Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Not NASA but European Space Agency offering simulated 520 day round trip to the red planet
Spam lures victims to a phony FDIC site to check if they are insured, tries to capture banking passwords
Experimental Google Labs service goes live today, adding friends' content to results
The Latitude XT2 XFR is also the company's thinnest and lightest rugged laptop
After some slipups, the PC maker says it is repositioning itself in the consumer market
Senators voiced competing priorities at a hearing on broadband stimulus funds
The release reveals some new features in the software but leaves questions about the upgradability of current devices
Wikileaks workers have faced lawsuits, police raids and assassinations in a job they pay to do
Consultant says one half to one third of software used within Defense Department is open source
Microsoft developers can get to .pst data without need for licensing or worry over patent claims
But Mark Shuttleworth gives 3 reasons why latest Ubuntu may make headway against Microsoft
Poll hints that Apple's missed the netbook window of opportunity, but analyst differs
Another Facebook redesign, another instance of unhappy, frustrated users
Eight years ago Apple introduced its first iPod. The world has never been the same
Plans notification after loss of disks containing the info
Designed to replace the aging space shuttle, the Ares I-X is set for morning launch
Facility will support Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
New firmware, 'Trim' tools can increase performance on its X25-M SSDs by 40%
Tilera hopes its new chips either replace or work alongside chips from Intel and AMD
The new offering will enable RIAs, off-line scenarios
The auction was postponed twice earlier
China Unicom will let users buy a service contract for any handset that supports its 3G standard
The Digital Contents Expo took place in Tokyo
The move is separate from a plan to conduct Yahoo News product development in Taiwan
The ESC 1000 is the size of a large desktop computer and uses 960 Nvidia GPU cores
Microsoft's mobile OS future could be dim with the rise of Android, other rivals
'I am stuck in limbo,' says user; Microsoft investigating
Up to 500,000 people have been notified their data may now be in the hands of hackers
Mobile and Fios growth drive gains for the telecom giant
Verizon CEO says he doesn't know why Apple didn't make his company the exclusive carrier for the iPhone
Big Blue is announcing a range of new BI products at its annual Information on Demand show
Going forward, a hybrid public-private approach will likely win
Error is 'by design' when users try to upgrade from 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Windows 7
Social networking use in the office costs U.K. businesses about $2.25 billion a year
Companies should tell sick employees to stay home; VPNs at most companies won't support mass employee absenteeism
Despite potential cost savings and a variety of VoIP partners including Cisco, pending lawsuits make corporate Skype Internet services a risky business
Downloaded upgrade can be copied to USB drive for netbooks lacking DVD
Does Windows 7 improve security? What does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer think of recent Sidekick problems? And how did the FTC punish ChoicePoint and MoneyGram?
