Archive for March 4th, 2008
Microsoft 
and Yahoo are competing again, but this time it’s not about a takeover but the mobile Web. While Microsoft has partnered with Nokia to put its Silverlight platform on mobile phones, Yahoo on Tuesday unveiled onePlace, a mobile-content management tool.Marco Boerries, executive vice president of Yahoo’s Connected Life, said onePlace is an essential component of Yahoo’s mobile products. “Yahoo onePlace is where users will be able to find what matters to them the most, no matter where their interests, passions and information come from,” he said. “Yahoo onePlace will provide mobile users with a rich and dynamic content experience.”
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March 4th, 2008
Cisco’s latest routers focus on data, voice and video. Developed over five years at a cost of $250 million, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers were introduced Monday.The new product line features software virtualization to enable “instant-on” provisioning and simultaneous use of multiple services, including a firewall, virtual private networks, deep-packet inspections and Session Border Control. The goal was to eliminate the need for multiple single-function appliances in addition to a router.
Part of what makes the grouping possible is the new Cisco Quantum Flow Processor, an integrated and programmable engine. The processor scales services and allows the platform to be retasked to new requirements as they emerge and as networking evolves, Cisco says.
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March 4th, 2008
The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld the nation’s first felony spam conviction. The ruling Friday decided Virginia’s antispamming law does not infringe on the First Amendment right to free speech.”This is a historic victory in the fight against online crime,” Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell said. “Spam not only clogs e-mail inboxes and destroys productivity; it also defrauds citizens and threatens the online revolution that is so critical to Virginia’s economic prosperity.”
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March 4th, 2008
