Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientists look to turn an art into more of a science
The company behind the OS is still looking for hardware partners to use its software
Wikimedia said its support for open formats has put limits on the number of videos in its repository
IBM will build 15 new data centers, giving the company a total of 40 around the globe for cloud services
Using a sensor, chip and antenna, the smart lens could monitor a diabetic's glucose levels
The device would measure glucose levels using the wearer's tears
The data was quietly moved around on Target's network before it was sent to a US server, then to Russia
An integration with Shopkick will send deals to people's smartphones at the front entrance
A New York court forced Ross Ulbricht to forfeit 29,655 bitcoins and the Silk Road website
The chip maker stemmed the decline in its PC business at the end of last year
Will the Internet of Things create jobs in the U.S. or offshore?
Barista dismisses concerns about plain-text passwords for payment process
iSight describes Trojan as sophisticated derivate of older point-of-sale malware
Social network tries to grab some immediacy from Twitter with new feature
The FlashSystem 840, building on last year's 820, will fit a petabyte of storage in a rack with low latency
The Sunlight Foundation and others will sponsor a three-day hackathon starting Friday
Updated Adobe 3D printer app is said to be compatible with the most popular desktop 3D printers
Take Google to the woodshed for messing with navigation
Coming soon: 3D food printing machines that can turn out confections
Democrats question whether outside security experts can tell what defenses are being deployed
Topics cannot be sponsored or promoted 'at this time,' the company said
North Carolina has already paid CGI $63.8 million for the tax-collection system
After long, failed smartphone history, HP launches 6-in. and 7-in. VoiceTabs; analysts consider this a test move
Processors, memory, screens and sensors are all getting an upgrade
Also, NSS Labs issues 'caution' rating for Juniper's SRX5800 in IPS evaluation tests
Calls for changing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act have made little headway
Plus some other bits and pieces, like the latest specter of a Nokia Android phone, A Google Glass app that will raise yet more concerns, and a non-specific proposal to build a privacy-focused smartphone.
Survey finds that more than half U.S. smartphone users now have a streaming music app, causing a big jump in monthly data usage
New York outranks Silicon Valley, says IT staffing specialist Dice.com
Takes a little longer than last year to run through ticket allotment
Google will appeal the case
Microsoft is opening an open-source subsidiary in China
Other Indian outsourcers are also benefiting from an improvement in the outsourcing market
The Galaxy Tab3 Lite has a 2-megapixel camera and a 1024 by 600 pixel screen
Method can batch-search 16,000 characters per second, and could be used for DNA research.
The contract chip maker expects double digit profit and revenue growth in 2014
Bitly is working with Symantec to clean up malicious links, the result of API keys left visible on the Web
IBM will offer X servers in both four-socket and eight-socket configurations
Cisco security report says trend last year saw rise of criminals taking over hosting centers
A replacement for de Castro has not been named
Majority control will go to turnaround firm Hale Global
As the FCC's official comment period begins, hundreds of people have already weighed in
The company hopes to tap the security research community to find potential problems
A Taiwan company is already working with researchers on designs
