Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
KinderStart.com issues Google with a class-action lawsuit citing financial harm after the site was dropped from Google.
Identity thieves sending out fake IRS e-mails asking for sensitive financial information.
Experts discuss causes of and solutions to spyware, including a case involving Netflix.
A rise in IM messaging brings about greater opportunity for abuse.
PoE switches, servers heat up data centers.
RFID, wireless and IP networks in factories promise savings and productivity, but back-end systems are critical.
Federal judge rules that Google must provide the government with 50,000 Web addresses in its search engine index.
Market pressures force Lenovo to lay off employees and move its corporate headquarters.
Microsoft sharing some of the hacking information discussed at its Blue Hat conference.
Judge dismisses lawsuit that targeted Google's caching as copyright infringement.
Mining industry searches IT for answers to accidents.
Garnett & Helfrich Capital aims to distance itself from "broken" venture capital model with buyouts of Ingres, Wyse and Nortel's blade business.
Nemertes Research's survey of companies deploying VoIP shows implementations are getting more complex.
German maker of vacuum cleaners and carpets aims to make intelligent flooring.
Softbank has agreeed to buy Vodafone's struggling Japanese moble phone unit for $15.3 billion.
Cisco looks to develop a telepresence system to make videoconferencing more lifelike.
Microsoft plans to detail the Internet communications plans it has for Windows Live.
See expansion of I-mode service.
Market research from iSuppli contradicts earlier data.
A new virus encrypts documnets then demands a ransom to get them back.
Visto co-founder may agree that there's always room for improvement, but defends the patent office based on results.
The Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography formed to fight online child pornography.
Farpoint Group's Craig Mathias explains why wireless technology has such an impact on the enterprise.
In addition: Army taps IBM for $7.4 million contract.
Analysts predict office network slowdowns and distruptions thanks to NCAA live video feeds.
Start tracking systems for anomalies that might indicate security issues, says security expert.
John Loiacono resigns as Sun's software chief to be senior vice president at Adobe.
New Orleans CIO describes how the city depends on its Wi-Fi network as landlines are unlikely to be rebuilt for a long time.
Company to gain $350 million for its portion of Nihon Unisys.
The critical security rating fixes go to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook 2000 or Office 2000.
Panel discussion focuses on the importance of communications and envisioning worst case scenarios when drawing up disaster recovery plans.
Cisco is looking to build more "intelligence" into networks and have partners play key role in the effort.
Energy efficiency is becoming a key concern for data center managers, and one server vendors are addressing.
Study finds that RFID tags have several characteristics that could be engineered to exploit vulnerabilities in middleware and back-end databases.
KPMG turns to Open Source Storage for a custom-built server.
Unified messaging systems attract mobile workforce.
'Net neutrality is at the core of the issue.
