THEY’RE BAAACK: Data Centers
Hot Again after Dot-Com Bust
Web growth, new rules and security needs drive renewed demand for telecom hotels. MORE

Spam Volume to Exceed Legitimate Emails in 2007
Research firm IDC has released results of a new study which forecasts that 2007 will see the volume of spam email overtake legitimate person-to-person email messages. MORE

Tax Season Impacts Web Traffic
Three popular websites are still tops for online destinations, but a few surprises hit the Top 100 list of most-visited websites in the past week. According to research from HitWise, tax preparation websites inched into the list. MORE

Web Design Is Growing in Importance
As online advertising budgets grow, so do the budgets to create or build an online web presence. According to a recent Forrester Research survey, more top companies are increasing the amount of money they are putting toward websites. MORE

EPA Seeks Comments on Draft Study
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star program has released a draft of a study on data center and server energy efficiency for comment by industry and federal stakeholders. MORE

Tech Firms Push to Use TV Airwaves for Internet
A coalition of big technology companies wants to bring high-speed Internet access to consumers in a new way: over television airwaves. Key to the project is whether a device scheduled to be delivered to federal labs today lives up to its promise. MORE

AIT Discovers New Click Fraud Scheme
Web hosting provider AIT (AIT.com) announced on Thursday that it has uncovered the latest form of click fraud, known as the ‘bang box’ scheme, inside its own data center. MORE

Venezuelan Government Takes Control of
Leading Telecom Firm
CANTV is the biggest telecom firm in Venezuela, serving 3.2 million fixed-line, 6.7 million cell phone and 592,000 Internet subscribers, according to the company. MORE

SIDE TRAQS

Bringing Bandwidth to Iraq
Two California cypherpunks go to Baghdad to seek their fortune and bring the Internet to Iraq. MORE

Very Funny and Totally Wrong Predictions of The Past
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” and other predictions from tech industry icons. MORE

What Does a Global Society Look Like? California
Young people in California are a mirror on the future of what the United States is becoming as a global society. MORE

‘Kryptonite’ Discovered in Mine
Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes. MORE

NZ Telecom tells Woman Her Name Is ‘Inappropriate’!
Telecom New Zealand’s Internet provider Xtra’s automated reply to her email said that the message “was identified by our content filtering processes as containing language that may be considered inappropriate for business-like communication.” MORE


 

EVENTS CALENDAR

JUNE
COMPUTEX—Taipei International Information Technology Show 2007 is the world’s 2nd largest IT show.
Jun 5–9, 2007 | Taipei, Taiwan MORE

NXTcomm is the next-generation global forum and marketplace for the business of information, communications and entertainment technology. Learn about the most innovative and up-to-the-minute technologies, business solutions and revenue-generating applications which will be discussed in-depth at NXTcomm’s exceptional line-up of keynotes and conference programs.
Jun 18–21, 2007 | Chicago, IL MORE

CSCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2007 will feature a technology-focused exhibit hall, workshops, seminars and a variety of networking opportunities. Cable-Tec Expo attracts more than 10,000 cable telecommunication managers, engineers and technicians each year.
Jun 19–22, 2007 | Orlando, FL MORE

JULY
Wireless & Mobile Expo is the global meeting place for the wireless industry, attracts key decision-makers to learn and purchase the latest products and solutions offered by innovative technology vendors and service providers.
Jul 17–18, 2007 | Toronto, Canada MORE

 

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