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.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003379




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.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003411



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

CA fixe bugin antivirus products, CnetNews.com, 23 may 2005

“Several of Computer Associates International's antivirus products could put users at risk of cyberattack. During the past few months, problems have been found in products from Symantec, McAfee, F-Secure and Trend Micro. Users should check if the antivirus engine in their product is version 11.9.1. If it is a lower number, a virus signature update should be done to get the patch.�

Full Story at http://news.com.com/CA+fixes+bug+in+antivirus+products/2100-1002_3-5717570.html?part=rss&tag=5717570&subj=news

Skpe's 1800 strong club, CnetNews.com, 23 May 2005

“Already, some 1,800 organizations have agreed to sell Skype's products in return for between 2 and 10 percent of the revenue they generate. Skype generates its revenue by selling premium services, which now include voice mail for $19 a year; SkypeOut, which lets subscribers make calls from the Internet to the traditional phone network for a few pennies a minute; and SkypeIn, which includes free voice mail and lets Skypers get incoming calls from the hundreds of millions of people who still use traditional phone services.�

Full Story at http://news.com.com/Skypes+1%2C800+club/2100-1034_3-5717532.html?part=rss&tag=5717532&subj=news

Spam Slayer: E-Mail Attackers Know All About You, Yahoo.com, 23 May 2005

“Your e-mail address may be telling the world a lot more than just how to get in touch with you. Eight out of ten top Web sites that require customers to submit their e-mail address as part of the registration process are vulnerable to hostile profiling.�

Full Story at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/120886

Nextel Launches push email for Java-based phones,InfoWorld.com, 23 May 2005

“Nextel Communications is bringing users of less expensive phones an e-mail capability. The new Mobile Email Enhanced service can synchronize with Microsoft Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes and most Internet e-mail accounts, and it delivers each message over the air as soon as it hits the mail server.�

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/23/HNnexteljava_1.html

Email marketing set to grow, Register, 23 May 2005

“Researchers from E-consultancy believe the UK market will grow 25 per cent from £120m in 2004 to £148m this year. This growth is despite price pressure on basic delivery services. Strong demand from eccommerce firms, media and publishing, financial services, technology and travel and leisure companies will help grow the market.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/23/email_marketing_grows/

Morgan Stanley $1.45B Judgment Points to E-Mail Peril, eWeek.com, 20 May 2005

“Banks and broker-dealers are obliged to retain e-mail and instant messaging documents for three years under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. But similar requirements will apply to all public companies from July 2006 under the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform measures.�

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1818601,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

Yahoo! chat bug gives scope for mischief, Register, 20 May 2005

“Security researchers have discovered a denial of service vulnerability involving Yahoo!'s popular instant messaging client. Hackers can potentially disconnect users from chat sessions by sending malformed packets to Yahoo! Messenger servers.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/yahoo_im_bug/

Can Microsoft Reshape the Anti-Virus Market?, eWeek.com, 20 May 2005

“Microsoft's massive presence in the anti-virus space may be bad news for vendors leading the market… Even without Microsoft, Crutchfield said the market today is very competitive and noted that current pricing levels have remained steady… Microsoft forcing competitors to offer spyware protection without charging extra, the additional investment that goes into spyware detection means that businesses must pay extra.�

Full Story at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1818583,00.asp

Underground showdown: defacers take on phishers, Register, 22 May 2005

“Groups fighting against online criminals intent on phishing have gained allies from another species of underground miscreant: website defacers. The do-good defacements are still rare incidents, but could gain steam as phishing fraud continues to rise and the online scam artists become more organized and professional.�

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/22/defacers_take_on_phishers_in_underground_showdown/

Pingtel open source VoIP attacks Europe, Register, 22 May 2005

“Open source VoIP has been touted as bigger than Linux, and the competition is hotting up in Europe as one of the US pioneers crosses the Atlantic. Pingtel, sponsor of another major open source VoIP initiative, SIPfoundry, is making its debut in Europe. Pingtel is a commercial company which packages and sells products based on code from the SIPfoundry open source community.�

Full story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/22/pingtel_voip/