Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
IT workers more optimistic in Q2, job hunters feeling confident
The kit will help developers create apps for the Asha 501 phone
The flip-phone runs Android, but likely comes with a high price tag
Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. are some of the countries included in the program
Lenovo's net profit was up 23 percent in its fiscal first quarter
A tool for exploiting known Struts vulnerabilities is available on Chinese hacker forums, Trend Micro researchers said
The cuts will thin out middle management and shift resources to key businesses
For the second month in a row, Microsoft has released, then withdrew, buggy software patches
Inexpensive DDoS-as-a-service can stress-test your network or attack someone else’s, researchers say
Google ranks higher at No. 47, but Microsoft doesn't even make the list
Google adds voice recognition tools from Google Now to Google Search
Powering Facebook Open Graph, Apache Giraph was built from Yahoo and Google technologies
New York Post latest victim of the Syrian Electronic Army after the hackers manage to social engineer Social Flow
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger comments are the latest in the friend/enemy relationship between VMware and OpenStack
Windows Phone platform gaining wider acceptance from makers, carriers and customers
Google Hangouts works just fine as a replacement to Messenger, the company said
Intel is proposing MXC as the new optical interconnect
Big data is currently the fastest growing category on jobs board Dice.com
The problems began at around 10 a.m. US Eastern Time
Media outlets site goes down a little before noon ET
Some still see no advantage for Apple to include NFC as merchant acceptance is slow in the U.S.
Kaspersky Lab researchers identified Android malware threats that receive commands from attackers through the Google Cloud Messaging service
The OS update will show up on the Windows Store on Oct. 17 and in retail stores the next day
At the helm for a year now, Pat Gelsinger says his company is well positioned
Software seeks and blocks bot calls to command-and-control servers
Free update to restart Windows after a slow first year
The EU and the US should also accelerate data protection agreement talks, Chancellor Merkel said
Analysts peg unsubsidized price between $340 and $400 for Apple's expected new lower-priced iPhone
However, private sector CIOs may be spending more time at one job, survey finds
Windows optional security updates restrict use of MD5-based certificates and improve Remote Desktop Protocol network-level authentication
Smartphones accounted for a majority of phone sales thanks to growth in the Asia Pacific region
China is introducing the plan as it faces an economic slowdown
This is the first major reorganization after new CEO Don Mattrick took charge
3D V-NAND stacks cells on top of each other for higher density
Photos and videos that don't change can be stored on cheap, slow, low-endurance flash, Facebook said
Business travelers may welcome high-speed, city-to-city transport
Information is sought from a range of governmental agencies to assess the currency's risks
This month's round of Microsoft patches address must-fix vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Mail
The Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance ships with network technology bought from Xsigo Systems
Mobile apps are the next frontier in the cloud
Allege that execs knew of tablet's failure months before taking massive write-off, deceiving investors
