http://www.networkworld.com/rss/netflash.xml Network World News Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2009 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-keyboards-buying.html Is there a more underappreciated part of your desktop computer system than the keyboard? It's the second-most-used component--after the display, of course--and yet many people are still using the keyboard that came with their Mac. Dan Frakes 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-mice-buying.html All hail the humble mouse, lowly foot soldier of the productivity wars, pint-size pointer-pushing pawn in service to mighty King Mac. Your mouse is the only peripheral you caress for hours a day (you only tickle your keyboard), but you may have never thought of replacing the limited Apple Mouse or Magic Mouse that shipped with your Mac or pondered augmenting your 'Book's touchy trackpad. Rik Myslewski 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-xbox-live-gold-free-today.html Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention. Matt Peckham 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-google-adds-captions-to-youtube.html In a step to make YouTube videos more accessible to deaf people as well as to anyone else searching for videos online, Google has launched an automatic video captioning service. Jacqueline Emigh 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-ballmer-windows-7-sales.html Excitable Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually had something to be excited about at yesterday's shareholder meeting, where he announced that Windows 7 sales are "fantastic." David Coursey 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-happiness-on-facebook-cuts-canadian.html Facebook can be a dangerous beast. As social media evolves -- and the freedom of the Internet diminishes our self-censorship -- many have run into situations where Facebook has landed them in trouble and sometimes canned from a gig. It has been established that some companies scrutinize employee and potential employee Facebook pages to ensure what it's getting isn't tarnished by bad behavior such as playing hooky or being loose-tongued about one's feelings about work. The latest example is a little trickier: a Canadian woman saw her health benefits stripped away after the insurance company saw "happy" pictures of her on Facebook. Brennon Slattery 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-five-reasons-google-chrome-os.html Google's Chrome OS doesn't signal the apocalypse for Apple and Microsoft, but that doesn't mean the operating system won't succeed when it arrives next year. Just like the Chrome Web browser, Google's carving out a small slice of the market for people who want the company's buzzwords of speed, security and simplicity. Over time, the legion of Chrome OS fans will grow, and Google will look at its operating system as a success, not a failure, as my colleague Tony Bradley argues. Jared Newman 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-five-reasons-the-google-chrome.html Yesterday Google hosted a press event at its Mountain View campus to reveal a first glimpse at the Chrome OS. The excitement around the operating system has led to rampant rumors and speculation, but I question whether the Chrome OS is really worth any of this hype. Tony Bradley 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-got-extra-usb-drives-updated.html Have some extra USB hard drives you'd like to put to a good use? How using them to create an Internet storage cloud for your company, yourself, or your family? David Coursey 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-you-dont-know-tech-the.html Apple Tablet hits a ditch; airports nailed by computer glitch Dan Tynan 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-twitter-turns-on-geolocation.html Twitter is now allowing its externally built applications to provide geolocation features to end users, after announcing its intention to do so in August. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-nokia-cuts-research-staff-by.html Mobile phone giant Nokia on Friday said it will cut up to 330 people from its research and development staff. Mikael Ricknäs 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-blackberry-pearl-9100-caught-on.html Here we go again; another Research In Motion (RIM) prototype device exposed on the Internetloooong before the BlackBerry-maker intended. This time around it's the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100, or, as it was codenamed, the BlackBerry Striker/Stratus. Al Sacco 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-iphone-owners-demand-to-see.html iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand over the iPhone source code, court documents show. Gregg Keizer 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-open-source-virtualization-whos.html Virtualization is unarguably one of the biggest trends of the past few years, and open-source software has been on the IT radar for a while now. So does that make open-source virtualization twice as much of a good thing? Nicole Lewis 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-free-web-apps-to-help.html It's That Time of Year again, and even if you don't celebrate The Holidays, chances are you have other people in your life who do. There's so much to get done as the end of year approaches, it can be hard to keep track of it all. And while paper might work for your own holiday wish list, these free Web apps can help organize the rest. Sharon Machlis 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-open-source-cloudmade-takes-on-google.html CloudMade is gearing up to release a set of tools that will enable people to quickly and easily contribute to the OpenStreetMap project. Mark Hattersley 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-first-look-super-monkey-ball.html The original Super Monkey Ball was an App Store launch game and sold like gangbusters. Taking advantage of the iPhone's accelerometer controls and already possessing a huge following thanks to its console success, Super Monkey Ball was one of the most highly anticipated apps on the iPhone. Chris Holt 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-ibm-software-launch-shows-theres.html IBM has released a range of software to show the strengths of its System Z mainframe Maxwell Cooter 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-twitter-geotagging-what-you-need.html Lost amid Thursday's Chrome OS hype was the official launch of Twitter's geotagging feature. Twitter's newest feature allows you to embed your location in the 140-character messages you send out to the world. Whenever you send a tweet with your location information, users will see a map pin at the bottom of your message. Clicking on the pin reveals a Google Map with your location. Ian Paul 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-youtube-uk-gets-full-length-tv.html YouTube is now showing full-length TV programmes such as Peep Show, Derren Brown and Gordon Ramsay's F Word in the UK after its Shows section when live today. Oliver Garnham 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-california-bans-power-hog-tvs-death.html Sales of plasma HDTVs have been on the decline for some time now. Although plasmas are generally cheaper than comparably-sized LCD models, their picture isn't as bright; as a result, their images often appear dark and washed out under the bright, fluorescent glare of the local big box store. However, plasmas are often favored by home theater buffs, who savor the display technology's fast refresh rates and often superior reproduction of black and dark tones. Jeff Bertolucci 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-cloudmade-pushing-open-source-alternative-to.html Macworld caught up with Nick Black, founder of CloudMade to talk about the upcoming Mapzen product and how open source mapping may be better for both customers and developers. Mark Hattersley 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-judge-sets-schedule-for-google.html The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-cloud-engines-updates-pogoplug-media.html On Friday, Cloud Engines introduced the second generation of its Pogoplug multimedia sharing device. The Pogoplug is designed to plug into your home or small office network and let you access and share content of USB hard drives over the Internet using a standard Web browser. Jonathan Seff 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-layer8-fcc-internt-fraud.html In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of “tens of millions of dollars” from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. Michael Cooney 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-google-ipv6-youtube.html Google plans to upgrade its YouTube video streaming Web site to provide support for IPv6, a long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Carolyn Duffy Marsan 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-eu-gives-oracle-extra-time.html Oracle and Sun Microsystems have been granted an extra week to defend their planned US$7 billion merger in front of European regulators, the European Commission said Friday. Paul Meller 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-eu-security-agency-highlights-cloud.html Cloud computing users face problems including loss of control over data, difficulties proving compliance, and additional legal risks as data moves from one legal jurisdiction to another, according to a assessement of cloud computing risks from the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). Mikael Ricknäs 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-banks-on-watch-after-suspected.html An apparent data breach in Spain has caused Visa and MasterCard to warn banks of possible fraudulent credit card transactions. Jeremy Kirk 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-palm-pixi-pricing.html You can now buy the brand-spanking-new Palm Pixi smartphone for just $25. Onlie reports say Amazon and Wal-Mart have slashed the original retail of $100 by 75%, less than a week after Palm's second webOS phone went on sale at Sprint, which still holds to the original price. John Cox 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-layer8-nasa-atlantis-space-station.html Talk about a nightmare. The Atlantis space shuttle crew and other astronauts onboard the International Space Station were awoken this morning by a system depressurization alarm. Michael Cooney 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-cyberattacks-on-us-military-jump.html Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense -- many of them coming from China -- have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday. Robert McMillan 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-new-h-1b-hiring-bill-takes.html Two U.S. Senators have proposed legislation that would bar any firm which lays off 50 or more workers from hiring guest workers holding H-1B visas. Patrick Thibodeau 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-why-chrome-os-will-fail.html A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history Randall C. Kennedy 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-alibaba-site-with-own-search.html The launch of a new search engine for a booming online retail site run by Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, is just one more sign that Taobao.com is taking over roles formerly filled at the group by Yahoo. Owen Fletcher 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-sonys-hirai-hopes-for-quick.html Sony is hoping to launch its planned online content service early next year and expects it will give the company an advantage in the increasingly competitive consumer electronics market, the executive heading up the project said Friday. Martyn Williams 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-windows-7-sparked-surge-in.html A senior Dell executive is bullish about a recovery in PC demand from businesses, saying the Oct. 22 release of Windows 7 sparked a surge in PC sales for the company. Sumner Lemon 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-japan-south-korea-may-soon.html China Mobile is working with partners in Japan and South Korea to set up trials of TD-SCDMA networks as part of a bid to promote use of the Chinese-developed 3G mobile technology outside China. Dan Nystedt 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-china-mobile-says-mobile-market.html The sale of games, mobile apps, e-books and more have been brisk on China Mobile's app store, Mobile Market, since billing started this month, executives from the company say. Dan Nystedt 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-foxconn-to-build-jil-handset.html Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn will make a handset for China Mobile next year that supports software developed by the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) joint venture, according to the head of China Mobile. Dan Nystedt 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-security-pro-says-new-ssl.html A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack. Robert McMillan 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-china-unicom-3g-growth-seven.html China Unicom's next-generation mobile service won more than 1 million users in its first month, a number that took rival China Mobile seven months to reach with its homegrown 3G standard. Owen Fletcher 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-microsoft-other-rivals-slam-google.html Microsoft was, predictably, not all that impressed by Google's demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS today, while other potential rivals were split. Eric Lai 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-what-chrome-os-means-for.html Today in Mountain View, Google held a press event to announce details of its upcoming Chrome OS. What it unveiled is an exciting new platform for Web computing that is aimed squarely at consumer netbooks, and has little relevance to businesses today. Michael Scalisi 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-three-indicted-for-comcast-hack.html Three hackers have been indicted for redirecting the Comcast.net Web site to a page of their own making in 2008. Nancy Gohring 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-telstra-nsw-education-department-sign.html The NSW government has signed a $280 million deal with Telstra for the rollout of an optic fibre network to public schools and TAFE institutes. Trevor Clarke 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-googles-chrome-os-a-web.html Expected for Christmas 2010, these browser-based netbooks will run only Web apps Neil Mcallister 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112009-oracle-financial-keeps-fiscally.html Oracle Financial Services Software(OFSS) caters to banking and capital market companies across the world. Part of what it offers its customers is the ability to cut costs and respond rapidly. But it was having a hard time practicing what it was preaching. Cio India Staff 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-cisco-iphone-app-security.html Cisco has made available a free iPhone app that can be used to receive over a dozen security-related information feeds in customizable form related both to Cisco products and to general security topics, such as newly detected threats. Ellen Messmer 2009-11-20T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-microsoft-windows-sinofsky.html Microsoft is in the early stages of IE9 development but they are already focusing on standards and the performance gains they can realize by taking advantage of modern PC hardware. John Fontana 2009-11-19T04:50:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-al-gore-supercomputers.html Supercomputing technology, according to Al Gore, will aid the expansion of renewable energy use and create models that help people understand the severity of global warming. Jon Brodkin 2009-11-19T03:44:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-bmc-cloud-salesforce.html BMC and Salesforce.com partner to deliver BMC's Service Desk Express on Force.com platform. Denise Dubie 2009-11-19T03:15:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-10g-ethernet-switch.html The Ethernet switch market grew for the second consecutive quarter, driven by continued strength in data center deployments, Dell’Oro Group reports. Jim Duffy 2009-11-19T02:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-furnish-your-office-for-cheap.html If you're starting a new business, hiring on a shoestring budget, or simply sprucing up your home office, you'll need some new office gear, and you probably won't want to spend much. Believe it or not, Craigslist isn't just for used couches and one-night stands; it's also exceptionally good for finding standard office furniture (cubicles, desks, chairs, and so on) at unusually low prices. However, Craigslisting is an art in itself, so we've got some tricks that will help you seal the deal on whatever used gear your new office needs. Patrick Miller 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-global-video-news-recap-world.html Click here to watch this week’s World Tech Update. Nick Barber 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-googles-chrome-os-whats-in.html Watching Google's Chrome OS event made me realize: There is a lot in Google's OS that can benefit Microsoft--like giving it a completely new platform and one it needs. If Google is really true to its open source promises, Microsoft should join the fun. David Coursey 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-android-vs-iphone-which-has.html It seems the mobile world is full of silly little battles these days. You've got the AT&T-Verizon ad assault. There's that ever-popular Droid-iPhone rivalry. And then, of course, everyone's favorite Google Phone debate: Is there a Google Phone? If there were one, would it harm other Android phones? Or could it become -- gasp -- the elusive iPhone killer? Jr Raphael 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-california-energy-commission-rule-to.html For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren't enough to curb energy guzzling by HDTVs. In a unanimous vote, the CEC just introduced the nation's first state-mandated regulations for energy efficiency. The regulations will apply to televisions up to 58 inches in screen size. Melissa J. Perenson 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-oecd-throwing-weight-behind-nbn.html Intentional or not, the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) appears to have subtly thrown its weight behind shadow communications minister, senator Nick Minchin's calls for the Federal Government to do a cost-benefit analysis of its National Broadband Network (NBN). Trevor Clarke 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-twitter-album.html A UK researcher has compiled what he is calling the first album of Twitter music, that is, music squeezed into Twitter's signature 140-character messages. Network World Staff 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-no-more-heroes-coming-to.html While we're still waiting for the second chapter in the Wii's No More Heroes to arrive here in the US, Japanese video game magazine Famitsu is reporting (via Kotaku) that the first game in the series will be ported to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan early next year, with the title No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise. Dave Rudden 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-activision-adding-a-third-cod.html According to an L.A. Times article published yesterday, Activision Blizzard has opened a new development studio devoted to the Call of Duty franchise. Though the mysterious new team has not announced any projects yet, an anonymous source within Activision suggests that future Call of Duty titles might include a large-scale persistent multiplayer world. Alex Wawro 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-more-dragon-age-dlc-announced.html Bioware has already announced the next pack of downloadable content for Dragon Age: Origins will be available for purchase before the end of the year. Alex Wawro 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-faa-glitch-shines-spotlight-on.html The outage of a computer system used by airline pilots to file flights plans in the U.S will likely prompt a closer look at a $2.4 billion telecommunications system that has run into numerous problems in the past. Jaikumar Vijayan 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-google-rides-chrome-os-onto.html With Google Inc. working on its upcoming browser-based Chrome operating system, the company is intensifying its grudge match with rival Microsoft Corp. Sharon Gaudin 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-dark-void-film-rights-purchased.html Capcom's upcoming flight-shooter Dark Void isn't even out yet (it's due January 12) but it's already attracted the attention of Hollywood elite. Capcom announced earlier today that they had reached an agreement with Brad Pitt's film production company, Plan B Entertainment. While his company's involvement with the game doesn't guarantee the superstar actor will appear in the movie--Plan B has produced non-Pitt movies like The Time Traveler's Wife and Running With Scissors--Capcom's announcement states that Dark Void will be "developed as a sci-fi action franchise and potential starring vehicle for Pitt." Dave Rudden 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-best-and-worst-features-of-chrome-os-googlesubnet.html Today, Google released the source code for Chrome OS and promised that devices will be shipping in about a year, in time for the 2010 holiday season. Chrome OS will run only on devices specifically manufactured for it and Google is dictating to manufacturers the hardware specifications. For instance, Chrome OS devices will be netbooks, will not include a hard drive, will have only solid state disks, will rely on specified WiFi chipsets/adapters for connectivity and must have full-sized keyboards, says Sundar Pichai, Google's vice president of product management. Julie Bort 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-phoenix-wright-ds-games-coming.html The Phoenix Wright DS series has been well regarded here at GamePro Towers, will all three of the games (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Justice For All, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations) receiving solid 4/5 scores. Gamers who prefer their consoles to remain stationary, however, have had little chance to experience the series, save the series spin-off Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Thankfully, Wii owners will be able to experience Wright's legal journey in full as the three Phoenix-focused games will be coming to WiiWare next year, at only $10 per title! Dave Rudden 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-wall-street-beat-after-yearly.html In a tumultuous week on the market, the attention of IT investors was captured by a mixed bag of acquisition activity and earnings news from the hardware and chip arena -- a sector that is supposed to help lead tech out of the recession. Marc Ferranti 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-dells-q3-profit-slides-54.html Dell reported third-quarter profits on Thursday that were down 54 percent from this time last year, though the company said it was encouraged by a slight uptick in sales from the prior quarter. James Niccolai 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-gore-says-supercomputing-can-be.html Former Vice President Al Gore told an audience at SC09 that supercomputers can be used to show the world how climate change is affecting the earth. Sharon Gaudin 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-hack-brings-1062-back-to.html Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of the word "hackintosh" it's little surprise that that state of affairs has changed. The release of a newly-hacked kernel claims to allow the Snow Leopard to roam freely off of the Intel steppes. Jeff Porten 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-benioff-trumpets-forcecom-platforms.html Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff on Thursday attempted to cement an image of the vendor as a full-blown application development platform provider, not merely a purveyor of SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications. Chris Kanaracus 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-google-chrome-os-will-not.html Google officials said their upcoming Chrome OS will not support hard disk drives in order to get better boot up times with solid state disk drives. Lucas Mearian 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-google-chrome-os-unveiled-speed.html Thursday Google opened its doors to the press to show off its hotly anticipated Chrome operating system. In a small auditorium in Mountain View, California, Google VP of Product Development Sundar Pichai took to the stage to give us a demonstration of what Chrome OS actually is. Some rumors were confirmed, others dispelled, as the operating system emerged into the light of day. Here's what we now know about Google's Chrome OS. Robert Strohmeyer 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-cyberattacks-on-us-military-jump.html Cyberattacks on the U.S. Department of Defense -- many of them coming from China -- have jumped sharply in 2009, a U.S. congressional committee reported Thursday. Robert McMillan 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-2000-tablet-a-perfect-fit.html Reports that Apple will introduce a $2,000 tablet next year fit the company's historical pattern of going for the luxury end of the technology market, an analyst agreed today. Gregg Keizer 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-review-imations-wireless-drive-is.html Imation today announced what it called the world's first wireless external backup drive. Testing found that the drive meets all the specs the company pitches, it is indeed easy to use, and convenient, but it lacks throughput and carries a high price tag. Lucas Mearian 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-company-selling-free-web-auction.html An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an "online-supplier" program, the FTC said Thursday. Grant Gross 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-microsoft-denies-it-built-backdoor.html Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced on Wednesday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. Gregg Keizer 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-mobile-phones-edge-pcs-in.html Mobile devices are the preferred tools by social network site (SNS) users over PCs in at least four Asian countries, according to a recent IDC survey report. Mis Asia Staff 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-intel-chips-in-brains-will.html Intel Corp. researchers, along with partners from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, are developing technology that can be implanted in peoples brains to operate computers, cell phones and television sets. Sharon Gaudin 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-google-goes-for-speed-security.html Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community on Thursday and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones. Juan Carlos Perez 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-more-vigilance-needed-as-social.html Security solutions firm F-Secure Malaysia says greater vigilance is needed as the use of social networking is gathering pace compared to e-mail. Avantikumar 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-netapp’s-revenues-dip-two-per.html NetApp's revenues in the six-month period of the fiscal year dropped two per cent to US$1.75 billion, the company's quarterly financial report stated. Cio Asia Writer 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-most-security-products-flunk-test.html Almost 80 per cent of security products failed to pass the first test required before certification, according to the latest report released by ICSA Labs. Mis Asia Writer 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-iphone-to-drive-mobile-game.html Apple will drive the game market with the iPhone, according to a survey of 8,000 gamers in North America, Europe and Australia. Macworld Staff 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-businesses-slow-to-adapt-to.html Businesses are slow to adapt to the changing security environment, according to a major report. Leo King 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/111909-govt-sticks-to-plans-to.html The government is sticking to its plans to disconnect illegal file sharers. Leo King 2009-11-19T12:00:00-04:00