Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Facebook For Every Phone grabs 1 million users using dumb phones
'2-in-1' could be in the cards, say analysts, envisioning a Surface-like iOS productivity device
Strategy of withholding Office from iPad and Android tablets 'isn't working,' says analyst
NASA says photo shows our 'coming of age' as planetary explorers
Carrier says copper replacement isn't feasible for some Fire Island, N.Y., and Mantoloking, N.J., customers; critics complain to FCC.
Overlap exists in Cisco, Sourcefire next-gen firewalls
The researcher says he was able to obtain names and email addresses of users and claims he reported the flaw to Apple
Alibaba's set-top box will launch in China in two to three months
A creepy – and completely fictitious – spying app took would-be snoops for a ride.
OpenOffice 4.0 beats the feature overload issue by devoting room on the side of documents for feature controls
Some companies like Texas Instruments and Oracle earlier settled with Eolas
A browser extension from Abine gives users greater control over their personal information
A majority of LTE users in 2018 will be using either TD-LTE or LTE-Advanced, the research company says
The executive's exit immediately follows the resignation of three Yahoo board members
The chip will be the first SOC from Intel based on the same microarchitecture as its Xeon processors
OpenStack turns three this month and some say the project needs to mature
Some 60 percent of all Internet-connected devices exchange traffic with Google servers in an average day, research firm Deepfield says
Cisco boss talks about how SDN fits into its architecture, what Insieme is all about and why the Internet of Everything matters to IT pros
The company hopes to raise $32 million to produce 40,000 Ubuntu Edge phones, which will double as PCs when docked
Sole CEO-to-be Bill McDermott shoots down rumors he wants to enter politics
ARM hopes to encourage the use of Java for both embedded systems and enterprise software
Following a complaint from a consumer association, the French regulator investigated whether ISP Free had broken net neutrality rules
If companies don't comply, the government will consider legislation, David Cameron said
Explains mysterious days-long outage, says names and email addresses may have been stolen
The firms said they will expand their long partnership to speed the introduction of x86 to HP's Itanium-based server lineup
Millions of phones could be at risk due to the use of a 1970s-era encryption standard
A disclosure that the government was collecting phone data from customers of Verizon has already generated controversy
Analyst: SAP tech chief Sikka could eventually ascend to the co-CEO slot
MIT researchers have built a system to write better algorithms for tackling congestion
Tech titans including IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Nokia, Google and Yahoo weighed in with quarterly earnings
More name-brand companies like Yahoo and AOL are also included
Samsung may be ready to sign deals with the FBI and the U.S. Navy. Analysts say the news is proof that mobile in the enterprise has arrived.
Mock exercises can help banks identify weaknesses in their incident response capabilities, analysts say
But analysts warn AMD's road to profitability faces a challenge from the volatile PC market
George GascA3n said he thinks Apple and Samsung are progressing on anti-theft features, but not so Google and Microsoft.
Autumn splendor, iPhone cheap, September 6, and preventing delay
Future planned improvements focus on Hadoop integration, virtualization and security
Upcoming Black Hat conference is a goldmine of tips for hacking just about anything.
Also: Former NSA chief accuses Chinese firm Huawei of spying for China; Pres. Jimmy Carter bashes NSA, praises Snowden
Remy automatically generates congestion-control algorithms for dramatically improved speeds and lower latency.
The commission plans to focus on broadband capacity in its update of the E-Rate program
New ad touts the discounted $349 price of the slow-selling tablet
Novell has spun off its iPrint print server from its Open Enterprise Server package, and has mobile connectivity
Microsoft takes a $900 million inventory adjustment on the ARM-based tablets
To prevent such errors from happening, authorities will make sure all details are double checked, the data watchdog said
