk that he wants to sell the company.

Nokia reports £512 million loss after huge write-offs

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Sales sank by almost a fifth

Nokia reported a third-quarter loss of €559 million (£512 million) that it blamed on charges related to its Nokia Siemens business. Sales of €9.8 billion were down 20 percent compared to last year, the company said on Thursday.

Will Cisco drop WiMax focus after Starent acquistion?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Cisco places its bets on LTE for 4G next gen mobile data networks

Cisco's $2.9 billion (£1.78 billion) acquisition of Starent Networks indicates that the networking giant is back-pedalling from its WiMax focus and shifting it to LTE as the 4G underpinning of next generation mobile data networks.

Cisco buys wireless firm Starent for $2.9bn

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:48:00 GMT

Multibillion acquisition would boost Cisco's LTE portfolio

Cisco announced its second multibillion dollar deal this month: a definitive agreement to acquire Starent Networks, a provider of IP-based mobile infrastructure for carriers, for about $2.9 billion (£1.78 billion).

Opera 10 browser

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:44:00 GMT

It may have low market share, but it still has plenty to offer

Browser features Opera is a do it all browser that has just about any function you can name. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a good bookmark manager, a download manager, a cookie manager. Name a popular feature and you can be pretty sure that Opera has it. The usual features are just the beginning, though. Dig down a bit and you'll find some exceptionally useful tools that other browsers would do well to emulate. Those who use browsers on more than one computer or more than one platform will welcome Opera Link, a way to synchronise your bookmarks, history list and more among all of your computers. Opera's Speed Dial is similar to Safari's Top Sites feature, but is more configurable. Whenever you open a new tab, you'll see a list of your most visited sites displayed as thumbnails. You can have between 4 and 24 of the thumbnails displayed, and you can also add and remove sites on the list. In addition, unlike competing browsers, Opera includes a robust email client that supports IMAP as well as POP3, and has a spam filter and a way to create rules for handling incoming mail. People who essentially live in their browsers will want to try out Opera's Notes feature which, as the name implies, lets you jot down notes. You'll be able to create multiple folders to organise them, and you can also search through your notes. There's email integration as well, so that you can send any note via Opera's built-in email client, or an email client of your choosing. Bloggers and Facebook fans will appreciate Opera's inline spell checker. And if you've ever been frustrated by a slow connection, for example at a Wi-Fi hot spot in a café, you'll want to try out Opera's Turbo Mode, which the company says compresses web pages by as much as 80% as a way to speed up browsing. I found that at a slow hot spot browsing was indeed improved; but that improvement came at a price, because the images on web pages were noticeably degraded due to the compression. Opera is notable not just for the breadth of its features, but for each individual feature's depth as well. For example, its download manager lets you pause and resume downloads, and gives important information about each download, including its speed and progress. Dig into almost any feature and you'll find similar depth. Given all that, it's surprising that Opera lacks one feature that Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer all have: private browsing. It's a surprising oversight. If this feature is important to you, you'll have to find it in another browser. Interface and extras Opera manages to stuff all these features into a straightforward interface. The menus are organised well, and so it's easy to find features with a little bit of digging. Opera is a bit more cluttered looking than competing browsers, but that's because it has so many more features. This browser really shines when it comes to tab handling. When there's new information available on one of your pages, a small blue dot appears on the upper right of the tab, alerting you that there's been a change. You can easily re-open closed tabs by pressing Ctrl-Z. Opera also sports resizable thumbnails that show the content of your tabs, so you can see at a glance what content is in each tab. There are other nice extras as well, such as the ability to navigate the web using mouse gestures. And the Rewind button is a clever little feature that lets you jump back to the beginning of a tab's browsing session. I did find one compatibility issue with Opera: It was unable to work with the web-based version of Google Talk. Other than that, I had no problems browsing the web with it. Opera also has a variety of plugins, although not nearly as many as are available for Firefox.