Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Problems with iPhone passcode handling and Exchange ActiveSync policies may leave you vulnerable
The 20-year-old rule taxes personal use of mobile phones provided by businesses
Authorities claimed stored photos showed gang activities and expelled honor student
Charges $70 for new OS, warns existing customers not to upgrade older clones
'Outbreaks Near Me' app also allows users to report locations where disease is spreading
IDC says Oracle merger delay may be taking toll on Sun's hardware business
San Diego Computing Center says flash memory will help analyze and solve data-mining problems faster
Most report no plans to add staff, but fewer intend to pursue cuts in coming months
The company will continue to offer the current flash- and hard-drive Zunes until they are sold out
Citizens Financial Bank should have offered strong authentication, plaintiffs claim
Another Google e-mail outage casts more doubt on cloud computing's viability. But Cringely says there's always a trade-off
The online retailer is among the many organizations opposing the proposed agreement
Rival vendors claim cloud services should be hypervisor-agnostic
Virtual private data centers offer compute, storage, networking, security services on demand
Guidelines focus on use of management and security tools from EMC and EMC's RSA security division.
New indictment against IT firm expands counts but reduces demand, from $7.4M
Arm-based mini-laptops, also called smartbooks, will hit shelves by the end of this year
Sony will sell Hon Hai a 90 percent stake in its Americas LCD TV operations
The company will launch a hosted virtualization service in October in Europe and North America
Sony started putting Chrome in PCs bound for North America in May as part of a test run
He sold shares at US$14.85 per share, far less than the $25 each he paid in hopes of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger
Improvements to the database focus on clustering, storage management and compression
The devices, to be rebranded "Windows phones," will be the first to include the application Marketplace
The notorious Zeus malware can transmit stolen data immediately using an instant messaging module
Microcontainer architecture gives developers choices, company official argues
Claims some apps will run eight times faster on new version
IE6 numbers take a nose dive; Firefox reaps nearly all the benefit
An upgrade from VMware ESX to vSphere doesn't have to mean throwing your old hosts away
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developing secure, highly controllable network.
Adds tab thumbnail previews, omits Unite P2P technology
The 7K500 drive is 16% faster than its predecessor
In VMworld keynote, VMware CEO Paul Maritz promises cloud innovations
No word yet on fix status or timeline
Wave, which combines elements from a variety of online services, is currently only available to developers
Organizations want to require Web sites and advertising networks to get opt-in permission before collecting personal data
"BBN's rich technology heritage makes this a natural fit," says Raytheon CEO
Neither Cisco nor EMC has previously engaged in the funding and formation of a separate joint venture company with another major vendor
Removing wires from patients' bedsides seen as improving mobility, reducing infection risk
The move follows similar price cuts offered to consumers
A dozen or more tech firms likely to be lobbying wherever there's a tech bill
Some say problems with Android's online market make it hard to earn money on Google's mobile-phone platform
Jury finds two companies enabled the sale of counterfeit Louis Vuitton goods
