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Cisco Joins 802.11n Fray
Cisco Systems Inc. threw its hat into the 802.11n ring, announcing a new Unified Wireless Network offering that includes an industry first: the Aironet 1250 Series Access Point, which is the first shipping enterprise-class 11n access point available on the market, along with a 48Gbps Catalyst 6500-based wireless local LAN controller system, and version 4.2 of its Unified Wireless Network.
ProCurve To Challenge Cisco’s Dominance?
Don’t look now, but Hewlett-Packard Co.’s ProCurve division might be picking up some enterprise switching ground against rival — and enterprise switching king — Cisco Systems Inc.
Windows Vista SP1 Due in Early 2008
A public beta will be available in a few weeks
Windows Server 2008 Pushed Back… Again
Windows Server 2008, Microsoft’s delay-plagued next-generation server OS, is being delayed yet again.
Windows XP SP3 Coming Next Year
Windows XP’s first service pack in nearly four years should be pushed out the door some time around mid-2008, according to Microsoft.
Microsoft To Give India Nonprofits Free Software
Microsoft Corp. will distribute free software to nonprofit groups to boost charity in India, a company official said Monday.
Taiwan’s Acer To Acquire Gateway
Acer Inc. plans to acquire U.S. computer maker Gateway Inc. for $710 million in a deal that will push the Taiwanese company past China’s Lenovo Group as the world’s third largest vendor of personal computers.
Users: Outage No Reason to Abandon Skype
Outage unlikely to cause current users to give up on the Internet phone service and consider problems like these to be an acceptable inconvenience.
EU Accuses Rambus of ‘Patent Ambush’
European Union regulators have charged Rambus Inc. with antitrust abuse, alleging the memory chip designer demanded “unreasonable” royalties for its patents that were fraudulently set as industry standards.
Microsoft On Skype Outage: Don’t Blame Us
Microsoft’s official stance on the recent Skype outage that left millions of users without phone access for two days last week? “Hey, it’s not our fault.”