Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Will open six permanent stores in early 2013, including four transformed from temporary holiday 'pop-ups'
The Australian man made about $7,900 on a tip that IBM was buying a software vendor
No sign that newest cyber extortion racket wipes Windows PCs' hard drives, says Symantec
An Iranian civil defense official claims he only said the country was ready to repel cyberattacks, media reports say
Now that cloud computing and software defined networking is embedded in our vocabulary, the next step is how to secure and implement them respectively.
The company said its online streaming was affected by issues in Web services provided by Amazon in the U.S.
The jury is still out on whether everyone should dabble in programming, though resources are in place for many to learn
The change was announced in an internal memo from Steve Ballmer on Dec. 14, All Things D reports
Spring '13 will be in preview soon
The massive online protests from a year ago have stuck in the minds of lawmakers
All Chrome extensions installed using offline methods will be disabled until the users decide otherwise, Google says
Both companies plan to bring down workers' overtime at their factories to within China's legal limits
Backtracks from earlier decision, will continue offering a 64-bit browser for Windows
China's overall R&D is a little more than half that of U.S. and growing rapidly; U.S. is stalling
Multi-tenant data center demand may be outpacing supply
The NRA asks why the US media isn't as outraged at violence in pop culture as it is at gun ownership
T-Mobile and Sprint will become stronger competitors to the top two carriers
Executive Recycling sent CRTs to China and other countries, contrary to the company's marketing, the DOJ says
HANA news could dominate the early weeks of the new year
The political mood may be more favorable to smart gun safety technology
Warnings of impending expiration will start showing up Jan. 1, 2013
Though it backtracks from proposed policy change, damage has been done
The commission files a formal objection to Samsung's lawsuits seeking injunctions against Apple
Amazon's new High Storage EC2 package is customized for jobs with large volumes of data and high throughput
Wyden's legislation would require the FCC to set standards for ISPs' data measurement tools
New report bares conflict as healthcare struggles with mobility
Security researchers expect attacks against industrial control systems to increase next year
Open source in a 'second golden age,' some say
It's the most wonderful -- and dangerous -- time of the year, most information security experts agree
National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding to begin the process of government entities setting up data-sharing mechanisms
The Finnish phone maker will receive an undisclosed one-time payment as well as on-going payments
Instagram reverted the advertising section of its new policy to its original version in use since October 2010
More than 150 carriers are evaluating BlackBerry 10 now, the company said
The company will shift away from its all-in-one model when it introduces BlackBerry 10
May be smarter to search for new PC with older OS rather than deal with Windows 8
The new group will focus on educating children and seniors about online scams and counterfeits
Hopes for spring, pre-shattered touchscreens, cool duals
Protocol can be used for network address virtualization; will be added to Cisco ONE
Facebook releases a series of changes to its messaging platform today, including a trial that allows users to pay to have a message delivered to a user's priority inbox
Multiscreen phones, M7's chips, Polaroid returns, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Electronics retailer Crutchfield says cites crypto complications, PCI rule changes as factors
