Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Over 100 top-level domain providers are trying to block the registration of tens of thousands of domain names
A proposal would allow states to tax calls based on a customer's residence
Dept. of Veterans Affairs is early customer for high-end, room-based systems.
Special techniques to be demonstrated at CTIA will deliver 56Mb per second
NeuStar confirms 'significant' denial of service attack on Tuesday morning
Power needs cut in half in new ProLiant servers, HP says
Some argue that computer science is crucial to U.S. competitiveness, others say business skills are more relevant today
Jobs are still available if you have expertise and certifications in these areas
Consumer affairs commissioner won't accept a "world wild west" when it comes to people's online data
Attacks are increasingly sophisticated and targeted, making them difficult to defend against.
The company will target the Intel-based server market and merge global product units to achieve the goal.
Ships 'fire-drill' security update 5 days early, beats Microsoft, Apple to the patch punch
"Share on Facebook" button could mean wider distribution of content with copyright restrictions
A European commissioner calls for a "new green deal" for Europe, with the IT industry playing a large role
Dr. James Canton of the Institute of Global Futures tells what IT folks should be doing to lead the future
Expansion of the email tools worldwide coincides with Gmail's fifth anniversary
Feature enhances flight status queries initially
But Microsoft will not pay to license TomTom patents, in an agreement that ends the lawsuits brought against each other
Developers can now build MySpace apps using Microsoft's multimedia runtime
Spending grew almost 11 percent compared with 2007
Start-up aggregates disk on standard Linux servers to create large pools of storage
With common guidelines, due in June, the four biggest operators hope to cut costs and make consumers happier
Chip family already available in workstations and blade servers
The reductions are said to affect a big portion of Sun's direct sales team
New servers from vendors will include Nehalem-based Xeon chips aimed at cutting costs
Its role includes holding social-networking vendors' feet to the fire regarding data portability
With attackers becoming more sophisticated, Internet crime complaints have jumped
