Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Benioff: Salesforce.com will focus on vertical markets, marketing software and an expanded partnership with SAP
The Washington Post reports that the NSA paid $278 million this fiscal year to tap into phone lines, e-mail and instant messages
The 'cryptology' program was set to receive $11 billion from the $52.6 billion budget asked by the intelligence community for 2013
IBM researcher buzzes through company's innovation experiments at Crowdfunding East event
Turning on facial recognition again in Germany might be illegal, the privacy regulator said
Windows 8.1 can't turn around the trend, says IDC
Tacit admission that original prices were too high
Analysis of transparency reports from Google, Microsoft, Skype show other countries equally -- or more -- demanding
Dylan Wheeler, who claimed in February to have breached Microsoft's and Sony's networks, has not been charged with hacking
Xiaomi has hired a former Google executive to lead its global expansion
Google has rejected some ads promoting its platform, which touch on drug legalization and euthanasia
US legislators, rights groups and Internet companies have asked for transparency of government surveillance
The chip design company wants to expand MIPS use in servers, smartphones and tablets
U.S. mobile users aren't likely to see a difference if Verizon buys Vodafone's share of its mobile business
The forum software's developers advise users to delete the 'install' folder
NIST seeks feedback from industry on common practices to secure IT systems
VP of Android mgmt. Hugo Barra headed from Google to Xiaomi – but why?
Privacy advocates say the agency's multistakeholder process on privacy was flawed
Overclocking technology to be presented at Intel developer forum next month
Research from app development firm claims mobile apps from big-name brands are full of security holes that can expose sensitive information
Lowers shipment estimates by 1%, says emerging markets will account for majority of tablet market by 2017
The Atlanta lab disputes the agency's assertions of security breaches
The clarifications come in response to a recent court ruling
Apple iPad 5 rumors: Front panels, rear housings, dilemmas, date delight short-lived
The former Windows chief will advise Box as the company sharpens its cloud storage and file share service, and broadens its scope
After Microsoft policy change, illegal downloads are the only way for developers to get their hands on the near-finished code
VMware CTO Martin Casado details NSX, the company's recently announced over-arching network virtualization package
IBM provides hooks so third-party component makers can attach their parts
The addition of CloudFormation lets GovCloud users create templates to configure and manage more complex environments
Version 4.3 of its development platform will have an integrated 2D physics engine
Mechanism provides relatively easy way to mitigate risk of unauthorized DNS changes, security researchers say
Hotfile was sued by five studios for allegedly promoting and benefiting from copyright infringement
Xiaomi has risen to become a top smartphone maker in China in only two years
The prank also pointed email servers for the Syrian Telecommunication Establishment to Israel and Iran
Trendrr should provide Twitter with better data about users' tweets
Following an Oracle practice, IBM starts to restrict hardware patches to holders of maintenance contracts
MobileIron's Anyware focuses on Web simplicity, self-service
