Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Potentially sensitive information is exposed that hackers can use to better plan their attacks against websites, researchers say
How do you get hundreds of gallons of fuel up 17 stories? Your customers carry it
IDC report slams regulators and stock exchanges
The companies said they would work together to offer business solutions on tablets driven by Microsoft's new operating system
State's attorney has started notifying businesses that their apps are in violation of the state's Online Privacy Protection Act
Apache, Yahoo overriding tracking settings -- off by default -- in Microsoft's new Internet Explorer browser
Bit9 CTO Harry Sverdlove says research is basis for new reputation database to score apps risk
The hacker gained admin access to all critical DigiNotar certificate authority systems despite network segmentation, investigators say
The standardized Rich Communications Suite will be available on 10 handsets by mid-November, MetroPCS said
The two are due in a Wisconsin court next week
FCC head warns, though, that the 'crisis is not over' and many serious wired and wireless communications outages continue
SurfCast filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the company, challenging a key interface element in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
The breakthrough could mean cheaper solar cells, but work remains before it can be commercialized
The new operating system enters carrier labs as it rolls toward launch
Space agency's 20-second satellite video shows hurricane from birth to landfall
SAP has a new platform called SAP Jam
The four major carriers plan to offer a joint database by late 2013
Participants use competition as a way to learn about Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 development
Verizon posts photo of flooded lobby at one NYC facility
CA Clarity now offers improved long-range forecasting tools
Downloads of Firefox declined after Microsoft failed to include a court-mandated browser choice screen in Windows 7 SP 1
Kevin Mitnick, the former hacker turned security consultant, is one who doubts focusing on criminals rather than attacks would slow them
The supercomputer will be completed in 2015
Large tech companies like Apple and Facebook had earlier come to an agreement with the state to improve app privacy protection
The storm caused as many as one-quarter of cell sites to go out, the FCC estimates
Manhattan power outage amid Hurricane Sandy hits critical communication centers, including Google-owned building
Microsoft Build 2012 attendees receive free Microsoft tablets, phones, storage, SDKs to encourage Windows 8 apps
VMware's not just about server virtualization - the company is extending its data management capabilities
The supply-chain software vendor is reportedly putting itself up for sale
First three days' worth of downloads 'stunning,' claims CEO Steve Ballmer
In this APT case, thief hacked printer to get further into network
Steve Ballmer tells the Microsoft Build conference in Redmond that there have been 4 million upgrades sold
ARM rolls out Cortex-A57 and A53 processors, which could appear in servers and smartphones in 2014 or later
Many long-time Microsoft Windows desktop users face a steep learning curve, analysts say
Prospects for legislation or presidential executive order before the end of the year look dubious
Tablets sales for the company saw major growth in the third quarter
Rackspace leverages OpenStack's Quantum project to offer virtual networking capabilities to its cloud; partners with Hortonworks on Hadoop
Enterprises can choose between using cloud or on-premise storage as the primary option
A quick roundup of IT trends, from Android adoption to cloud security
Issues between publishers and Google should be resolved quickly to avoid new taxes, the French president said
Hurricane Sandy roared through the East Coast, network admins better have backup plans at the ready.
In an unprecedented move, Georgia reveals startling details of a hacker it says is stealing its confidential information
Voting systems that don't support a paper trail are hard to audit, Verified Voting says
DHS warns of increasing security risk to power utilities, water treatment plants and manufacturing
AMD has signed a license for a 64-bit processor design from ARM, ending its exclusive commitment to x86
