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An IP-based videophone service called GlobalLinx will launch in the US in the second quarter, offering a US$200 videophone and $30 monthly service for consumers and businesses.

Network security can be a thorny issue for small businesses because they generally lack pricey equipment and dedicated IT people who have the expertise to lock down a local area network. But addressing security is nevertheless essential: Just one customer data breach could easily wipe out a small business, and constantly battling viruses, spyware, and spam can sap employee productivity.

WiMax-capable prototypes from several vendors were a big part of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, but the faster wireless networking did not figure into the stylishly thin MacBook Air laptop announced at Macworld Tuesday.

After a rocky start, the latest flavor of wi-fi, 802.11n, should come into its own this year, with prices for new equipment coming down significantly and lots of options for sale to add 802.11n technology without getting rid of your older gear. And networks will start to move from the crowded 2.4 GHz spectrum to the 5 GHz spectrum, where there's less danger of interference.

Network vendor Zyxel is to release a new Gigabit switch, which it says will help SMBs support their converged voice and data network.

How simple is it to network your home via existing power lines?

Global shipments of DSL equipment in the first quarter increased 5 percent sequentially to a record 25 million ports, according to market research firm Dittberner.

Zyxel has produced an office wireless LAN system for small-to-medium businesses that will use "blanket" WLAN technology from Extricom instead of traditional switches.

D-Link has become the latest networking vendor to introduce a line of WiMAX customer premises devices.

IPass is rolling out a unified remote-access offering that integrates its recent acquisition of GoRemote and a new service that offers customers strong security policy management for mobile devices.

Power-line networks -- networks that use the existing electrical wiring in your residence or small office -- may yet prove the dark horse of home networking technologies.