Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The GeekBuddy VNC server was protected with a weak password, allowing unprivileged users to gain full system access
Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung and more have joined to find one standard to rule them all
Three-quarters of people polled say they make purchasing decisions because of a 'desire for a better device,' not because the item failed, finds a study. That's 'ecologically unacceptable', says a government agency.
Devops tool now includes modules to control networking equipment
Lenovo's affordable laptop seriously impresses.
ARM says it is hard to create a one-size-fits-all modem
Hong Kong toy maker VTech is not backing down from a change in its Terms and Conditions
The Xbot is not widespread yet but is targeting devices in Australia and Russia
A 100 Megabit per second residential Internet service will be offered after 2019, a satellite Internet service provider says. And it will work almost anywhere.
Robot assistants have yet to live up to their promise, but hotel room service could be a perfect proving ground.
Different approaches, similar goal: foster better teamwork
In late push for cybersecurity legacy, Obama gives structure to panel charged with developing a long-term framework for government's role in protecting critical infrastructure.
Preliminary reports on company support forums say pricey notebook and tablet now sleep like they're supposed to
At Cisco Live Europe, Cisco announced 'Digital Ceiling,' a new solution to connect large-scale IoT deployments.
The new features also allow education users to get on the cutting edge
The company has notified those affected and will suspend users who exploited the bug
LinkNYC kiosks boast 100 times faster connectivity than typical Wi-Fi networks
Startup aims to help medium businesses get out of the security-appliance rat race
Seventy percent of the company's employees gave to more than 4,000 non-profits.
GitHub has served up what it promises to be the first of many improvements to address long-unaddressed user feature requests
IRS says 363 incidents were reported from Feb. 1-16, compared to the 201 incidents reported for the entire month of February 2015
The deal for Truven Health Analytics beefs up IBM's Watson Health Cloud
Possible to subvert iOS to give FBI ability to brute-force the passcode, say security professionals
There's no easy fix and systems need to be replaced, security researchers said
If court order is upheld it could affect all encrypted devices, not just iPhones.
Google and Mozilla have backed Apple opposition to a court order
Unlicensed spectrum will play key roles in 4G, 5G and IoT
The payment will likely prompt debate over how to deal with a pervasive type of cybercrime
The newest version allows users to print hundreds of parts that assemble via ball-and-socket joints
Company receives patent for online voting interface
Government says its HPC systems can help energy efficiency, product development
Dell's DSS 9000 rack architecture will allow customers to decouple storage and computing resources
Scientists boast the new data transfer rate they've reached could download the entire HD version of the Game of Thrones series in one second.
Tim Cook says Apple is being asked to hack its own users
While chasing what seemed like a benign bug, a Google engineer discovered a remote code execution exploit.
Apparently $45 billion doesn't just grow on trees.
There could be big benefits for emergency-response teams
Yahoo Labs is no more, but Yahoo Research emerges to better sync research and product development
Ringing Bells' Freedom 251 aims to target a sweet spot in the Indian market
Three winners will be announced at the TED conference in 2020
A new infographic calculates that it would have cost $32,136,910 to duplicate the capabilities of a modern smartphone back in 1985.
Hackers can log into DVRs from RaySharp and six other vendors using a six-digit hard-coded root password
An article on KDE Neon riled up the Linux community, so I dug a little deeper to try to clarify the situation.
LG makes official a new G4 Stylus 2 as pre-announcement to Mobile World Congress
Engineers sort through security events to flag the incidents that need investigation
