Friday, September 28, 2007

3Com finds a buyer; Apple update breaks hacked iPhones

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Network equipment vendor 3Com has agreed to be acquired by Huawei and Bain Capital in a deal worth over $2 billion, according to a newspaper report. Also, the Internet's leading standards bodies have agreed to work together to ensure that a new transport protocol being developed for MPLS networks is compatible with existing MPLS equipment. (5:11)

HUAWEI, INVESTMENT FUND TO BUY 3COM FOR $2B
Network equipment vendor 3Com has agreed to be acquired by Huawei and Bain Capital in a deal worth over $2 billion, according to a report. Plus: 3Com switches link wireless/wireline networks

APPLE UPDATE BREAKS HACKED IPHONES
Users are reporting that a new update to Apple's iPhone is making previously unlocked iPhones unusable. Plus: iPhone gets VoIP tryout

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STANDARDS BODIES VOW TO RESOLVE MPLS FLAP
The Internet’s leading standards bodies have agreed to work together to ensure that a new transport protocol being developed for Multiprotocol Label Switching networks is compatible with the billions of dollars worth of MPLS equipment that carriers ...

GOOGLE BUYS MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE
Google has acquired a mobile social networking start-up called Zingku, the search company's latest move to provide more services through mobile ...

MIT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES KERBEROS CONSORTIUM
MIT launches its Kerberos Consortium, vows to promote Kerberos use for e-commerce and mobile devices.

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Startups are using new software technologies to layer on capabilities to emerging WiMAX wireless nets.

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