http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:43:48 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-19T16:43:48Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads/?cs=40184 Norway's Opera Software says downloads of its browser have more than doubled since Microsoft began offering European Window users a choice of Web browser as part of its antitrust settlement with the European Union.   According to Opera, the productivity_software opera antitrust europe business_technology opera_software microsoft Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:43:48 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads/?cs=40184 2010-03-19T16:43:48Z 18 hours, 28 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/browser-ballot-doubles-opera-downloads http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40184 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business/?cs=40176 As our Carl Weinschenk noted earlier this week, it's difficult to offer a meaningful commentary on the FCC's Nationwide Broadband Plan based on its sheer size. While the aim is to ultimately increase adoption by consumers , it also stands to affect business_technology broadband_services energy_consumption government_agencies fcc telecommuting cost_containment Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:05:03 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business/?cs=40176 2010-03-19T15:05:03Z 20 hours, 28 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/national-broadband-plan-benefits-business http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40176 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches/?cs=40173 Chipmaker Broadcom has launched a series of multi-layer Ethernet devices that enable connectivity between servers in the data center. The new Broadcom BCM56840 series single-chip Ethernet switches provide up to 64 ports of 10GbE or can support 16 business_technology broadcom energy_consumption switches ethernet bcm56840 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:41:29 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches/?cs=40173 2010-03-19T14:41:29Z 20 hours, 31 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/broadcom-launches-efficient-fast-single-chip-ethernet-switches http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40173 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/att-verizon-toot-lte-horns/?cs=40168 During a Web conference sponsored by the GSM Alliance, key executives from AT&T and Verizon outlined their respective companies' long-term evolution plans. Neither company really has a significant advantage over the other and the only real business_technology 4g clearwire broadband_services at&t lte wimax verizon Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:08:33 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/att-verizon-toot-lte-horns/?cs=40168 2010-03-19T13:08:33Z 22 hours, 4 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/att-verizon-toot-lte-horns http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40168 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/microsoft-talks-windows-7-sp1/?cs=40167 Microsoft broke its silence on the first service pack for Windows 7 yesterday. Windows 7 SP1 will include only minor updates: mostly hotfixes already delivered through Windows Update. However, the service pack will also feature an updated remoted business_technology microsoft windows_7 vulnerabilities_and_patches Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:23:41 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/microsoft-talks-windows-7-sp1/?cs=40167 2010-03-19T12:23:41Z 22 hours, 49 minutes ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/microsoft-talks-windows-7-sp1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40167 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/fcc-launches-spectrum-dashboard-beta/?cs=40155 Thus far, the U.S. Federal Communications Commissions' National Broadband Plan has raised more questions than answers. The FCC has released a beta version of its proposed Spectrum Dashboard to provide citizens with a method of learning how spectrum broadband_services dashboards fcc government_agencies business_technology ge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:40:12 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/fcc-launches-spectrum-dashboard-beta/?cs=40155 2010-03-18T17:40:12Z 1 day, 17 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/fcc-launches-spectrum-dashboard-beta http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40155 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/google-removes-beta-tag-on-browser-translation/?cs=40152 Google has decided to take its browser translation features out of beta status. The company will extend the feature to all Windows versions of its Chrome browser as part of the stable channel category.   Unveiled earlier this month, the new google chrome privacy business_technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:57:49 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/google-removes-beta-tag-on-browser-translation/?cs=40152 2010-03-18T16:57:49Z 1 day, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/google-removes-beta-tag-on-browser-translation http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40152 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/windows-xp-no-ie9-soup-for-you/?cs=40141 According to PC Magazine , Internet Explorer 9 will not work on Windows XP . Microsoft unveiled a platform preview of IE9 earlier this week, which requires Vista Service Pack 2 or later. Linux and Mac versions of the browser aren't currently in the microsoft business_technology windows_xp internet_explorer Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:28:47 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/windows-xp-no-ie9-soup-for-you/?cs=40141 2010-03-18T13:28:47Z 1 day, 21 hours ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/windows-xp-no-ie9-soup-for-you http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40141 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/cisco-launches-borderless-access-network-architecture/?cs=40121 Cisco Systems announced the release of Cisco Borderless Access , the company's new network architecture and services platform, reports ChannelWeb . As part of this architecture, Cisco is also introducing a new series of fixed-switching product lines: business_technology switches catalyst_3560-x energy_consumption rich_media catalyst_3750-x cisco_systems cisco_borderless_access ethernet catalyst-s network_security Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:07:23 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/cisco-launches-borderless-access-network-architecture/?cs=40121 2010-03-17T15:07:23Z 2 days, 20 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/cisco-launches-borderless-access-network-architecture http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40121 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/server-vendors-take-advantage-of-intel-xeon-5600-processors/?cs=40117 It didn't take long for server vendors to take advantage of Intel's new Xeon 5600 processors . Dell, HP and IBM all released new servers yesterday that offer significantly lower power consumption than their predecessors, says ChannelWeb .   business_technology hp ibm client_hardware_vendors processors dell commodity_servers intel xeon_5600 energy_consumption Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:38:03 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/server-vendors-take-advantage-of-intel-xeon-5600-processors/?cs=40117 2010-03-17T14:38:03Z 2 days, 20 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/server-vendors-take-advantage-of-intel-xeon-5600-processors http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40117 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/twitter-in-china-just-a-matter-of-time/?cs=40111 Amid the current conflict between Google and China , Twitter is planning to take a similar stance to Microsoft and establish its presence in the country. Twitter creator Jack Dorsey says it is just a matter of time before Chinese-language access to social_networks jack_dorsey china business_technology twitter legislation_and_regulation Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:24:10 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/twitter-in-china-just-a-matter-of-time/?cs=40111 2010-03-17T13:24:10Z 2 days, 21 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/twitter-in-china-just-a-matter-of-time http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40111 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/what-the-national-broadband-plan-means-for-you/?cs=40108 Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commision released its National Broadband Plan . A portion of the plan calls for a nationwide broadband network for emergency response agencies. The cost of such a network is expected to run between $12 broadband_services fcc lte technology_markets business_technology legislation_and_regulation government_agencies 4g Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:43:54 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/what-the-national-broadband-plan-means-for-you/?cs=40108 2010-03-17T12:43:54Z 2 days, 22 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/what-the-national-broadband-plan-means-for-you http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40108 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/qualcomm-to-bid-in-indias-broadband-wireless-auction/?cs=40106 Qualcomm has filed an application with the India government to bid in the country's auction for broadband wireless access, making it the first foreign company to do so. Beginning April 9, India will auction two slots of radio bandwidth for broadband business_technology broadband_services india qualcomm wimax Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:07:34 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/qualcomm-to-bid-in-indias-broadband-wireless-auction/?cs=40106 2010-03-17T12:07:34Z 2 days, 23 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/qualcomm-to-bid-in-indias-broadband-wireless-auction http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40106 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/microsoft-previews-internet-explorer-9/?cs=40096 Microsoft unveiled a good deal of information about its upcoming browser at the MIX Show reports Dan Bertiaume over at our CTO Edge site. Internet Explorer 9 will support HTML 5, features a new JavaScript engine that improves rendering performance microsoft business_technology internet_explorer Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:23 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/microsoft-previews-internet-explorer-9/?cs=40096 2010-03-16T18:45:23Z 3 days, 16 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/microsoft-previews-internet-explorer-9 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40096 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/intel-unveils-xeon-5600-processors/?cs=40092 Intel unveiled its latest Xeon processors, calling the new line its most secure ever. According to Intel, the keys to the secure nature of the CPUs are the Advanced Encryption Standard -- New Instructions and Intel Trusted Execution Transaction xeon business_technology processors intel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:06:43 GMT ainsley.jones@narrowcastgroup.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/intel-unveils-xeon-5600-processors/?cs=40092 2010-03-16T17:06:43Z 3 days, 18 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/comment/intel-unveils-xeon-5600-processors http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/community/news/inf/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=40092