Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Dueling dates, big-screen yawn, the Walmart Clue
Technologies like video analyzers and Wi-Fi trackers could find increased usage in stores
Megaupload's lawyer says the conversations show the company's struggle with infringing materials stored there
Google rolls in to give star treatment to Boston Dynamics at DARPA Robotics Challenge
IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack
The program will use the BitTorrent DHT peer finding protocol to locate contacts without a central server
RoboSimian competing in DARPA robot challenge is related to rover working on Mars
Symantec, the owner of PGP, continues to develop it but some enterprises balk at certificate management
Munich city authority has migrated almost 15,000 PCs from Windows NT to its own Linux distribution
Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate
As operators are upgrading to 100Gbps, the vendor readies even higher speeds
The marketing software market is heating up as CMOs get IT purchasing power
John Chen said he's very interested in taking the BlackBerry experience to rival platforms
The move marks a major change in strategy for BlackBerry
Google's proposal to settle an E.U. antitrust case is not good enough and there is little time left, says the European Commission
Robots take on 8 challenges, including climbing stairs and driving a car
They price Apple's hard-to-get radical desktop as high as $5,800, a 93% markup
Tipped off partner before 2013's earnings reports, 2102's announcement of Barnes and Noble deal
SEC says Brian Jorgenson, friend, reaped $393,000 in effort to start hedge fund
The fine is part of action by six European countries over changes in Google's privacy policy
InterDigital is also facing an anti-monopoly investigation from Chinese authorities
Like Google and other Internet companies, Verizon will release broad details of requests
Customer lauds Android direction for fitful smartphone maker
The 'dark tower' cylindrical desktop is the newest tech status symbol, argues analyst
A major new ERP system doesn't make sense anymore, according to Quanex's CEO
Amateur programmers are becoming increasingly more prevalent in the IT landscape, a new IDC study has found
Researchers implant square photovoltaic 'islands' into glass
Harmful political speech played a big role in the uptick
The Broadwell-DE chip will be put directly on server motherboard and has some advantages and tradeoffs
Microsoft-led effort brings about final WHITEFLAG message from criminals
Past major breaches cost TJX $250 million and Heartland $140 million; Target can expect similar costs, experts say
The bill, if passed, could effectively mean kill switches on phones sold across the US
Cloud vendors say to each other: 'Anything you can do, I can do better'
Smacks of the iMac fiasco of 2012 when customers had to wait months for machines
The first products will come next year and aim to cut management and logistical costs
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University created an application that can disable the LED on first-generation iSight cameras while in use
Palm prints, iris images and mug shots join fingerprints in the FBI's database, helping to identify the bad guys.
Malware used in attack on PHP last month dubbed DGA.Changer
Juniper aiming for knock-out blow related to patent dispute over next-generation firewalls
Retailer provides detailed steps payment card users can take
You could be affected by breach if you shopped at Target between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15
Jolla phones sold through the store are expected to ship from early January
Slates re-release for early 2014; tablet owners report a slew of power and sleep mode problems
