Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
'Smart move,' says retail expert, that will drive traffic
Tsnami of cybersecurity threats faces utility industry
Ballmer & Co. should talk about the reorganization, plan B for Windows and the Surface, Office for the iPad and other hot-button issues
HP also will roll out two new Android tablets
Free sharing of designs through P2P and 3D printing could make trademarking irrelevant, experts say
Google relaxed the requirement for NFC chips, iPhones and iPads don't have
While only 9% of mobile apps this year will be paid for, they'll bring in $26B, Gartner says
iOS 7 first large-scale, commercial use of resilient TCP extension
Devops advocates say the IT methodology can improve application quality, speed deployment, and drive revenue
Breaks file associations in Office 2010 Starter Edition; some customers smell conspiracy
Kernel dev highlights the tricky problem of USB support in LinuxCon talk
Some slowdowns, retries, complaints of 'dialup' performance
European researchers say robot could help explore other planets
Subjects range from basic fraud to managing botnets and evading arrests, RSA says
NSA official says fugitive document leaker wasn't "that clever,' he just happened to be in right place at the right time
Tesla raises the stakes with a bold about driverless cars.
Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Sarah Sharp and Tejun Heo cover what’s happening with the Linux kernel.
The reader gets a new look and a better way to organize material
Launches free ad-supported music streaming service with upgrades to iTunes, iOS
Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft set to dock with ISS on Sunday
The free BBM service now reaches 60M BlackBerry users a month
Oct. 15 formula, feel the love, 64-bit forecast, look-alikes
But analyst says layoffs might be 40% only in Canada, with many jobs moved to the U.S.
Some users report problems grabbing the upgrade; blame swamped servers
Final version of newest browser to reach Windows 7 'later this fall'
Experts doubt that Brazil's proposed efforts at cutting digital ties with the U.S. will actually keep the NSA at bay.
Will allow management of virtual networks just like managing cloud compute and storage across multiple providers
Apple iOS 7 features automatic app updates and an improved Siri but be prepared for some issues experts say
Launch comes even as BlackBerry is on the selling block
Linux boosters upbeat in wake of IBM announcement, despite remaining hurdles
Updating Apple's OS and apps, managing bandwidth, app glitches all on menu
IE6 through IE11 harbor vulnerability, but in-the-wild attacks limited to IE8 and IE9
Unveils new ToR switches, 100G blade for core, NFV router
Apple is providing MDM APIs that better allow vendors to 'take advantage of the operating system hooks to provide application-level security'
Puppet Labs community lead Dawn Foster says geeky literature is a treasure trove of management tips for open-source communities.
Hidden Lynx hacking-for-hire group more sophisticated than others, including using malware targeting zero-day flaws, Symantec says
Availability is intended to make testing the Microsoft operating system possible to plan migrations from earlier Windows versions
The price of Windows 8.1 will be $119.99, while the Pro version will go for $199.99
Researchers working on agile, self-navigating 'robotbee' capable of flying around the world using little fuel
Method can be used to weaken hardware random number generators used for encryption
It's free to Windows 8 users, but anyone with the older Windows 7 must pony up full price -- $120 or $200
