Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
'Refer-a-friend' viral marketing practices by McDonald's and others cross the legal line, according to the complaints
Best Buy slashes iPhone 4 price to $50, Apple matching many offers
Reporter Mat Honan was the victim of a hacking incident that he thought wiped his laptop, but data recovery engineers were able to restore many of his files
David Schmoock sees a bright future for PCs and mobile devices alike
Aggressive pricing, enterprise buy-in are potential drivers
Sanctions, physical disruptions have left Syrians dependent on PCCW of Hong Kong for free flow of information, Renesys says
Unlimited talk and text combined with the new data plan will cost $69.99 for users that have a smartphone
Marius Haas, a former head of HP's networking division, will run Dell's enterprise business
Privacy and security issues abound, from GPS in photos to presidential campaign apps collecting GPS info
Sprint official warns data hogs with unlimited plans not to abuse the service
'Not a security vulnerability that requires a security update,' says company
The Windows version of Crisis also infects Windows Mobile devices and USB drives
The functionality is part of Workday's 17th release
SpiderOak updates its 'zero-knowledge' cloud storage policy
Google defends Analytics and said it fully complies with Norwegian and European data protection laws
McAfee's DAT 6807 and 6808 updates crippled antivirus programs and left some computers without an Internet connection
Storing data using Glacier costs from US$0.01 per gigabyte per month
India wants information on people who posted communally charged content last week
A new batching process for gTLD applications is scheduled to be implemented in December, the ICANN said
The America's Cup teams employ sensors, on-board computers and wireless networks to help maximize performance
The investment signals HTC is trying to fill a gap left by RIM's decline, according to analysts
InSight, to launch in 2016, aims to help figure out how Mars formed
The structured verdict form points to the complex set of questions in front of the jury in the coming days
Quest extends its Quest One line of access control software for locking down unstructured data
When adjusted for inflation, Microsoft's 1999 record still stands, contends Columbia Journalism Review
Swiss Re International refuses to pay its share of the $80 million settlement, SAP alleges
Survey of 1,079 U.S. mobile users predicts even more Wi-Fi use
Massachusetts is the latest state to rule on when cloud computing services are taxable
Cites Alabama state law technicalities in lawsuit challenging Infosys' visa use; U.S. probe of outsourcer continues
Ericom's gateway provides managed HTML5 streaming to devices
The original order wasn't just for 'quid pro quo' situations, Judge William Alsup says
The intent is to handle the hardest to solve bugs more smoothly, LibreOffice said
Integration with Elastic Beanstalk will make it easier to deploy applications in Amazon's cloud
Android apps could invade a user's privacy and expose his personal life, McAfee said
With successful laser blast, rover's next big test will be driving
The Tokyo-based electronics maker produces the camera units used in hit devices like the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S3
The 5-inch smartphone will get better performance thanks to the Tegra 3
Arxan study claims 90% of top 100 paid Android and iOS apps ending up criminalized in hackers' hands
Start-up SimpliVity touts an all-in-one array, its OmniCube
Mobile messages and some online content were allegedly used to create fear among certain groups in India
Are you ready for talking watches, singing shoes, ringing earrings and vibrating tattoos?
Speaks from Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been granted asylum
Lawsuit seeks class action status
Meanwhile, the International Trade Commission is due to issue final decision on earlier case
Breaks the $600 billion market cap bar for the first time
The cloud gaming service laid off an unknown number of staff
