Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Judge Lucy H. Koh will allow a class action suit that alleges Google violated wiretapping laws to proceed
The US mobile business would be more competitive with three carriers, according to Sprint's Euteneuer
The company will report its financial results following a new structure starting next month with its 2014 first fiscal quarter
The changes are part of Google's new 'Hummingbird' ranking system
The agency intends to collect all US phone records and put them in a searchable database, director Keith Alexander says
Plus, botnets and thieves, Amazon's got new tablets but don't call them Android, a cult classic app gets a free version and there's suddenly a lot of uninvited guests in your Google Hangout.
Breakthrough indicates scientists are well on their way to 50% efficiency roadmap, experts say
Also, nobody but Microsoft will touch Windows RT, Bill Gates gets his purple wish
BlackBerry, BMC and Dell are three of the latest tech companies to go private after a series of stumbles as public companies
The teams used to test their boat designs in wind tunnels and water tanks, but they now do most of it with computers
14% faster uptake than last year's iOS 6
Versions of Tizen may be developed for electronics and computing devices
A new service, BrowserSwarm, tests JavaScript frameworks against many different combinations of browsers and OSes
'Mayday button' poses security issues for IT; CTO, analysts suggest letting IT customize tool so it can work with corporate help desk
Active development, cheap price and solid features might drive more cybercriminals to it in the future
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and 2 cosmonauts join space station crew
Only 26 percent of enterprise staff are very interested in developing mobile apps for Microsoft's OSes, according to a new survey
FINDER, developed by DHS and NASA, uses microwave signals to detect human heart beats and beathing patterns in rubble
New standard for 'controlled unclassified information' expected to have wide impact on IT and physical security
Compromises -- ones Apple decided not to make -- necessary to drive down component costs for a $400 smartphone
A solution to the problem has eluded Google for months
The rainbow tablet, price expectations, MS Office, stolen goods
Many security products offer inadequate protection against malicious browser extensions, a researcher has found
The new E.U, patent rules would allow easy European wide sales bans on products, the tech companies wrote
Security vendor cites blocking of low-risk cloud services but not higher-risk applications
The bipartisan bill aims to make bulk collection of telephone records illegal
Researchers have found a better way to pick out bad clicks by looking at per-user ad revenue
Carbon nanotube transistors are seen as a successor to silicon transistors, as silicon is expected to meet its physical limits
Kaspersky Lab says the Icefog attackers appeared to know what files they needed from victims
The country's two largest ISPs still lack access, Renesys said
The biggest barriers to the Internet are apathy and usability, some say
Oracle Team USA won nine consecutive races to take the America's Cup
Microsoft's Windows Azure now offers a certified version of the Java OpenSDK as a cloud service
Ericsson's Radio Dot System, coming next year, uses tiny radio units as arms of a single large cell
A sales tax collection requirement would cost tens of thousands of dollars to set up, plus ongoing maintenance costs, opponents say
iPhone 5S' fingerprint scanner the source of pinched supply, says HIS analyst Andrew Rassweiler
Most Americans who don't use the Internet are 'just not interested,' a new report has found.
The newly launched OneView could reduce the time of many typical data center operations, HP claims
The service is designed to deliver critical information during emergencies
Webinno event in Cambridge introduces Skimbox, Qbaka and more newcomers
Network of support starts in seven North American cities
