Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
$2.9 billion acquisition of Starent would boost Cisco's WiMAX and LTE portfolios
Customers will be able to mix and match open source and commercial databases
Cisco routers upgraded to help IPv4 to IPv6 migration
Steve Wozniak joins a storage start-up and sees similarities to his early Apple days
The company will pay $1.4 million to settle False Claims Act allegations
Misguided youth in Netherlands feeding the botnet monster?
New all-in-ones, tablet get TouchSmart 3.0, which provides 20 touch-enabled apps
Apple's iPhone will be in fourth place behind Blackberry, ahead of Windows Mobile
Humans will live longer, settle in other galaxies, inventor Kurzweil says
Here's how privacy went the way of the dinosaur, how we let it happen and how we might be able to get some of it back
Unlucky 13 updates plug multiple 'zero-day' holes, including one Microsoft had kept secret until now
Users frustrated with accounts missing for more than a week with little explanation
Google alone accounts for 6% of Web traffic, claims Arbor data center study
Google working to fix problem that is delaying U.S. e-mail flow in U.S. today
Usual rules may not apply, given volume and complexity of Microsoft security update
Judge seeks opinion on whether consumers can seek restitution for inconvenience of changing credit cards after a data breach
Microsoft's Windows XP has strong showing too among IT pros surveyed about netbook buying plans
NASA partners with US Air Force to develop commercial space roadmap
But the acquisition also sets Cisco as a bigger player in the mobile Internet
Fixes Reader zero-day flaw to stymie ongoing PDF attacks, trots out 29 patches
Administrator cites Google's new 'Gov Cloud' services targeted at government agencies
A prominent blogger accuses Yahoo of human rights violations, Yahoo denies it. Who's right? Who knows?
SB 20 would have created a central repository of breach notifications
Data-masking tool secures personal information
SNIA will create a new API for sharing data among cloud offerings
The company says it is offering chips for laptops to protect its customers base in mobile phones
Web services and access from anywhere, any time make the cloud a risky place
Few users back up data stored on their phones, according to analysts
Microsoft Danger/T-Mobile Sidekick outage latest in series of cloud computing service disruptions
Thousands rant on T-Mobile support forum, call for class-action lawsuit
Users report massive data loss after upgrading when they access a 'Guest' account
Twitter use still exploding; Facebook easily maintains top social networking market share
Still no update from T-Mobile/Microsoft on status of user data
Analysis shows Mac sales typically climb after Microsoft unveils a new OS
Leaked list of 10,000 passwords inconsistent with phishing results; Clues point to botnet attack, researcher says
Levinson resigns from Google's board today, cutting last link between the growing rivals
