iBAHN, leading provider of digital converged services for hoteliers, today announces the acquisition of Menacom, the largest provider of digital internet services to hoteliers in Egypt.

Dell Inc. will purchase MessageOne inc for $155 million. MessageOne provides services connected with email management, business continuity and others. It has over 180 employees in Austin. The company has raised more than $33 million in venture capital.

More Kansas City residents and their televisions can break free from cable. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that AT&T U-verse TV and Internet services are now available to more than 130,000 living units in the Kansas City area.

Internet speeds have slowed to a crawl in much of the Middle East and parts of South Asia after two underwater telecommunications cables were damaged Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea. The problems are also affecting telephone service in some places, and many businesses are struggling to work around the outages. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo.

India is continuing to suffer from sluggish Internet service, although the situation has improved somewhat since damage to undersea cables in the Mediterranean caused widespread net disruptions. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the disruption has hit countries from Egypt to Bangladesh.

Internet services have been disrupted throughout India on Thursday following a major international cable breakdown in the Mediterranean Sea.

The popular video website YouTube has been blocked in Turkey once more. Several sources quote complaints against a video that insults Atatürk, founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey, as the reason for the block. On Friday, internet users in Turkey found the website replaced by a notice saying:

“ Access to this web site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2008/55 of T.R. Ankara 12th Criminal Court of Peace.

Nokia today announced that its innovative Internet service called WidSets, launched one year ago, has emerged from Beta to a new service platform. With the new platform WidSets will offer improved usability by localizing mobile clients and improving mobile widget library. WidSets will also bring advertising in as the primary business model.

Innovative Fixed Mobile Substitution (FMS) solution delivered to consumers and businesses.

AT&T U-verseSM is changing the television experience in Dallas-Fort Worth — in a big way. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced that AT&T U-verse TV and Internet services are now available to more than 325,000 homes in the North Texas area, marking a significant expansion since AT&T U-verse launched locally in March 2007.

Verizon FiOS Internet - delivered over the nation's most advanced, all-digital fiber-optic network straight to customers' doors - has been rated No. 1 in a national ISP survey. Computerworld magazine reports that the results of its recent survey of more than 1,100 broadband users of the nation's top six broadband services show that Verizon FiOS Internet stands "head and shoulders above the rest."

Turning Point TV Content Now Fully Searchable at www.blinkx.com

blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX), the world's largest video search engine, today announced a content partnership with Turning Point TV (http://www.turningpointtv.com) an on-demand video network aimed at active Baby Boomers, adults 45-65 years old. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index Turning Point TV's library of footage, making it easy for users to find clips at http://www.blinkx.com.