Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
A jury trial in a long-running dispute between the two companies begins this week
Kaspersky Labs proves a reported USB-charging hack works—even if the phone is locked. It warns against using untrusted charging points and computers.
Cisco, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, VMware among those cutting their workforces
A recent test of pre-installed updater software on 10 laptops showed that every single one had security problems
Alibaba, the Chinese (and global) powerhouse, is investing in Twiggle, a stealthy Israeli ecommerce search startup
Computationally intensive neural network workloads have created a gap that Nervana addresses with custom silicon
The data was stolen in 2013 and the passwords are hashed and salted
Liquid nitrogen is being employed to keep the chip cool while it runs at almost double standard speed
The new Broadwell E chips will excel at gaming, virtual reality and content creation
The Asus Transformer 3 tablet is the first PC to be announced containing Intel's 7th Generation Core processor, code-named Kaby Lake
GPUs are still king for some deep learning tasks, says Nvidia's CEO
Surface Pro 4 owners should do an update check now
The malware used to steal $81 million from Bangladesh Bank has links to the 2014 attack on Sony Pictures
Six tech companies to test shared spectrum by the end of this year
The jury found Google's use of Java was 'fair use'
With the app, customers would be able to see how a piece of furniture fits in their living room
It'll be hard to find a 2-in-1 as inexpensive as Acer's $199 Switch One 10
DARPA: It’s not easy to put the intelligence in artificial intelligence.
The incidents are part of a larger trend of cybercriminals targeting financial institutions directly instead of customers
Consumer-play dead to Microsoft, which will focus remaining hardware goals on corporate
Good news for Amazon; bad news for Microsoft and Oracle
The new legislation would require law enforcement agencies to get court approval before gaining access to the documents of U.S. residents stored elsewhere
SaaS examines online transactions and scores how likely they are to be bogus
Forgotten ‘infotainment’ software finds a new home at the Computer History Museum—here’s why you should care
Senior State Department official says cyber is fundamentally different than any sort of conventional military or diplomatic arena, urges ongoing and multilateral development of ‘norms’ in global Internet talks.
Decades-old ICSA Labs has launched a program to test and certify IoT products
Citrix wields Raspberry Pi in enterprise; Microsoft matches up Pi, 3D printers; Android support coming?
Could Cisco and VMware be looking to integrate their virtual networking products?
Company reportedly ready to open Siri SDK
Peter Norvig: 'The methodology for scaling [machine learning verification] up to a whole industry is still in progress.'
Last week, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission called cybersecurity the biggest risk facing the global financial industry
Irish data protection authority wants EU court to rule on whether standard contracts offer better privacy protection than the Safe Harbor pact it has already struck down
Wireless data delivery in 2015 was more than twice 2014’s figures, a CTIA study has found
From an IBM Series/1 and floppy drives to COBOL and Assembly languages, old federal systems never die
A second board, Otto, has a microphone for integration with Amazon Echo
A startup plans to build a cloud above the clouds
One module offers two-way video chat, so customers and agents can see each other
Lawmakers push US agencies to replace outdated IT systems
C- round funding brings Viptela’s total funding to about $110M.
Brocade’s network automation platform allows IT operations to automate networking tasks, including provisioning, validation and troubleshooting
Automatic proxy configuration requests frequently leak on the public Internet from corporate computers
AWS Consultancy 2nd Watch profiled how its customers are using Amazon’s cloud
The tax-free deal will create a new company with $26 billion in annual revenue
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is focusing the company's smartphone efforts where it can differentiate: in security, manageability and Continuum, which allows Windows 10 phones to be used as computers
The browser does one thing Chrome just can't do at all
'You should have tested it out yourselves,' an irritated judge told lawyers for both sides
