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/2012/020912-google-solvex-255914.html?source=nww_rss Google promised radical technology proposals would be a part of its Solve for X project and its initial offerings so far haven't disappointed. Brad Reed 2012-02-09T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-samsung-wins-against-apple-galaxy-255919.html?source=nww_rss The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in DA1/4sseldorf, Germany, decided on Thursday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T06:49:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-vodafone39s-revenue-drops-as-european-255920.html?source=nww_rss Vodafone reported a 2.3 percent drop in revenue for the last three months of 2011, as economic conditions, particularly across southern Europe, continue to be weak. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T06:47:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-web-based-counseling----telepsychiatry----255918.html?source=nww_rss Telemedicine has been around since the 1990s, but psychiatrists say it's increasingly used to treat remote patients as technology and security improves, and prices drop. Lucas Mearian 2012-02-09T06:33:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-application-performance-management-255910.html?source=nww_rss The growing importance of reliable applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage lately. Colin Neagle 2012-02-09T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-lenovo39s-fiscal-q3-profit-up-255916.html?source=nww_rss Lenovo's profit in its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31 grew 54 percent year-over-year, as the company saw growth in many key markets. Michael Kan 2012-02-09T04:13:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-foxconn-said-to-have-been-255917.html?source=nww_rss Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China. Michael Kan 2012-02-09T03:47:13-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-feds-look-beyond-lightsquared-to-255915.html?source=nww_rss A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-08T08:57:18-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-exec-lync-skype-integration-a-255913.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-02-08T08:07:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-cisco-boosted-profit-sales-in-255904.html?source=nww_rss Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-08T07:36:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-swedish-e-commerce-startup39s-execs-charged-255902.html?source=nww_rss Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse. Elizabeth Heichler 2012-02-08T06:52:19-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-yahoo-in-another-shakeup-as-255912.html?source=nww_rss The shakeup at Yahoo continues. Sharon Gaudin 2012-02-08T06:31:16-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-epic-sues-ftc-over-google39s-255911.html?source=nww_rss The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T05:28:18-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-iphone-lazer-tag-255907.html?source=nww_rss Hasbro, realizing that iPhone and iPod touch enthusiasts might have such a hard time putting down their gadgets to actually play NERF Lazer Tag, will soon combine Apple technologies with its popular shoot-em-up game. Bob Brown 2012-02-08T05:12:51-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-obama39s-h-1b-answer-in-forum-255908.html?source=nww_rss Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program. Patrick Thibodeau 2012-02-08T05:06:27-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-phoenix-suns-deploy-galaxy-tab-255909.html?source=nww_rss The Phoenix Suns have deployed more than 100 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network for use by the team's business personnel, players and managers in the current basketball season. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-08T05:06:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-us-gov39t-falling-behind-in-255903.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T04:46:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-to-pay-users-to-255905.html?source=nww_rss Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise. Cameron Scott 2012-02-08T04:41:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-windows8-255900.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8 is stingy doling out power to applications, particularly what Microsoft calls Metro-style applications written specifically for the operating system, all in an effort to prolong battery life. Tim Greene 2012-02-08T04:38:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-salesforcecom-shakes-up-standard-support-255901.html?source=nww_rss Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-08T04:37:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-ships-chrome-17-touts-255898.html?source=nww_rss Google patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T04:22:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-how-to-evaluate-enterprise-search-255899.html?source=nww_rss Google and other Internet search engine virtually never fail to deliver relevant results nearly instantly. That creates a problem for IT in terms of setting employee expectations around the search capabilities they use at work. James A. Martin 2012-02-08T04:09:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-spammers-impersonate-well-known-developers-to-255896.html?source=nww_rss Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T03:39:14-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-satellite-encryption-255893.html?source=nww_rss Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications. Ellen Messmer 2012-02-08T03:11:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-new-social-site-pinterest-attracts-255894.html?source=nww_rss Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy. Observers are accusing the site of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue. Joab Jackson 2012-02-08T03:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-airvana-sues-ericsson-over-femtocell-255891.html?source=nww_rss Femtocell developer Airvana is charging Ericsson with breaching their contract over femtocell technology, in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-08T02:51:03-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-microsoft-fixes-windows-8-consumer-255892.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft Wednesday said it will host a launch event for the Windows 8 beta on Feb. 29 in Barcelona, the site of the Mobile World Congress. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T02:45:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-trustwave-admits-issuing-man-in-the-middle-digital-255858.html?source=nww_rss Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T02:41:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-adobe-confirms-no-flash-for-255879.html?source=nww_rss Chrome for Android will not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has famously banned, Adobe confirmed. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T12:56:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-chrome-will-no-longer-255877.html?source=nww_rss Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T12:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-csc-reports-139b-loss-on-255868.html?source=nww_rss Computer Sciences Corp. reported a US$1.39 billion loss for its third fiscal quarter, with revenue down 5.8 percent year on year. Performance was dragged down by a $1.49 billion charge related to the U.K. government's cancellation of a health IT contract, it said Wednesday. Chris Kanaracus and Peter Sayer 2012-02-08T12:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-ipv6-brazil-255876.html?source=nww_rss Forget Mardi Gras. Brazil is hosting a party for techies only this week to encourage deployment of IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol. Carolyn Duffy Marsan 2012-02-08T12:23:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-windows-8-on-arm-the-255890.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft still isn't offering a clear answer on whether ARM-based Windows 8 computers will support the classic Windows desktop, but a recent blog post suggests that the company will. Jared Newman 2012-02-08T12:20:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-the-best-microsoft-office-alternative-255887.html?source=nww_rss Business still revolves around the Big Three software applications: word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. And Microsoft still charges an arm and a leg for Office licenses. What's a cash-strapped small shop to do? Rick Broida 2012-02-08T11:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-rambus-nvidia-settle-lawsuits-sign-255875.html?source=nww_rss Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday. Agam Shah 2012-02-08T11:51:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-chrome-for-android-beta-3-255888.html?source=nww_rss Google recently launched Chrome for Android Beta, a version of the search giant's popular desktop browser for Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The new mobile browser includes many features that make Chrome so popular on the PC including speed, simple design, bookmark and open tabs sync, and autocomplete suggestions. But Google's mobile Chrome isn't all good news, there are also a few letdowns for people who love Adobe Flash, Chrome extensions or are part of the 99 percent. Ian Paul 2012-02-08T11:25:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-sprint-losses-hit-13b-over-255889.html?source=nww_rss Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses to $1.3 billion (43 cents a share), compared with $929 million (31 cents a share) year-on-year. The losses after excluding one-time costs were 35 cents a share -- lower than the 38 cents analysts had forecast. Matt Peckham 2012-02-08T11:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-eu-to-stengthen-its-cybersecurity-255872.html?source=nww_rss A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cyber security watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians. Jennifer Baker 2012-02-08T11:22:46-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-weave-open-source-data-visualization-offers-255871.html?source=nww_rss When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way. Sharon Machlis 2012-02-08T11:03:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-threadfix-web-tool-255869.html?source=nww_rss Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps. John Cox 2012-02-08T10:54:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-when-viagra-comments-on-your-255886.html?source=nww_rss Comment spam, also known as blogspam, has existed since the dawn of blogs. It's created for one purpose: to insert a link on your site back to the commenter's website. Comment spammers are getting craftier at the game. Comment spam was a much larger problem for bloggers in the nascent days of blogging before improved spam blockers, when you could easily spend 10 minutes a day moderating a blog. Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, actually created a spam blocker for WordPress called Akismet in 2005, partially so his mom wouldn't be assaulted by Viagra ads while writing her blog. Angela West 2012-02-08T10:45:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-data-storage-speed-255864.html?source=nww_rss European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred. Tim Greene 2012-02-08T10:19:20-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-smartphone-data-shake-up-the-end-255863.html?source=nww_rss Americans like living large. We have all-you-can-eat buffets and all-you-can-stream entertainment. And until recently, we had a virtually unlimited trough of mobile data to digest on our always-available smartphones. Jr Raphael 2012-02-08T10:04:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-ddos-attacks-motivated-by-politics-255884.html?source=nww_rss Large Internet organisations believe ideological and political motivations have become the single commonest motivation behind the DDoS attacks hitting their networks, a survey of major Internet firms by has found. John E Dunn 2012-02-08T09:47:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-firmware-updates-enable-lion-internet-255885.html?source=nww_rss One of the not-so-glamourous but very useful features introduced with Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) was Lion Recovery, where the Lion installer creates a small, invisible, bootable partition on your hard drive that lets you repair your drive or even reinstall Lion if you have a problem. Roman Loyola 2012-02-08T09:46:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-mobile-social-network-caught-uploading-255883.html?source=nww_rss Users and critics are upset with Path, the smartphone-based social network, after a developer discovered that Path was uploading users' entire address books to its servers without explicit consent. Ian Paul 2012-02-08T09:46:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-outsourcer-cognizant-posts-strong-revenue-255861.html?source=nww_rss Cognizant Technology Solutions posted strong growth in revenue and profits in the fourth quarter of 2011, indicating that a few focused players continue to grow, even as demand for offshoring is flat because of uncertain economic conditions. John Ribeiro 2012-02-08T09:43:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-new-facebook-photo-viewer-mimics-255881.html?source=nww_rss Facebook tweaked its photo viewer interface, making it look a lot like its counterpart on Google+. The new widescreen photo viewer is now live for most Facebook users, who don't have scroll down anymore to see the comments for a certain photo. Daniel Ionescu 2012-02-08T09:25:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-one-in-five-get-campaign-255882.html?source=nww_rss For better or worse, 20 percent of Americans regularly (or sometimes) get their campaign news from Facebook, according to the Pew Research Center. By comparison, only five percent of the 1507 people participating in the survey use Twitter to get that kind of information, the study said. John P. Mello Jr. 2012-02-08T09:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-ipad3-rumor-255859.html?source=nww_rss Even as the Patriot's hopes and dreams were strangled in the Super Bowl, the iOSsphere rumors for iPad 3 mounted anew on wings like eagles. John Cox 2012-02-08T09:16:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-cloud-san-255857.html?source=nww_rss Why do some enterprise managers decide to brave their way into the new and unknown of cloud-based services? Sometimes it's simply because the old technology just isn't working out that well anymore. Ellen Messmer 2012-02-08T08:40:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-oracle-stakes-claim-in-r-255855.html?source=nww_rss Oracle is hoping to carve out a prominent place in the world of R, the open-source statistical modeling language with roots in academia but an increasingly high profile in enterprise IT shops. It announced a new Advanced Analytics product on Wednesday that ties R to its database and family of software-hardware appliances. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-08T08:03:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-csc-names-mike-lawrie-ceo-255854.html?source=nww_rss CSC ended four months of speculation about the identity of its next CEO late Tuesday, announcing that Mike Lawrie, currently CEO of British IT service company Misys, will become CEO of CSC by the end of March. He has already taken a seat on CSC's board. Peter Sayer 2012-02-08T07:28:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-us-to-use-climate-to-255853.html?source=nww_rss In a picturesque spot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab is building a new computing center that will one day house exascale systems. Patrick Thibodeau 2012-02-08T07:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-nokia-will-lay-off-4000-255851.html?source=nww_rss Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-08T05:23:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-greenpeace-scorecard-documents-greener-enterprise-255850.html?source=nww_rss Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy efficiency in the industries that they serve, according to the latest in a series of Greenpeace ratings of the sector's energy practices. Cameron Scott 2012-02-08T12:01:29-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-to-commit-to-offer-255849.html?source=nww_rss Google is planning to send a letter to standards setting organizations, stating that Motorola Mobility's standards-essential patents will continue to be available on FRAND terms after its acquisition of the company, a person close to the situation said late Tuesday. John Ribeiro 2012-02-07T11:26:05-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-accelerates-android-browser-updates-255848.html?source=nww_rss Google's launch today of Chrome for Android may be a move to accelerate the pace of browser updates, an analyst said. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-07T08:36:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-internet-freedom-could-turn-on-255847.html?source=nww_rss Between the free-expression camp and the hard-line regimes with strict censorship policies are a host of important, growing nations that are just beginning to delve into the work of crafting Internet policy. And those countries could hold the key. Kenneth Corbin 2012-02-07T06:37:14-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-lightsquared-asks-fcc-to-regulate-255845.html?source=nww_rss q Stephen Lawson 2012-02-07T06:13:43-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-yahoo-ousts-half-its-255846.html?source=nww_rss As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down. Cameron Scott 2012-02-07T06:04:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-first-generation-ultrabook-prices-may-drop-255866.html?source=nww_rss Good news for people who want a good deal on a super-thin laptop: Acer, Lenovo, and HP are reportedly dropping their Ultrabook prices by as much as 25 percent in preparation for the second-generation models that will soon launch with Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Melanie Pinola 2012-02-07T05:42:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-ibm-boosts-flagship-array-speeds-255844.html?source=nww_rss Enhancements to IBM's XIV Storage System include an SSD caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times. Lucas Mearian 2012-02-07T05:21:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-dating-site-matches-not-so-255843.html?source=nww_rss Users flock to online dating sites in ever greater numbers, but despite their marketing claims, services such as Match.com and eHarmony may not be offering potential mates chosen through rigorous scientific methods, a group of psychologists and sociologists have charged. Joab Jackson 2012-02-07T04:56:04-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-online-shoppers-push-2011-holiday-255842.html?source=nww_rss A lot of Americans took their holiday shopping online last year, which helped push e-commerce spending up 14% in the last quarter. Sharon Gaudin 2012-02-07T04:33:22-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-the-super-bowl-by-the-255840.html?source=nww_rss AT&T and carrier equipment provide Sandvine released some interesting wireless and Internet usage figures from Sunday's Super Bowl victory for the New York Giants over the New England Patriots. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-07T04:15:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-google-chrome-android-255837.html?source=nww_rss Google's popular Chrome browser is finally coming to Android-based phones, but only if you have the very latest version of the operating system. Brad Reed 2012-02-07T03:58:54-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-adobe-sets-ie-as-next-255838.html?source=nww_rss Adobe next plans to tackle Microsoft's Internet Explorer in its ongoing work to "sandbox" its popular Flash Player within browsers, Adobe's head of security said today. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-07T03:54:27-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-fbi-declares-cloud-vendors-must-255839.html?source=nww_rss The FBI Tuesday reaffirmed its rule that all cloud products sold to to U.S. law enforcement agencies must comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Systems security requirements. Jaikumar Vijayan 2012-02-07T03:54:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-canada-ruling-pushes-dishs-lte-255836.html?source=nww_rss The Canadian government has approved the transfer of satellite spectrum to Dish Network, putting the company just one major ruling away from building a land-based 4G mobile data network on the frequencies. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-07T03:06:43-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-maingears-six-core-laptop-has-18tb-255834.html?source=nww_rss PC maker Maingear is chasing the laptop performance crown with its latest Titan 17 laptop, which can be configured to include Intel's fastest desktop processor and up to 1.8TB of solid-state drive storage. Agam Shah 2012-02-07T02:52:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-vmware-cloud-255832.html?source=nww_rss VMware has introduced a new software platform that makes it easier for service providers to wholesale their cloud-services infrastructure to other providers. Tim Greene 2012-02-07T02:50:13-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-apps-related-jobs-tallied-at-466k-255828.html?source=nww_rss Nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. have been created because of the 1 million-plus applications designed for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, according to a new study. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-07T02:40:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-ftc-warns-makers-of-background-255829.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law. Grant Gross 2012-02-07T02:39:50-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-something-fishy-about-google-chromes-255830.html?source=nww_rss A research firm that measures the security effectiveness of browsers noticed something it thought might be fishy with the way Chrome was doing things. Turns out, there may currently be a privacy concern about Google's use of end user IP addresses as part of its Safe Browsing API. George V. Hulme 2012-02-07T02:36:12-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-opposition-to-acta-swells-in-255831.html?source=nww_rss A British member of the European Parliament has been given the job of evaluating the controversial ACTA agreement as more European countries shy away from the deal. Jennifer Baker 2012-02-07T02:26:39-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-chrome-comes-to-android-but-255827.html?source=nww_rss Google on Tuesday began offering a beta version of its Chrome browser for Android phones, finally beginning the move to unify its computer, tablet and mobile phone browsers. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-07T02:20:02-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-symantec-expects-anonymous-to-publish-255825.html?source=nww_rss Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-07T02:12:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-facebook-site-mobile-app-hit-255822.html?source=nww_rss Facebook users today are complaining that the social network and its mobile app are running very slowly. Sharon Gaudin 2012-02-07T01:47:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-oracle-seeks-new-trial-in-255819.html?source=nww_rss Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday. Jaikumar Vijayan 2012-02-07T01:26:30-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-symantec-anonymous-255818.html?source=nww_rss Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006. Ellen Messmer 2012-02-07T01:09:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-hp-cloud-255817.html?source=nww_rss With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial investments to implement. Colin Neagle 2012-02-07T12:53:01-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-hacktivism-trumps-money-as-motivation-255867.html?source=nww_rss Hacktivism has replaced financial gain as the prime motivator for disrupting a website's operation with traffic with a Distributed Denial of Service attack, according to a report by Arbor Networks, a network security company in Chelmsford, Mass. John P. Mello Jr. 2012-02-07T12:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-ftc-background-screening-255815.html?source=nww_rss The Federal Trade Commission this week said it sent letters to six unidentified mobile applications makers warning them that their background screening apps may be violating federal statutes. Michael Cooney 2012-02-07T12:09:53-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-groups-congress-should-scrap-sopa-255816.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said. Grant Gross 2012-02-07T12:02:30-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-acer-sues-former-ceo-lanci-255813.html?source=nww_rss Acer has sued its former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci in Italian courts for allegedly violating a non-compete clause, the company said Tuesday. Agam Shah 2012-02-07T11:55:42-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-sap-unveils-hana-in-memory-database-255814.html?source=nww_rss SAP on Tuesday announced the first products based on its HANA in-memory database aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, including a new Edge edition of the software as well as HANA-powered analytics for the Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-07T11:47:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-students-plan-to-press-irish-255811.html?source=nww_rss A group of students concerned over Facebook's privacy practices plans to continue to press the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for action following a meeting on Monday in Vienna with representatives of the social networking site. Jeremy Kirk 2012-02-07T11:35:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-motorola-droid-4-255810.html?source=nww_rss The fourth iteration of Motorola's signature Droid series is hitting the shelves for Verizon customers this Friday. Brad Reed 2012-02-07T11:23:29-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020712-centrex-255808.html?source=nww_rss Centrex is a lot like the talking plague victim from Monty Python's "Holy Grail": It's not quite dead yet. Brad Reed 2012-02-07T11:04:15-04:00