Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
A planned merger of Google+ and Gmail contact lists will allow unsolicited email, the group says
19 Tor exit relays used self-signed certificates to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS and SSH connections
Two-thirds of the websites in China were briefly inaccessible on Tuesday
But several other Oracle claims, including for copyright infringement and unfair competition, remain in play
The company accelerates its client computing push with the addition of AirWatch's tools
Mobile is big and VMware needs to get out of just virtualization and cloud markets
Acknowledges urgency in picking Ballmer's replacement
Law enforcement requests to Verizon far exceed those made to other tech companies
Newly founded Commission for Internet Governance wants to inform the discussion
The person was allowed to go after it was found that he was not using Google Glass to record the movie
To get the highest rating, an operator's networks has to serve users with good quality HD content 90 percent of the time
TrustyCon event emerges from backlash against NSA technology backdoors, raises questions about NIST
MemSQL was founded by former Facebook engineers, specializes in distributed in-memory database technology
Service firms, tech vendors and Best Buy also among top posters of U.S. IT job ads
AMDs new Opteron 6300 processors have a slower clock speed to reduce power consumption
Ticks off customers who used it to provide informal tech support to family, friends
Dozens of tiny satellites in low Earth orbit could help reduce space junk collisions
University uses vacant TV spectrum to extend, link Wi-Fi hotspots
A Samsung patent was also declared invalid
The service would compete with cable and satellite pay TV services if it goes ahead
Sophisticated methods that can dodge detection typically reserved for specific companies in targeted attacks, say experts
The 23-year-old contends the program he helped develop has a defensive purpose as well
AMD's business has been improving thanks to the use of its technology in the Xbox One and PS4
Sluggish sales of IBM mainframes and other hardware put a damper on the company's latest quarterly earnings report
The 12 companies claimed to hold current certifications in an EU privacy agreement, but did not, the agency says
NASA explains mysterious appearance of Martian rock in front of robotic rover
The state's migration of 54,000 employees to Google Apps started in early 2012 and will be finished in mid-2015
IDC sees big businesses adopting more tablets, too
Thin film expected to be inexpensive and easy to produce, researchers say
Multiple devices, Wi-Fi, creating demand for work flexibility, challenges for IT groups
But analyst argues that the average selling price will climb for Q4 2013 when Apple announces earnings next week
AWS has also cut prices of storing data in its cloud with its EC2 and EBS services
Long battle against ARM continues as Intel starts promoting its power-saving Quark processor
The material offers vastly higher electron transfer rates, promising better-performing electronics
Syrian Electronic Army claim they got access to the blogs.office.com admin panel
Survey shows most want to connect devices via Wi-Fi over cellular
The first flexible Android phone is coming to the U.S. marketplace as of this Friday
Sells business to QLogic to better focus on data center, SDNs
The company saw a dip in software revenue as the cloud business grew in the fourth quarter
'Looks like the problem is fixed,' says one user referring to battery, sleep/hibernate glitches
