Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The new system improves on current biometric-based security systems
Here I take a look at ReactOS, an impressive, yet underwhelming, Open Source replacement for Windows.
Apple sold more than 20 million Macs in its 2015 fiscal year, a first
Announcements are another step in the company's big data push
Researchers will be able to look for flaws in software running on cars and medical devices without fearing legal action
Sunrise Calendar will be subsumed into the app in the future
Also this week IBM announced six new partners using Watson to develop new apps
1 Mainstream has a cloud-based video service networking giant needs
I'm a sucker for a "technology for the real world" story. Telogis delivers just that, making professional drivers' lives easier.
Highly paid software developers helped drive up Bay Area rents, and now even they can't afford to live here. Is this a threat to the future of Silicon Valley?
It might make you feel dirty, but paying could be the best bet in some situations
Ellison claims Oracle's new servers would have stopped Heartbleed in its tracks
Despite recent moves against Adobe Flash by Google and Firefox and its declining use by websites, Adobe Flash remains a significant security vulnerability for end users, with 80 of computers running an end-of-life version of the plugin
German data protection authorities say hosting Europeans' data in Europe is the only safe option
With purchase of Pentura, company gains a foothold in Europe, more managed data-loss-protection pros
Privacy advocates still opposed, some gray areas remain for corporations
AndroRAT and DroidJack both can read text messages and listen to calls
Mobile devices continued to drive sales, but iPad sales were down again
The Nexus 5 was a big hit two years ago. Now LG and Google are hoping to top the charts again with the Nexus 5X.
Pricing and perceived security will be key differentiators, one analyst says
Integration between Jasper's Control Center and IBM's IoT Foundation should simplify enterprise IoT
'We've got to put somebody in jail for these folks to take us seriously,' counters Sen. McCaskill (D-Missouri)
The new chipped bank cards were, until recently, susceptible to fraud just like the magnetic ones. Scientists discovered how scams worked through forensics.
Ratheon studies paint pretty ugly picture of millennials in the cybersecurity realm
Google's new Android 6.0-powered Nexus 6P, built from top-tier components and materials, impresses at a $500 price.
'It's all about getting customers converted,' one analyst says
Network analysis tools bolster Security Everywhere initiative
The new IBM Analytics on Apache Spark service is designed to allow developers to infuse applications on the Bluemix cloud platform with real-time analytics.
Critics of the bill say it is designed to collect personal data on people
The city will install antennas at its libraries for the low-power, wide-area network
TalkTalk continues to deal with the fallout from its third data breach this year
China holds a lot of potential. Mirantis announces a partnership to unlock it.
Department of Transportation nixes e-smoking devices
What are the major tech companies doing to win in the cloud, and how might the market shake out?
A court win for an individual complaining of electromagnetic hypersensitivity could have repercussions for the wireless communications industry.
The suite's natural language understanding service has entered public beta
These things aren't trivial, and Microsoft needs more time.
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is investigating Google on a number of fronts
Three new Linux distros are being released in an eight-day period. That calls for a celebration.
Android smartphones are meeting the massive demand for high-quality cameras. Google's new Nexus 6P is a good example.
New collaboration, help features are here to boost Microsoft's new productivity suite
The malware program was found on the laptop of a German federal official
The M7 is the first Sparc processor designed from the ground up by Oracle
ParStream makes a database for crunching big data at the edge
The $19B deal comes amid a recent wave of mergers, acquisitions and investment activity in the data storage market
Last week's buoyant Amazon and Microsoft quarterly earnings reports continue the cloud's big winning streak.
IT leaders are using their leverage to ink more flexible — and cheaper — contracts with service providers. But there is a catch.
