NXTcomm Survey: Spending Growth Ahead
Ninety-six percent of telecom professionals expect the second half of 2007 will bring an increase in network infrastructure spending, according to a Tellabs survey conducted with telecom professionals at NXTcomm 2007. Of that group, roughly 47% predict spending will rise as much as 10%. MORE
 

Google: You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Forget iPhone, BlackBerry, Bell and Telus. Google is preparing to be the next giant of telecommunications. MORE
 

Top Data Center Stories of 2007 (So Far)
What were the biggest data center news stories of the first half of 2007? Data Center Knowledge tracks its most popular stories between Jan. 1 and June 30, identifying several key trends. MORE
 

Improvement for Data Center Cooling
A former defense scientist claims he has proven that the system reduces the amount of energy required to cool data centers up to 50%. Ammonia won’t damage computer and data center components, he said. “It just smells when it leaks,” he said, adding that the odor is not . . . MORE
 

Low Power FM Expansion Comes before the Senate
Senators Maria Cantwell and John McCain have introduced a Senate bill to authorize hundreds of local, noncommercial Low Power FM radio stations to communities across the country. A companion bill was introduced in the House. The Local Community Radio Act of 2007 would remove the artificial restrictions imposed on LPFM by a 2000 law passed at the urging of corporate radio giants and NPR, claiming that small community stations would interfere with the signals of larger stations. While these claims were debunked by a taxpayer-funded study in 2002, Congress has not yet acted on those results — denying many communities the opportunity to apply for LPFM stations. MORE
 

Image Spam Reaches Center Stage
During the past decade, spam has become one of the leading concerns of data center managers. Originally, spam would be sent to an employee’s email address and contain text messages that offered bargains or possible remedies to their ailments. MORE

SIDE TRAQS

AMA Might Label Internet As an Addiction
The American Medical Association plans to vote on a recommendation to classify Internet and video-game addiction as a formal diagnosis. MORE
 

Where Have all the Online Sales Gone?
A recent New York Times article has pointed out a trend showing the slow down in the growth of online shopping. The article points out a few previously hot industries that are starting to show a slowing in growth. MORE
 

Irish University Offers Masters Degree
in Video Games!
Looking for a Post-Graduate course? Trinity College Dublin are now offering a Masters Degree in Video Games! MORE
 

Hilarious Antique IT Advertisements
Favorite, most entertaining IT ads from four decades of Computerworld. MORE
 

Woman: I'm No Music Pirate
Suit — A Beaverton mom says the record industry terrorized her with bogus claims. MORE
 

How Much Does the Internet Weigh?
Discover puts the online world on the scale. MORE


 

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