Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Last week's DDoS against the BBC may have been the largest in history
Chairs of FTC and FCC look ahead to a year that will see continued inquiries into tech firms' data collection practices and an ambitious effort to build out mobile broadband capacity.
The lawsuit could set a precedent in other social network cases
Boston University, Cornell and Princeton lead the way on these National Science Foundation funded efforts
Security researchers are worried that critical vulnerabilities in antivirus products are too easy to find and exploit
Have we reached peak paranoia over Windows 10?
Public IaaS cloud is the fastest growing sector
The gang installed the malware program through the CD-ROM unit present in ATMs made by NCR
Years of product R&D go behind that fitness band on your wrist
The smartphone is loaded with sensors and promises to be a window to a richer physical world
Amazon subsidiary Annapurna Labs is now selling ARM chips to system makers
At CES, experts warn that interoperability, networking, and cybersecurity issues could threaten the potential of the Internet of Things.
The company has reportedly purchased AI startup Emotient
Engineering group sees an opening for Department of Justice action over offshore outsourcing
Amazon’s cloud bests those of Microsoft and Google by this reliability test
The updates are done over unencrypted connections, so are potentially vulnerable to hijacking
Amazon’s Annapurna Labs’ chips are custom designed to support high performance networking
Apple's chief exec also gets a 50% raise in base salary for 2016, to $3M
'We need systems for auditing the proprietary algorithms,' an ACLU attorney says
Wireless networks using significantly higher-up-the-spectrum radio frequencies will allow media to be distributed faster than ever before. Equipment will be available soon.
Researchers showed authentication and impersonation attacks against protocols that still support MD5 in some of their components
Though commonly used for statistics, R 'looks like Cobol to sophisticated developers,' one analyst says
FTC chief says consumer opt-in agreements need to be clarified
German company Fliegl shows its beacons for trucks used in agriculture
The company said its work with a medical device maker will help diabetics
Secretary Jacob Lew vows to keep the ‘pedal to the metal’ in the waning days of the Obama administration as lawmakers envision a new push for legislation to promote innovation in the tech sector. Specifically, he describes efforts to tap
Uber will also secure and restrict employee access to customer geo-location data
The organization says revoking certificates isn't the answer to abuse
New software from Ericsson will include an emerging cellular standard for things that don't use much data
With deadlines approaching, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler expressed confidence in the upcoming wireless spectrum auction.
The smartphone is a reference device to find uses for the 3D camera in handsets
Crowdfunding campaigns not only fund R&D, they're a forum for new, consumer-based ideas
Dell's Latitude 12 tablet will start at $1,000 for a model with a high-definition screen
Airbus system spots, tracks and then can jam drone communications
IBM Connect social business conference tones down the publicity machine
At CES 2016 this week, a panel of experts said we likely won't see real 5G deployments until at least 2020.
Americans aren't interested in early forms of IoT such as smart appliances, researchers have found.
I'm a sucker for numbers, and when it comes to the immensity of data that is streaming across the planet, those numbers are very, very big.
Linux.Encoder version 3 still uses buggy encryption, allowing file recovery, researchers found
More than a dozen home devices have been certified to work together
Valencell claims Apple faked interest in licensing technology to pry info about heart-rate monitor that ended up in the Apple Watch
Atlanta mayor says tech vendors need to assure elected officials that supporting smart tech will be amenable to voters
The Snapdragon 820A will run multiple displays and car safety systems simultaneously
But efforts will continue to keep IBM employees apprised of workforce issues
Wireless sensors will carry live action data from snowboards to viewers' TV screens
Think of them as a Siri for fitness nuts
Some iPhone component makers had idle capacity in the last two months
The Typhoon H will retail for under $2,000
