http://www.networkworld.com/rss/netflash.xml Network World News Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2013 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051913-bitcoiners-rally-to-enlighten-269909.html?source=nww_rss Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. Zach Miners 2013-05-19T12:19:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051913-bitcoiners-crave-coders-to-cope-269908.html?source=nww_rss Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use. Zach Miners 2013-05-18T11:13:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051813-bitcoin39s-rollercoaster-ride-is-not-269907.html?source=nww_rss More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday. Zach Miners 2013-05-18T06:45:01-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051813-bitcoin-finding-its-feet-at-269906.html?source=nww_rss Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past US$200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing momentum. James Niccolai 2013-05-18T05:13:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-no-big-bang-apps-news-at-269905.html?source=nww_rss Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite. Juan Carlos Perez 2013-05-17T07:57:50-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-at-google-io-developer-services-269904.html?source=nww_rss Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week. Zach Miners 2013-05-17T07:37:08-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-yahoo-calls-press-conference-amid-269903.html?source=nww_rss Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion. James Niccolai 2013-05-17T06:06:53-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-wall-street-beat-market-stokes-269902.html?source=nww_rss A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marc Ferranti and Joab Jackson 2013-05-17T05:17:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-iphone6-rumors-269900.html?source=nww_rss There's nothing like exclusive, high resolution, leaked photographs of arcane internal iPhone components to trigger the gaga reflex in the iOSphere. It takes skill, honed by long experience with rumoring, to read into them far, far more than is actually there. John Cox 2013-05-17T04:21:53-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-t-mobile-drops-challenge-to-fccs-269901.html?source=nww_rss T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. Grant Gross 2013-05-17T04:02:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-dells-thumb-pc-project-ophelia-269898.html?source=nww_rss Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100. Agam Shah 2013-05-17T03:20:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-alleged-tech-support-scammers-settle-269897.html?source=nww_rss Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Grant Gross 2013-05-17T02:28:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-police-arrest-anonymous-suspects-in-269894.html?source=nww_rss Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network. Philip Willan 2013-05-17T01:42:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-researchers-uncover-new-global-cyberespionage-269895.html?source=nww_rss Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from over 100 countries. Lucian Constantin 2013-05-17T12:44:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-google-woos-developers-as-software-269893.html?source=nww_rss Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements. Mikael Rickna$?s 2013-05-17T11:43:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-newvem-azure-269892.html?source=nww_rss Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well. Brandon Butler 2013-05-17T10:44:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-amazon-reddit-269890.html?source=nww_rss Usually Amazon Web Services, which many consider to be the leader in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing market, is pretty hush-hush about the internal workings of its massive cloud. Brandon Butler 2013-05-17T09:48:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-google-io-afterhours-269888.html?source=nww_rss Despite being generally great people with scintillating social skills and lots of interesting things to say, technology reporters unaccountably don't get invited to a lot of parties. I can't understand why. Jon Gold 2013-05-17T08:21:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-new-mac-spyware-found-on-269887.html?source=nww_rss Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway. Lucian Constantin 2013-05-17T08:04:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-windows8-desktop-269886.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon. Tim Greene 2013-05-17T07:59:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-mozilla-postpones-default-blocking-of-269883.html?source=nww_rss Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in the Beta version of Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies." John Ribeiro 2013-05-17T06:18:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-experts-ding-dhs-vulnerability-sharing-269889.html?source=nww_rss The Department of Homeland Security's plan to selectively share information on zero-day vulnerabilities is too restrictive and should be opened up to more companies, experts say. Antone Gonsalves 2013-05-17T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-progress-at-foxconn-factories-but-269884.html?source=nww_rss Employees at the Chinese factories of Apple supplier Foxconn continue to work beyond the country's legal limit of 49 hours a month, according to a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA). But the Taiwanese manufacturer is making overall steady progress in improving the working conditions at a select group of factories in China, it said. Michael Kan 2013-05-17T03:03:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-in-a-sea-of-malware-269882.html?source=nww_rss The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback. Jeremy Kirk 2013-05-17T12:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-at-google-io-glass-wearers-269881.html?source=nww_rss Google is facing some tough questions from Congress over the privacy concerns raised by Glass, its fledgling augmented reality system for recording and receiving information on the fly. But on the ground at the company's I/O conference for developers, attendees are largely enthusiastic about the technology. Zach Miners 2013-05-16T10:50:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051713-yahoo-wins-appeal-of-27-269880.html?source=nww_rss An appeals court in Mexico has overturned an approximately US$2.7 billion judgment against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a breach-of-contract suit concerning online directories. Stephen Lawson 2013-05-16T09:12:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-dell-profit-dives-79-percent-269874.html?source=nww_rss Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the company private. James Niccolai 2013-05-16T06:28:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-lawmakers-press-google-on-glass-269877.html?source=nww_rss Members of a U.S. congressional group on privacy wrote Thursday to Google CEO Larry Page requesting information on how the futuristic device handles privacy issues. Martyn Williams 2013-05-16T06:16:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-tibco-offers-free-r-to-269878.html?source=nww_rss Hoping to entice more enterprises to use the R statistical programming language directly within their predictive modeling and data visualization jobs, Tibco has released a free version of its R runtime engine. Joab Jackson 2013-05-16T06:13:43-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-if-you-can39t-find-a-269876.html?source=nww_rss Unless you're a Yahoo employee, theres a very good chance you are working from home or at a coffee shop at least part of the week, according to Forrester Research. Patrick Thibodeau 2013-05-16T05:42:17-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-advocates-call-for-legal-protections-269875.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Grant Gross 2013-05-16T05:05:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-microsoft-responds-to-larry-page-269873.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive. Martyn Williams 2013-05-16T04:51:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-ipad5-rumors-269869.html?source=nww_rss Even before summer, the iOSphere languishes in the iPad rumor doldrums, apparently having exhausted itself with hopes for a Retina display iPad mini 2, and the A7 chip for the iPad 5. But there is hope: The Rollup uncovered the radical iPadiGlasses, in an exclusive report. John Cox 2013-05-16T04:48:09-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-software-developer-wages-fall-2-269870.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. tech industry added nearly 64,000 software related jobs last year, but as the workforce expanded, the average size of workers' pay checks declined by nearly 2%. Patrick Thibodeau 2013-05-16T04:38:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-jive-software-adds-integration-tool-269871.html?source=nww_rss Jive Software has released an add-on to its enterprise social networking (ESN) software that automates and simplifies the process of integrating Jive's suite with third-party systems. Juan Carlos Perez 2013-05-16T04:37:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-swedish-data-center-saves-1-269868.html?source=nww_rss A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard. James Niccolai 2013-05-16T03:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-samsung-link-to-replace-allshare-269864.html?source=nww_rss Samsung's AllShare Play application, which allows file sharing among the company's mobile devices, has been renamed Link, and it has a new user interface and search features. Agam Shah 2013-05-16T03:39:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-twitter-facebook-and-tumblr-try-269865.html?source=nww_rss While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device. Zach Miners 2013-05-16T03:25:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-google-eases-android-app-development-269859.html?source=nww_rss Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps. Joab Jackson 2013-05-16T03:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-h-1b-politics-shifts-to-backroom-269866.html?source=nww_rss High-tech industry's leading advocate in the immigration bill fight, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), has bought himself some time, perhaps until Tuesday, to try get the immigration bill changed to the liking of the tech industry. Patrick Thibodeau 2013-05-16T02:39:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-windows-8-wont-hit-critical-269860.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research. Juan Carlos Perez 2013-05-16T02:39:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-intels-krzanich-pledges-stronger-mobile-269857.html?source=nww_rss Intel CEO Brian Krzanich admitted Thursday in his first speech in that role that the company has been weak in smartphones and tablets, but aims to improve by advancing chip and manufacturing technologies. Agam Shah 2013-05-16T02:37:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-sap-builds-out-hana-platform-269858.html?source=nww_rss Anyone remotely within the orbit of SAP lately knows that its No. 1 focus is the HANA in-memory database and development platform. At this week's Sapphire conference in Orlando, the vendor sought to show the progress it is making in both building out HANA's capabilities as well as attracting developers and partners to HANA. Chris Kanaracus 2013-05-16T02:35:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-four-former-lulzsec-members-sentenced-269856.html?source=nww_rss Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Lucian Constantin 2013-05-16T02:11:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-google-issues-youtube-ultimatum-to-269853.html?source=nww_rss Google yesterday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft, demanding that its rival remove the YouTube app built for the Windows Phone platform. Gregg Keizer 2013-05-16T01:01:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-netchoice-california-privacy-bills-are-269854.html?source=nww_rss E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet. Grant Gross 2013-05-16T12:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-us-cio-shares-vision-for-269850.html?source=nww_rss Steven VanRoekel sees the federal-agency CIO as a pivotal figure, but not a micromanager. At FOSE, the nation's tech chief outlines how federal CIOs can lay the groundwork for a more fluid, productive IT apparatus. Kenneth Corbin 2013-05-16T12:26:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-swedish-domain-admin-comes-out-269851.html?source=nww_rss Swedish top-level domain administrator .SE has to its surprise become directly involved in the local Prosecution Authority's court case to seize thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, but it hopes to explain to the court that forcing domain names off the Internet does not help. Mikael Rickna$?s 2013-05-16T12:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-servicenow-cloud-269849.html?source=nww_rss Many enterprise IT shops may be reluctant to jump head first into cloud computing. After all, there are a variety of concerns that come with using the cloud, from security to integrations with existing systems, and perhaps most scary: What the cloud will mean for your IT job. Brandon Butler 2013-05-16T12:06:30-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-pushdo-botnet-is-evolving-becomes-269840.html?source=nww_rss Security researchers from Damballa have found a new variant of the Pushdo malware that's better at hiding its malicious network traffic and is more resilient to coordinated takedown efforts. Lucian Constantin 2013-05-16T10:41:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-spiceworks39-free-management-software-gets-269843.html?source=nww_rss Spiceworks has teamed up with Fiberlink to add mobile device management functionality to the next version of its free network and IT management software. Mikael Rickna$?s 2013-05-16T09:44:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-google-io-apx-labs-269837.html?source=nww_rss While the big news in wearable computers is obviously centered on Google Glass, one company at Google’s own developer conference in San Francisco this week is showcasing the beginnings of a different but potentially very important addition to the world of headware.  Jon Gold 2013-05-16T09:32:17-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-dell-aims-to-cut-desktop-269839.html?source=nww_rss Dell intends to move workstations into the data center and then serve up intense multimedia and engineering applications to remote users over the cloud or in virtualized environments via thin clients. Agam Shah 2013-05-16T09:01:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-amazon-gives-dynamodb-a-performance-269835.html?source=nww_rss Amazon Web Services is improving the performance of its DynamoDB database service with Parallel Scan, which gives users faster access to their tables. Mikael Rickna$?s 2013-05-16T06:28:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-oracle-renumbers-java-patch-updates-269832.html?source=nww_rss Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already." Gregg Keizer 2013-05-16T06:06:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-booming-mobile-industry-spawning-global-269836.html?source=nww_rss Mobile devices have become enticing targets for criminals around the world, so much so that an underground industry has begun to grow to support malicious activity aimed at those devices, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). John P. Mello, Jr. 2013-05-16T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-how-to-keep-the-feds-269830.html?source=nww_rss A growing number of SaaS providers offer secure encryption log-in to Dropbox and other cloud storage vendors, meaning even they can't access the data you store. And neither can the government. Lucas Mearian 2013-05-16T05:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-german-online-copyright-law-to-269831.html?source=nww_rss A German online copyright law that will give publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their publications on the Internet will come into effect on Aug. 1. Loek Essers 2013-05-16T05:43:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-copyright-owners-denied-class-status-269829.html?source=nww_rss A federal court in New York has denied class certification to copyright owners in an infringement lawsuit against YouTube over unauthorized hosting of content, stating that copyright claims have only superficial similarities. John Ribeiro 2013-05-16T03:59:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-google-wallet-makes-payments-possible-269828.html?source=nww_rss Google is integrating Gmail with Google Wallet so that users can send payments as a mail attachment, even if the recipient doesn't have a Gmail address. John Ribeiro 2013-05-16T02:04:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-megaupload-can-appeal-evidence-ruling-269827.html?source=nww_rss New Zealand's Supreme Court on Thursday granted Megaupload leave to appeal a ruling that denied it access to evidence the U.S. government holds. Jeremy Kirk 2013-05-16T01:13:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-eu-to-investigate-telecommunications-equipment-269826.html?source=nww_rss The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely targeted at telecommunications equipment companies Huawei Technologies and ZTE. Michael Kan 2013-05-15T11:57:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-mt-gox-accused-of-violating-269824.html?source=nww_rss The seizure of funds of the largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, was triggered by an alleged failure of the company to comply with U.S. financial regulations, according to a federal court document. Jeremy Kirk 2013-05-15T10:08:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-larry-page-wants-to-see-269825.html?source=nww_rss A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories. Martyn Williams 2013-05-15T09:57:10-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051613-google-allowing-android-app-vendors-269823.html?source=nww_rss Several users of devices running Google's Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data without proper notice or consent. Jaikumar Vijayan 2013-05-15T08:50:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-to-boost-speed-cut-269822.html?source=nww_rss Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS. Zach Miners 2013-05-15T07:45:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-cisco-cites-data-center-wireless-for-269821.html?source=nww_rss Data-center and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Stephen Lawson 2013-05-15T07:15:56-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-nasa39s-planet-hunting-telescope-is-spinning-269820.html?source=nww_rss NASA's Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for Earth-like planets, is now spinning uncontrollably in space. Sharon Gaudin 2013-05-15T05:57:16-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-a-soft-spoken-larry-page-makes-269817.html?source=nww_rss Google CEO Larry Page made a surprise appearance Wednesday at the Google I/O conference, where he overcame problems with his throat to take questions from developers in the audience for almost an hour. Zach Miners 2013-05-15T05:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-vs-microsoft-269814.html?source=nww_rss Google on Wednesday demanded that Microsoft yank its YouTube app for Windows Phone from the market and disable any downloaded copies of the app, according to Wired.com, which received a copy of Google’s cease and desist letter. John Cox and Tim Greene 2013-05-15T05:47:54-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-cloud-billing-269813.html?source=nww_rss Google, attempting to build its reputation as an enterprise and developer-focused cloud computing provider, today said its cloud platform is open for anyone to signup for, and can be used with a new by-the-minute billing scheme. Brandon Butler 2013-05-15T05:23:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-researchers-develop-industrial-systems-that-269810.html?source=nww_rss University researchers have developed a methodology for enabling networked devices in an industrial control system to police each other for abnormal behavior that would indicate a compromise. Antone Gonsalves 2013-05-15T04:46:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-sungard-cloud-269808.html?source=nww_rss Can the old guard in business continuity and disaster-recovery services thrive in an era when the companies are looking at new ways to process business data? SunGard Data Systems, with decades of experience in availability services, is feeling the pinch as some business clientele move data to the cloud. But SunGard says it’s pushing forward with innovations that are making it a public cloud provider as well with the kind of application availability it says will be hard to match elsewhere. Ellen Messmer 2013-05-15T04:24:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-ceo-on-innovation-were-269807.html?source=nww_rss Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco. Sharon Gaudin 2013-05-15T04:08:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-windows-8-isnt-new-coke-269804.html?source=nww_rss Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft's head of corporate communications, defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. Gregg Keizer 2013-05-15T03:47:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-5-free-remote-desktop-apps-269805.html?source=nww_rss You're away from the office when you get that sinking feeling. Maybe that file you need is locked on your desk PC in London while you're visiting Shanghai. You don't need to sweat, thankfully. Remote desktop apps let you log on to your PC or tablet and access a faraway computer as if you were there in person. Here are 5 options for Windows 8 slates and PCs. Read on to find which app is the best fit for your business. Doug Drinkwater 2013-05-15T03:34:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-testing-firm-internet-explorer-tops-269806.html?source=nww_rss Mirror, mirror on the wall, what browser blocks malware best of all? The answer to that question is Microsoft Internet Explorer 10, at least according to the latest test results released by NSS Labs. John P. Mello Jr. 2013-05-15T03:33:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-previews-upcoming-maps-269811.html?source=nww_rss Google is adding a new level of personalization and a cleaner interface to its popular Maps product. Martyn Williams 2013-05-15T03:29:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-io-developers-269800.html?source=nww_rss Those hoping for a major new Android version or splashy device launch were likely disappointed by the Android portion of the keynote today at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco – but developers may have gotten more than they bargained for. Jon Gold 2013-05-15T03:25:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-brings-voice-enabled-search-to-269812.html?source=nww_rss Just by saying "OK Google," people will soon be able to search using voice commands on their Chrome-powered desktop and laptop computers, Google said Wednesday. Zach Miners 2013-05-15T02:54:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-5-new-gmail-tips-for-269801.html?source=nww_rss Gmail's newest features include ways to search for old emails, quickly add meetings to your calendar, send large files and more. Here's a look at five of Google's latest email features to help you make the most of the popular Web-based service. Kristin Burnham 2013-05-15T02:45:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-improves-interface-photos-in-269809.html?source=nww_rss Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing. Martyn Williams 2013-05-15T02:39:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-syrian-internet-service-comes-back-269815.html?source=nww_rss Internet traffic in and out of war-torn Syria has been restored after a disruption of nearly eight and a half hours, according to Internet traffic charts. Grant Gross 2013-05-15T02:16:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-a-stock-android-galaxy-s4-269802.html?source=nww_rss A special edition, stock Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone will go on sale June 26 on the Google Play store for $649, Google announced at its annual Google I/O conference. Matt Hamblen 2013-05-15T02:08:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-windows8-269798.html?source=nww_rss Along with whatever other problems Windows 8 faces, Microsoft partners interested in making machines that  show the operating system off to best advantage are handicapped by a short supply of touchscreens, the top Windows executive says. Tim Greene 2013-05-15T02:04:31-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-dell-slashes-its-windows-rt-269803.html?source=nww_rss Dell drastically cut the online price of its Windows RT tablet, reducing the price by $200 to $299.99 for Dell XPS 10. Matt Hamblen 2013-05-15T01:58:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-sap-updates-line-of-business-cloud-269816.html?source=nww_rss Selling SaaS (software as a service) applications aimed at specific lines of business is one way that SAP has tried to stake a claim in the world of cloud computing and during the Sapphire conference it unveiled a broad series of updates to the portfolio. Chris Kanaracus 2013-05-15T01:26:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-google-says-it-has-900-269793.html?source=nww_rss Google's Android OS has more than 900 million users, the company said Wednesday at its I/O event began in San Francisco. Martyn Williams and Zach Miners 2013-05-15T12:51:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-epson-brings-hands-free-youtube-to-269794.html?source=nww_rss Epson America is bringing hands-free interaction with YouTube to its smart glasses, which could set the stage for improved usability of applications like augmented reality. Agam Shah 2013-05-15T12:44:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/051513-researchers-uncover-large-cyberfraud-operation-269791.html?source=nww_rss Security researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB have uncovered a cyberfraud operation that uses specialized financial malware to target the customers of several major Australian banks. Lucian Constantin 2013-05-15T11:48:00-04:00