Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Greenpeace pushes for toxic chemicals to be removed from products
Samsung shows prototype at trade show, while users question usefulness of transparent screen
PC features SUSE enhanced version of mobile Linux OS
Windows 7 desktop sales 'through the roof,' says NPD Group
Developers use plug-ins to develop 3D games for the Pre and Pixi
The industry is expected to see marginal revenue growth in 2010
A U.S. representative plans to introduce legislation to prohibit the kind of deal proposed
Apple blending touch, LCD technologies to create thinner, brighter displays
Tech M&A is hot as BMC, EMC, Oracle and Apple make acquisitions
Reports that the National Grid may outsource jobs draws fire from Schumer, Gillibrand
Republicans ask about Erroll Southers' access of FBI criminal database 20 years ago
The device is designed for enterprise machine-to-machine connectivity anywhere in the world
Palm and Motorola have reaffirmed plans to add Flash to their handsets
DivX and Vudu launched new or expanded platforms for delivering Internet content to TVs
Apple, Microsoft and IBM among tech firms poised to ramp up competition with Google in 2010
Fulton Innovation to demo wireless power tool made with Marriott for hotel guests
Burton Group buy marks Gartner's second analysis firm acquisition in as many months
Both Google and T-Mobile plan to charge people for cancelling in under four months time
The Taiwanese company also revealed a new widescreen laptop with big onboard stereo speakers
If beta test works out, users will be offered new automatic updater in April
A number of new e-readers are expected to be shown at CES this year
The Mini 5102 will support two-finger touch input
EliteBook laptops will come with up to three USB 3.0 ports
Microsoft at CES will reveal a slate-style device to be made by HP, The New York Times says
Canon includes SDXC slots in PowerShot A-series cameras, Toshiba to put slots in set-top boxes.
The large-screen e-reader will begin shipping around the world on Jan. 19, but Amazon still won't sell Kindles in China
Phone is secondary to mobile-online reach
The district says $2.5 million has already been recovered but has reverted to using paper checks
The future for Microsoft's browser doesn't look good, say experts
The IdeaPad U1 has a touchscreen that can be detached, used as a Linux tablet computer
Vendors show off slew of next-generation devices despite flat sales projections
Planet, known as CoRoT-7 b, probably hosts fierce volcanic eruptions
The huge data breach one year ago hammers home the need for multilayered security controls
Cisco partnering with Verizon, France Telecom on telepresence
The agency gives $47 million worth of grants to companies including HP and Yahoo
The drive can transfer a 25GB hi-def movie in four minutes
Alarms on servers tied to the TomorrowNow lawsuit are driving a Texas network services tech crazy
AMD to show new quad-core, dual chips for mainstream and ultrathin laptops
Upgraded telescope captures images of 7,500 galaxies - some from 13 billion-plus years ago
Sold a record 11.3M in 2009's final quarter, will sell 37.3M in 2010, predicts Wall Street analyst
In-Stat says market to top $1 billion by 2013
