Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
While telecom aid groups restore communications, mobile users are raising money by text
Alibaba Group called Yahoo's support of Google 'reckless'
Aims to make Hadoop as easy for corporate workers as SQL-based BI tools
Chips will bring faster performance to servers
Dow Chemicals, Northrop Grumman and Yahoo also named in reports
The laptops are free of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), brominated flame retardents (BFR) and can be recycled
Worm was active and spreading during the third quarter, but numbers have dropped in recent months
Taobao.com will sell third-party apps to help buyers and sellers use its auction site
The men were part of the DarkMarket online forum that sold credit card details
The defendant allegedly collected e-mail addresses used by spammers
The company is hiring more staff in India and abroad
The 3G offering will be in three markets and run on Sprint's network, with Cox's own system coming later
The IE zero day was targeted to IE6 on Windows XP
A strong December failed to compensate for an overall poor year
Bets are on that Microsoft will rush patch to deflect public relations nightmare
ICANN plan to add hundreds of new domain name extensions hits critical juncture
Gadgets, prototypes, celebrities and more in this week's program
Other groups call on the FCC and ISPs to stay out of the copyright enforcement business
The jury rendered a not guilty verdict for Oink's Alan Ellis in less than two hours
Annual Lotusphere conference rallying point for Lotus, Microsoft battle
Lotus Symphony gets support for OpenOffice 3.x
The rules would require government authorization
State Department will present concerns in Beijing next week
Many customer questions, even simple ones, on Google's help forum are getting responses
'Why wasn't Google running Chrome?' asks researcher
Disaster Relief page provides Haitian earthquake updates and donation options
Industry observers debate whether Google hack exposes cloud security flaws
Users sending floods of messages about Haiti are mistaken for Facebook spammers
Forensics expert who examined malware believes it's too good to have come from independent hackers
Chinese espionage could be a cost of doing business in the country
A new FCC order requires wireless mics to abandon the spectrum by June 12
Relationship advice for IT pros, with nine tips from end-users
NASA exploring Mars rover options, including making Spirit a static lab
Many Zimbra customers weren't thrilled when Yahoo acquired the vendor in 2007
Cisco partners with California providers to serve areas where healthcare resources are scarce
Satellite phones are most needed technology
Total exceeds $8 million, and still climbing
The NTIA and RUS will distribute $4.8 billion in broadband funding by Sept. 30
Total donated via text messages totals $8 million; Red Cross says it's climbing fast
Google threats not being followed by Microsoft, though Ballmer does call for IP protection in China
Rumors, speculation intensify; OS expected to be unveiled in February
LG said more than half its smartphones will use Android, despite pledging to make Windows Mobile its primary OS
Laptop searches at borders violate fundamental citizen rights, two groups say
A startup adds a software-defined radio and TV channels for private smart grids
One week after suing the Chinese government, targeted attacks strike
Analysis: Risk of dealing with China well known
