Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Oniva estimates stimulus spending has created about 8,000 such jobs
Don't be fooled by the mild flu season so far. Even a contained swine flu outbreak could disable IT departments
Google is working to extend the Postini policy enforcement layer from Gmail to other Apps components like Docs
Feds said to be 'devoting tremendous time, effort' to building a case
The carrier uses different calling models to plan in each major city, according to its CTO
Intel wants to prove that Atom isn't just for laptops
A government watchdog will compose 'self-discipline' guidelines for microblog providers
Customers praise Android OS, criticize flat keyboard of new Verizon/Motorola smartphone
Early adopters want the phone's multitasking ability and Verizon's network, instead of the iPhone on AT&T
Cloud service interoperability, virtualization of mission critical apps among next big things
Office 2010 will be released into a far different competitive landscape than Office 2007 faced
The company hasn't been able to gain search ground on its hated rival Google
Windows Mobile gained respectable market share, but an abrupt slide raises questions about the company's course
Apotheker also wanted to discuss 'other open issues' between the companies, The Wall Street Journal says in an editorial
Skype's cofounders have dropped their legal challenges against eBay and Skype's future majority owners
Focus on supporting Cisco devices; some claim it's beginning of end for Cisco Security MARS as multivendor offering
While Google says Android is an open development process, partners say the search giant is leading the charge
Offshore TSMC foundry slow to ramp up production of AMD's new 40-nanometer GPUs
Study finds that social networking actually improves face-to-face communication
An investment consultant reportedly said Cisco should offer at least 11 percent more for the company
Two lawmakers release a draft bill that allows USF money to go to broadband services
Data center power monitoring technology from Viridity helps analyze energy use
Operating system, processing speed get high marks
People can't get enough of Apple's aura of cool. But a bit more humility would make the company easier to live with
Google Commerce Search brings the search giant into a new enterprise market.
Baidu did not fully confirm a statement by music provider Qtrax
Disaster recovery 'problems' tied to aged SAN equipment, IBM says
China plans to hold a robot Olympics next June with events including combat, dancing and track and field, state-run media said late Wednesday.
The Mount Fuji Plan aims to engage Japanese universities on fundamental research
A fundamental flaw is found in the SSL protocol
A U.S. jury ruled in favor of TSMC in a case against SMIC involving trade secret theft and breach of contract
The Microsoft CEO wants to call out Bill Gates' name and have a computer track him down
The compromise means a package of new telecoms laws can be adopted by early 2010
Motorola Droid smartphones to match capability of Apple's iPhone
iPhone smatphone users worldwide embrace Blacksn0w to 'free' newest iPhones
The simple problems may have exposed users' data for an unknown length of time
Its new chips are small, precise, and inexpensive enough for use in massive arrays
The EU's ballot-screen settlement offer needs tweaking to ensure it restores fair competition, they contend
Opera, Mozilla and Google request changes to ballot screen, says New York Times
Rivals asserting that's so, Cisco declines to address 'competitive rumors'
