http://www.networkworld.com/rss/netflash.xml Network World News Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-cisco-cius-259634.html?source=nww_rss Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. Jim Duffy 2012-05-25T11:00:37-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-untethered-jailbreak-for-ios-511-259629.html?source=nww_rss Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday. Loek Essers 2012-05-25T10:56:01-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-openoffice-windows-259633.html?source=nww_rss Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache. Jon Gold 2012-05-25T10:45:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-sports-4g-259631.html?source=nww_rss Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you may have been left frustrated by the overcrowded network that prevented that all-important message from making your friends jealous. Brandon Butler 2012-05-25T10:29:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-insider-iaas-259628.html?source=nww_rss Putting your faith in the cloud  can be a risky endeavor. A survey from earlier this year showed that of 600 large companies, only 27% were using public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service. IDG Insider Network World Staff 2012-05-25T10:01:08-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-cloud-security-gartner-259627.html?source=nww_rss When a family with a baby buys a new car, they don't buy a car seat from the vehicle manufacturer: There is specialized equipment to handle the family's most sensitive asset. John Pescatore, a Gartner vice president and security analyst, says cloud security can be thought of in a similar way: Users shouldn't rely on their cloud service provider's security features to protect their most critical data. Brandon Butler 2012-05-25T09:52:37-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-windows8-update-259626.html?source=nww_rss While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear. Tim Greene 2012-05-25T09:15:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-japan-robot-lab-readies-second-259625.html?source=nww_rss A Japanese robotics lab has developed a new emergency response prototype that will soon be put to work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan. Jay Alabaster 2012-05-25T06:17:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-apple-settles-patent-lawsuit-with-259624.html?source=nww_rss SimpleAir in Texas said Thursday it had settled its patent infringement litigation against Apple, and entered into a confidential license agreement by which Apple had taken a license to its patents. John Ribeiro 2012-05-25T03:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-government-alarm-over-cyberattacks-validated-259620.html?source=nww_rss It is not just federal government intelligence officials who are warning of terrorist or hostile nation-state cyberattacks on U.S. defenses or critical infrastructure. It is terrorists themselves. Taylor Armerding 2012-05-24T07:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-lawmakers-call-on-doj-to-259619.html?source=nww_rss Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries. Grant Gross 2012-05-24T07:37:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-extreme-byod-when-consumer-tech-259621.html?source=nww_rss If there's one phrase I associate with the future, it's control panels. You know, the gleaming, custom built set of controls that provide a direct interface to the advanced machines that we use in our every day lives, here in the futuristic world of the 21st century. Josh Fruhlinger 2012-05-24T06:13:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-researchers-propose-tls-extension-to-259622.html?source=nww_rss A pair of security researchers have proposed an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol that would allow browsers to detect and block fraudulently-issued SSL certificates. Lucian Constantin 2012-05-24T04:35:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-yahoo-axis-may-be-game-259617.html?source=nww_rss With Axis, Yahoo is trying to change the search game, while also trying to change its image as a troubled company. Sharon Gaudin 2012-05-24T04:08:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-cloud-sla-259615.html?source=nww_rss Service-level agreements and legal standards for cloud offerings will become more customized to individual customers and vertical industries as the cloud market continues to mature and providers look for ways to differentiate their offerings, researchers at the University of London predict. Brandon Butler 2012-05-24T04:00:17-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052512-google-raspberry-pi-259614.html?source=nww_rss Google chairman Eric Schmidt announced this week at the London Science Museum that his company would fund the U.K. charity Teach First, which will provide teacher training and student equipment, including the Raspberry Pi, for the purpose of improving computing education in the country. Jon Gold 2012-05-24T03:50:48-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-smartphones-with-quad-core-chips-and-259618.html?source=nww_rss Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon. Agam Shah 2012-05-24T03:23:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-massive-layoffs-at-hp-make-259613.html?source=nww_rss It's been more than three years since HP acquired IT services provider EDS, and the long-term direction of its bigger--if not better--outsourcing business is no more clear than it was on the day the deal closed. Stephanie Overby 2012-05-24T03:14:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-microsoft-clarifies-ballmers-claims-of-259612.html?source=nww_rss Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts agreed. Gregg Keizer 2012-05-24T02:46:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-european-privacy-regulators-want-more-259616.html?source=nww_rss European privacy regulators want better answers from Google about its privacy policy, and the way it informs its users about changes to it. Peter Sayer 2012-05-24T01:42:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-linux-mint-13-rallies-behind-259609.html?source=nww_rss With the new version of Linux Mint, released Wednesday, the developers behind the open source Linux distribution have put all energies behind Gnome, offering two versions of the desktop interface. Joab Jackson 2012-05-24T12:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-ellison-phillips-mcdermott-to-take-259610.html?source=nww_rss During the upcoming retrial of Oracle's corporate-theft lawsuit against SAP, the companies plan to call a star-studded array of tech executives as witnesses including CEO Larry Ellison, former Oracle co-president and current Infor CEO Charles Phillips and SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott, according to court documents filed Thursday. Chris Kanaracus 2012-05-24T12:49:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-yahoo-leaks-private-key-allows-259607.html?source=nww_rss Yahoo was forced to release a new version of its Axis extension for Google Chrome after the original one contained a private key that allowed anyone to digitally sign extensions in Yahoo's name. Lucian Constantin 2012-05-24T12:41:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-broadband-stimulus-grants-seen-as-259605.html?source=nww_rss Lawrence Strickling, the lead administrator of the agency doling out stimulus money for broadband deployments, urges grant recipients to amplify success stories as program faces political persecution in election season. Kenneth Corbin 2012-05-24T11:54:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-android-apple-own-80-of-259606.html?source=nww_rss What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market. John P. Mello Jr. 2012-05-24T11:25:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-motorola-mobility-has-infringed-microsoft-259608.html?source=nww_rss Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-05-24T11:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-proposed-new-york-legislation-would-259604.html?source=nww_rss Online anonymity is once again under attack. This time, it comes from the New York state Senate floor, where is bill is aiming to cut down on cyberbullying, protect small businesses, and - naturally - protect politicians from anonymous attacks during campaign season. Sarah Jacobsson Purewal 2012-05-24T10:51:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-spacex-dragon-flies-by-space-259602.html?source=nww_rss The first U.S. commercial spacecraft to head for the International Space Station made its first fly-by of the orbiter this morning and now is undergoing a series of pre-rendezvous tests. Sharon Gaudin 2012-05-24T10:27:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-iphone-android-account-for-82-259600.html?source=nww_rss Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday. Matt Hamblen 2012-05-24T10:16:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-research-universities-secure-200m-for-259596.html?source=nww_rss Plan to bring ultra-fast gigabit broadband to universities and surrounding communities moves forward with partnership between Gig.U consortium and Gigabit Squared. Kenneth Corbin 2012-05-24T09:21:48-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-confidential-data-delete-it-or-259597.html?source=nww_rss Hoarding sensitive information is easy and inexpensive, but as the collected information grows, so do the risks Taylor Armerding 2012-05-24T09:21:15-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-nasa-and-cybersecurity-ground-control-259598.html?source=nww_rss Latest claimed attack by Iranian students piles on to 47 attacks in fiscal year 2011, with 13 compromising the agency's computers Antone Gonsalves 2012-05-24T09:20:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-box-to-beef-up-it-259594.html?source=nww_rss Box will start letting customers test a new set of IT administration controls for its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration and content management software on Thursday. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-05-24T09:00:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-ceo-social-media-259593.html?source=nww_rss IBM says a study it did of some 1,700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be -- grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation. Michael Cooney 2012-05-24T08:58:42-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-bug-bounty-hunters-reveal-eight-259595.html?source=nww_rss Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months. Loek Essers 2012-05-24T08:56:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-zte39s-latest-lte-test-shows-259592.html?source=nww_rss ZTE has successfully completed a hand-over test between two different versions of LTE, allowing operators to more effectively use their spectrum in a way that is seamless to the end user, the company said on Thursday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-05-24T08:47:35-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-ipv4-resales-259588.html?source=nww_rss A growing number of U.S. carriers and enterprises are hedging their bets on IPv6 by purchasing blocks of unused IPv4 addresses through official channels or behind-the-scenes dealmaking. Carolyn Duffy Marsan 2012-05-24T07:07:02-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-sony-pulls-out-of-lcd-259587.html?source=nww_rss Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business. Jay Alabaster 2012-05-24T06:15:37-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-supercomputer-to-connect-to-400pb-259585.html?source=nww_rss The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has chosen a massive tape library and disk array system to support of Blue Waters, one of the world's largest supercomputers. Lucas Mearian 2012-05-24T06:05:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-lulzsec-militarysingles-data-breach-caused-259589.html?source=nww_rss The major LulzSec data raid on the MilitarySingles.com dating site in March was caused by a catalogue of security problems including poor web application design and the use of weak encryption, an analysis from Imperva has claimed. John E Dunn 2012-05-24T05:51:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-google-to-offer-mapping-and-259584.html?source=nww_rss Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday. John Ribeiro 2012-05-24T03:46:28-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-lenovo39s-tablet-shipments-grow-in-259583.html?source=nww_rss PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC. Michael Kan 2012-05-24T02:10:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-apple-claims-us-government-sides-259582.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court. John Ribeiro 2012-05-24T01:35:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/051412-tech-ceo-compensation-259181.html?source=nww_rss Eyebrow-raising executive compensation shows no signs of abating, and Network World's analysis of CEO pay finds the tech/telco industry is no exception. Ann Bednarz 2012-05-24T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052412-yahoo-launches-stand-alone-mobile-search-259581.html?source=nww_rss Yahoo beefed up its search offerings on Wednesday when it launched Axis, an HTML5-based browser app that delivers search results as page previews rather than as links. Cameron Scott 2012-05-23T08:01:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-most-jurors-sided-with-google-259579.html?source=nww_rss Most of the jurors in the Oracle v Google trial thought Google's use of 37 Java APIs in Android should be allowed under the doctrine of fair use, one of the jurors revealed Wednesday after the trial had ended. James Niccolai 2012-05-23T07:34:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-confidential-data-delete-it-or-259591.html?source=nww_rss The only way for companies to guarantee their confidential data can't be stolen is to delete it. But few companies are making use of that guarantee, say security experts. Taylor Armerding 2012-05-23T06:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-panel-future-cios-will-have-259578.html?source=nww_rss Next-generation CIOs will have to consider how technology affects other corporate departments as well as handle traditional IT management functions, especially those accompanying mobile device management and greater data analysis, according to panelists who spoke at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fred O'connor 2012-05-23T05:35:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-wolfram-expands-into-system-259577.html?source=nww_rss Expanding beyond its scientific and engineering number-crunching software, Mathematica maker Wolfram Research released a desktop application for full-scale system modeling and simulation, the company announced Wednesday. Joab Jackson 2012-05-23T05:04:35-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-hp-to-trim-27000-jobs-259576.html?source=nww_rss Hewlett-Packard will trim 27,000 employees as part of its long-term restructuring plan, the company said Wednesday when it announced quarterly financial results. Agam Shah 2012-05-23T04:52:49-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-google39s-android-did-not-infringe-259570.html?source=nww_rss Google's Android operating system does not infringe Oracle's Java patents, a jury in San Francisco found Wednesday in a setback for Oracle. James Niccolai 2012-05-23T04:08:48-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-mcafee-reports-big-spike-in-259575.html?source=nww_rss PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday. Cameron Scott 2012-05-23T04:08:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-obama-orders-agencies-to-optimize-259580.html?source=nww_rss U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices. Grant Gross 2012-05-23T04:06:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-windows-8-puts-end-to-259574.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft yesterday promised that a feature it's added to Windows 8 will put a stop to endless reboots. Gregg Keizer 2012-05-23T02:48:03-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-shareholders-sue-facebook-zuckerberg-morgan-259571.html?source=nww_rss Less than a week after Facebook's initial public offering, the social networking firm's new shareholders Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against the company, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Morgan Stanley. Sharon Gaudin 2012-05-23T02:25:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-multiple-iphone-5-prototypes-being-259572.html?source=nww_rss Apple hasn't made its mind up about what the next-generation iPhone will look like yet, according to new reports. The company is thought to be testing multiple prototypes of the new iPhone, two of which have a bigger and better display. Ashleigh Allsopp 2012-05-23T02:14:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-bredolab-botnet-author-sentenced-to-259567.html?source=nww_rss The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations. Lucian Constantin 2012-05-23T11:50:42-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-groups-launch-gigabit-per-second-broadband-259568.html?source=nww_rss An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the company announced Wednesday. Grant Gross 2012-05-23T11:48:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-oracle-buys-social-relationship-management-259566.html?source=nww_rss Taking a step into the social media marketing industry, Oracle is purchasing Vitrue, the two companies announced Wednesday. Joab Jackson 2012-05-23T11:20:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-seagate-to-buy-external-drive-259565.html?source=nww_rss Seagate today announced plans to acquire LaCie, a French maker of external consumer hard drive products, in an all-cash deal worth about $186 million. Lucas Mearian 2012-05-23T10:37:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-beyond-templates-building-a-better-259564.html?source=nww_rss This probably seems obvious, but it's worth stating: These days, it's crucial to have a website for your business. From brochure-based sites that provide your contact details and store hours to full-fledged ecommerce carts and customer self-service, your website is important--it tells customers what to expect from you. This article offers several tips for building a better business website that will engage existing customers and help you find new ones. Vangie Beal 2012-05-23T10:16:15-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-pwnium-hacking-contest-winners-exploited-259563.html?source=nww_rss Google yesterday revealed that the two researchers who cracked Chrome in March at the company's inaugural "Pwnium" hacking contest used a total of 16 zero-day vulnerabilities to win $60,000 each. Gregg Keizer 2012-05-23T10:05:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-39clueless39-boards-risk-lawsuits-threaten-259562.html?source=nww_rss Energy/utilities sector ranks last on four of the best practices for cybersecurity, report exposes Taylor Armerding 2012-05-23T09:44:33-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-intel-launches-cloud-based-single-sign-on-259561.html?source=nww_rss Listed on AppExchange, Cloud SSO has been tightly integrated with Salesforce.com applications Antone Gonsalves 2012-05-23T09:42:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-fujifilm-camera-design-to-withstand-259560.html?source=nww_rss FujiFilm said Wednesday it will begin sales of a digital camera in June that is waterproof, shockproof, sealed against dust and sand, and works at temperatures below freezing. Jay Alabaster 2012-05-23T09:22:09-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-vmware-acquires-desktop-management-company-259558.html?source=nww_rss VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-05-23T07:06:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-google-warns-users-infected-with-259557.html?source=nww_rss Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. Gregg Keizer 2012-05-23T06:42:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-microsoft-takes-bing-streetside-offline-259556.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft has taken its Google Street View-like service Bing Streetside offline in Germany after German citizens expressed their worries about how Microsoft handles requests for blurring of images, the company said on Tuesday. Loek Essers 2012-05-23T06:31:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-facebook-and-physicians-not-good-259555.html?source=nww_rss Physicians who use social networks to share clinical experiences risk violating patient privacy. A niche industry of private social network providers has cropped up to address the desire to communicate. Lucas Mearian 2012-05-23T06:09:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-anonymous-claims-it-hacked-a-259553.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday it was looking into the unauthorized access of a website server in its statistics wing, after hacker group Anonymous claimed to have collected and released 1.7GB of data from it. John Ribeiro 2012-05-23T02:43:06-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-lenovo39s-fiscal-q4-profit-up-259552.html?source=nww_rss Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter grew by 59 percent, as the world's second largest PC maker saw continued growth in sales across both mature and emerging markets. Michael Kan 2012-05-23T02:33:50-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-study-patriot-act-gives-us-259551.html?source=nww_rss An often-repeated concern that the U.S. Patriot Act gives the U.S. government unequaled access to personal data stored on cloud services is incorrect, with several other nations enjoying similar access to cloud data, according to a study released Wednesday. Grant Gross 2012-05-23T02:02:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052312-facebook-to-settle-class-action-suit-259550.html?source=nww_rss Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday. Cameron Scott 2012-05-22T08:47:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-windows-8-touchscreen-devices-to-259546.html?source=nww_rss Touchscreen laptops and tablets with the upcoming Windows 8 OS will be priced higher than their non-touchscreen counterparts, Dell's CEO said on Tuesday. Agam Shah 2012-05-22T07:43:20-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-updated-sdk-from-soti-allows-259545.html?source=nww_rss Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday. Fred O'connor 2012-05-22T06:44:13-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-sap-buying-e-commerce-vendor-ariba-259540.html?source=nww_rss SAP is buying cloud-based e-commerce vendor Ariba for US$4.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. Chris Kanaracus 2012-05-22T06:08:04-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-verizon-looks-to-alcatel39s-new-259544.html?source=nww_rss Verizon Communications on Tuesday became the first service provider to say it will use Alcatel-Lucent's upcoming 7950 XRS core routing system, which will bring the French-American equipment vendor into the carrier core routing business for the first time in about a decade. Stephen Lawson 2012-05-22T05:45:13-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-how-to-design-a-successful-259543.html?source=nww_rss Having managed and rescued dozens of projects, and helped others do so, I've noted that there is always one critical success factor (CSF) that has either been effectively addressed or missed/messed up. Bob Kantor 2012-05-22T05:28:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-dell39s-profit-shrinks-in-the-259542.html?source=nww_rss Dell on Wednesday reported a drop in profits for the first quarter, weighed down by a revenue decrease and slower sales of consumer products. Agam Shah 2012-05-22T04:51:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-facebook-stock-slumps-for-third-259541.html?source=nww_rss In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week. Sharon Gaudin 2012-05-22T03:55:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-cios-mull-how-to-innovate-259539.html?source=nww_rss CIOs face a common set of thorny challenges these days, namely the pressure to deliver innovations even as they seek to cut or hold down spending, according to an array of senior IT executives who spoke on Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Chris Kanaracus 2012-05-22T03:29:14-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-microsoft-beats-data-sorting-record-with-259537.html?source=nww_rss Besting a record set by Yahoo in 2009, the research arm of Microsoft have deployed a new technique for quickly sorting large amounts of data, called Flat Datacenter Storage (FDS). Joab Jackson 2012-05-22T02:56:14-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-voip-provider-files-net-neutrality-259536.html?source=nww_rss A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm of theft of service for using its network to deliver voice service without paying for it. Grant Gross 2012-05-22T02:16:46-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-brocade-sdn-259533.html?source=nww_rss Brocade this week said it added hardware-based support for the OpenFlow software-defined networking (SDN) API and protocol to its NetIron and MLX series 100Gbps routers as part of a broader SDN strategy. Jim Duffy 2012-05-22T02:12:50-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-ios511-jailbreak-259532.html?source=nww_rss Hackers claim to be just days away from jailbreaking Apple devices running iOS 5.1.1, the latest firmware release for iPhones and iPads, letting users load applications from outside of Apple's iTunes App Store. John Cox 2012-05-22T02:01:30-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-windows-vista-infection-rates-climb-259531.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft said that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system's first service pack. Gregg Keizer 2012-05-22T01:43:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-nasa-on-39brink-of-a-259530.html?source=nww_rss The nation's space efforts entered a new chapter today with the launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station. Sharon Gaudin 2012-05-22T01:33:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-via-announces-49-pc-with-259529.html?source=nww_rss The price bar for PCs keeps dropping, with chip maker Via on Tuesday announcing a US$49 APC computer with a customized version of Google's Android operating system. Agam Shah 2012-05-22T01:18:39-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-new-nmap-probes-ipv6-259528.html?source=nww_rss Preparing for the eventual widespread conversion to IPv6, the Nmap Project has updated its namesake security scanning tool so it can scan IPv6 networks using a variety of novel techniques. Joab Jackson 2012-05-22T12:47:16-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/052212-alcatel-lucent-core-router-259510.html?source=nww_rss Alcatel-Lucent is set to give Cisco and Juniper another run for the money in core routing 10 years after its initial attempt failed. Jim Duffy 2012-05-22T12:15:06-04:00