Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Microsoft is joining with Taiwan's Chunghwa to offer 3 netbooks with 3G mobile plans
Rivals' complaints lead to randomized choices; EU may approve changes Dec. 15, ending case
Microsoft releases Bing Maps Beta, Berners-Lee talks about privacy, Facebook plans changes and more
Cisco had to raise its initial $3 billion offer for Tandberg and extend the acceptance deadline three times
Hockey's CTO discusses sports and technology
FCC work to speed moving phone infrastructure to VoIP could overlap Net Neutrality work
The Windows 'Black Screen of Death' is striking terror across the Web, but whether it's actually striking PCs is debatable
Battle has underscored need to bolster networks to keep up with data-hungry apps
EFF, UC Berkeley's Samuelson Clinic file FOIA complaint against six agencies
The organization conducting the test says its computers were affected by malware and viruses
The Chinese iPhone has suffered from its high price and lack of Wi-Fi
Sony CEO outlines the technologies he's watching
In Q&A, John Chen says Wall Street and mobile data management biz have helped Sybase overcome being enterprise DBMS also-ran
The Indian market may already be cluttered with too many operators, according to analysts
With a set of APIs and services, developers will be able to access data from multiple carriers for mashups
Upgrade to 40Gbps hasn't been smooth, says operator
SSDs are expensive, but fast and becoming more reliable
Plan differs dramatically from that offered by Cisco
iPhone, BlackBerry are popular smartphone development choices; Android seen as wild card
The Bulgarian residents used eBay to sell expensive and nonexistent vehicles
Execs want to deliver media content to screens large and small
The goal is to make Web browsing faster and more secure
Ad hoc networking thought to be unavailable in netbook edition is there, noted Windows blogger says
Situation sheds light on proper use of volunteer computing programs like SETI@home
A new Web site will also provide a development platform for online privacy tools
Find the best HDTVs, laptops, smartphones and some surprise goodies to give this year
U.S. cybersecurity efforts need to focus on incentives and enterprise education, the report says
Slates six updates for Patch Tuesday to fix critical flaws in Windows, IE, Office
User groups need more convincing that Enterprise Support has real value
Privacy, antitrust issues to be reviewed
Deal would make Oracle industry's "most powerful open source vendor"
General beta for Skype for SIP begins today
AT&T ranks below Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon in Consumer Reports survey
IT organizations migrating to IT-lite design
Questions about cloud computing? Verizon says it's here to help
Point-of-sale computer-maker Radiant and a local reseller have been sued
The RealSSD C300 doubles Micron's flash chip density
Far EasTone plans to provide e-books to mobile readers via WiMax wireless broadband
Economic confidence may have spurred sudden demand for visas, college grads