The new version of Communicator includes enhanced security, administration and dynamic HTML features for building Crossware applications. The new version of Explorer offers many new enhancements, the most noticeable being desktop integration and a subscription service. So far, the new browsers look good, although users should wait for later versions for true stability. Talks over the weekend included Microsoft, which may spur a bidding war between the two giants. Congress has been unsuccessful in their attempts to force broadcasters to pay for bandwidth belonging to the public.
Broadcasters argue the new bandwidth is simply a loan.
The new digital bandwidth will allow cinema quality pictures and sound in smaller slices. The marketing and media frenzy behind push technology has created potential problems. According to industry experts, including Dr. John Graham-Cumming, Jesse Berst and Bob Metcalfe, products using push technology are threatening network performance and survivability. According to a study by Graham-Cumming, almost a fifth of network traffic is created by push technology applications. The high amount of traffic is generated by the continuous and automatic updating of information.