A German traffic management and analysis firm says that that P2P applications account from anywhere between 50-90% of all Internet traffic.

Oracle has agreed to acquire Netsure Telecom, a provider of network intelligence and network data integrity software.

Netgear announced that Deborah Williams, its senior vice president and chief marketing officer, intends to leave the company to pursue other opportunities. Williams will remain in her current position for transitional purposes through September 20, 2007.

Nokia has entered the mobile music arena, launching its own music download store in Europe along with four entertainment and media-focused handsets.

In the competitive x86 microprocessor market, there are always swings and shifts based on the latest introductions from the two main protagonists: Intel and AMD. The next anticipated shift is coming in 2008-9 when Intel will finally replace their front side bus (FSB)architecture. This report details Intel's next generation system interconnect and the associated cache coherency protocol, likely deployment plans across the desktop, notebook and server market as well as the economic implications.

Maxell recently introduced improvements in its line of primary lithium manganese dioxide (LiMnO2) batteries which boast an improvement in capacity of 8-9%. Now compare the 10% improvement of batteries to that seen in semiconductor computing power in the past couple of years. Just another reason why battery and system manufacturers are so hard-pressed to keep up with the demands for higher power density in laptops, consumer electronics, automotive applications, and the like.

...Antoine Barre, who replaced Jos Brenkel as EMEA vice president, Solution Partners Organisation at HP earlier this year, said the vendor will have invested US$170m (£85.5m) in its global channel by the end of its financial year...

Yahoo Mail now includes the ability to send text messages to mobile phones. It also now allows users to send instant messages to both Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger users.

Dell recently introdued its Optiplex 755 PC, which the company calls the World's most manageable and energy efficient commercial desktop ever.

Extricom announced the formation of the Uni-Fi Alliance, a program that furthers the collaboration of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and maximizes business value through validated product combinations.

With much fanfare, the HD DVD Promotional Group announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January that Chinese manufacturers would begin selling low-price HD DVD players in the US this year. But as of mid-August, no manufacturer or retailer has announced a firm date for the players, although HD DVD backers say they still believe players will arrive this year.

...(the) device will boast a 2.2-inch 320×240 resolution display, USB 2.0 connectivity, 512MB of internal storage, a microSD expansion slot, built-in FM tuner, voice recorder, and somewhere close to 20-hours of battery life.

Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, announced it has closed a US$218.5 million investment in VMware.