No Such Thing as Too Much Bandwidth, eMarket, 3 May 2005

“South Korea and Japan are in the forefront of broadband access because their governments have fostered a competitive marketplace through economic and regulatory policy. As a result, their consumers have a choice of broadband technologies and service providers, and residential bandwidth has become extremely affordable. Broadband connections have gone from 1-3Mbps two years ago to 50MBps-100Mbps today. New broadband services, including VoIP, online games and IP television, are also driving demand.”

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The Global Broadband Market, eMarket, 25 May 2005

“China will soon be the No. 1 broadband country in terms of total households. China's household penetration rate is only 6.5%, compared to 29.9% for the US. The leader in broadband penetration continues to be South Korea, its 73% penetration rate the result of a very competitive broadband market and vigorous government support in the late 1990s. South Korea is followed by Hong Kong with 59.1%, Taiwan with 50.8%, and Canada with 42.7%. In Europe, the big mover during 2004 was the Netherlands, jumping over Denmark and Belgium, which ranked above it in 2003, to lead the region in broadband penetration in 2004.”

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OECD broadband subscriptions top 118 million, InfoWorld, 25 May 2005

“Overall, broadband penetration in the OECD countries reached 10.2 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, up from 7.3 subscribers per 100 inhabitants at the end of 2003. South Korea led the pack in broadband penetration with 24.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, or almost one in every four people, while the Netherlands moved into second place with 19.0 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, followed closely by Denmark, Iceland, and Canada.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/25/HNoecdbroadband_1.html



Ipswitch flaws leave e-mail users at risk, InfoWorld, 25 May 2005

“The flaws affect the latest version of the Ipswitch Collaboration Suite (ICS), which includes e-mail, calendaring, contact list sharing, and other communications components, but earlier versions are also thought to be vulnerable. The most serious are two bugs involving the email server's Login command, which could be exploited by%2

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/25/HNipswitchflaws_1.html



Friendster Taps CEO Amid Market Challenges, Yahoo.com, 25 May 2005

“Friendster Inc. appointed a new chief executive Wednesday. Social networking is part of a broader business category called "knowledge management technology". Although consumers have embraced such tools — particularly IM — entrepreneurs have struggled to turn them into profitable businesses. Many corporations have refused to spend money to buy new software, instead encouraging workers to take advantage of free downloads.”

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050525/ap_on_hi_te/friendster_social_networking



Sassa quits Friendster CEO post, CnetNews, 25 May 2005

“Former NBC executive Scott Sassa has resigned as chief executive of Friendster. Friendster was a social-networking pioneer, but the company is grappling with how to make money and fend off rivals. Under Sassa, Friendster introduced an ad-driven business model that it says has boosted revenue, but the company is still searching for the right formula.”

Full story at http://news.com.com/Sassa+quits+Friendster+CEO+post/2100-1038_3-5720236.html?part=rss&tag=5720236&subj=news




Monthly Report: April 2005, MessageLabs, April 2005

“The proportion of bad emails being identified as directory attacks has risen by 5.2%. Over the same period, the proportion of unwanted email originating from known botnets and open proxy sources has dropped by 1.9%…The worm arrives in an email in either German or English, including a subject line in English or German with a .ZIP file attachment. In the German version the note claims to be from the soccer organization FIFA. If the attachment file is opened, the worm will be triggered, and spread to other contacts in the address book.

Full Story at http://www.messagelabs.com/emailthreats/intelligence/reports/monthlies/april05/default.asp