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Six-figure IT salaries not just for CIOs, SVPs

Information architects, data security analysts, and user experience designers often see salaries top $100,000, according to Robert Half Technology

Cisco adds 802.11ac, cloud features to new home router

Linksys brand joins the 802.11ac market with wireless router, bridge

Symantec: World has 2.2 zettabytes of business data that costs $1.1 trillion to store and secure

Symantec's 'State of Information' study say 69% of organizations have lost data in past 12 months

Japan’s two main airlines to launch Wi-Fi services on international flights

JAL's service will start July 15, while ANA will put Wi-Fi on some 767s and 777s in mid-2013 -- but no word on its Dreamliners yet

Operators will test Wi-Fi roaming, simplified login in Q4

Wi-Fi Alliance lays the groundwork by starting its Passpoint certification program

ITC postpones ruling on Microsoft, Motorola dispute

Microsoft has cited in its defense Judge Richard Posner's ruling in a separate case in Illinois

California business scores settlement in thorny cybercrime case

But the victory doesn't make it easier for other businesses disputing fraudulent online transactions with their bank

Advanced persistent threats can be beaten, says expert

Detection is key, but how you respond to APTs is equally important

Facebook ventures into social discovery with Find Friends Nearby

The feature is designed to connect users to new social contacts based on physical proximity

Google will have to defend Android at I/O conference

Analysts expect to see a Google tablet and possibly some integration of Google's Android and Chrome OSes

Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion

The deal will boost the enterprise social networking capabilities in Office, SharePoint and other Microsoft collaboration products

Supreme Court ‘papers please’ ruling hits Arizona H-1B workers

Immigration attorneys advise holders of H-1B visas to carry paperwork at all times in Arizona

Why Microsoft spent $1.2B on Yammer

Trying to get to more end users, build up credibility in enterprise social collaboration, analysts say

HP to trim 9,000 jobs in US as part of cost-cutting plan

HP will also cut 8.000 jobs in the European Union as part of a plan to cut 27,000 jobs by fiscal 2014

New Oracle OpenWorld details give early look at company’s plans

Cloud computing, Fusion Applications and Oracle's engineered systems will be featured prominently

Microsoft says it has no plans to make smartphones

Contrary to analyst report, tablets are the only new Microsoft-built products coming

Gartner: 1/3 of consumer data will be stored in the cloud by ’16

Social media sites are the near-term repository for cloud-based data storage, but other vendors will have opportunities to grab consumer market share, Gartner predicts

OpenStack company Piston adds virtual desktop infrastructure

Takes aim at Citrix by becoming first OpenStack-based cloud company to add virtual desktop features

Verizon, T-Mobile plan spectrum swap

The deal is contingent on FCC approval for Verizon to buy spectrum from cable companies

Apple boosts wages, discounts for retail store employees

Media credits itself, but changes were announced weeks ago

Windows 8 Update: Windows Phone 8 apps won’t run as-is

Lots of code may be reusable, but Windows 8 requires whole different application

Malware infection forces printers to print garbled data, researchers say

New Trojan.Milicenso variants can cause printers to print an executable file

Five needs driving SDNs

BYOD, cloud, big data, IT consumerization and rapid service provisioning

Original iPhone: Why this guy is still using a 5-year-old smartphone

Acquired on eBay, original iPhone still satisfies Bulgarian IT worker

ICANN suspends Digital Archery contest for gTLD program

Companies who invested in the controversial Digital Archery system for determining application processing order may lose out

Oracle’s Hurd to spell out new ‘customer experience’ product strategy

Oracle has invested heavily in acquisitions focused on the next-generation customer experience

First-day buyer of original 2007 iPhone found love and connectivity

From iPhone 1 to iPhone 4S: the evolution of digital life

Mozilla’s new silent update fails to boost Firefox 13’s uptake

Emergency patch of June 15 blamed for slowing upgrade pace

EU regulators side with Microsoft in IE10’s ‘Do Not Track controversy

They also want all browsers to prompt users to set their privacy choice

7 steps to social media stardom

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Network World is raffling off an Apple iPad to one of our readers who fills out our survey on smartphone preferences.

US judge dismisses Apple patents lawsuit against Motorola

Judge Richard Posner's ruling 'with prejudice' means neither side can refile the case

Verizon gives Motorola LTE Razrs their GSM wings

Along with Android 4.0, the Razr and Razr Maxx now can use their GSM radios for international roaming

How Alan Turing set the rules for computing

The Turing Machine gave the world a model for how computers could operate

Twitter stumble causes outage, not hactivist

'It’s imperative that we remain available around the world, and today we stumbled,' VP of engineering writes in reference to 'cascading bug'

Group questions Google government contract claims

Evidence suggests that some of Google's government contracts are governed by consumer privacy policy, SafeGov says

Computer graphics pioneer Ivan Sutherland wins Kyoto Prize

The Inamori Foundation recognizes Sutherland for his breakthrough contributions to the graphical user interface

Finalists in Microsoft’s $250K contest take on ‘most-pressing’ exploit tactic

All three finalists submit new ways to stymie ROP attacks, used by Stuxnet and other first-class exploits

Open source cloud vendors air their differences

Citrix, OpenStack and Eucalyptus officials fire zingers back and forth

iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 22

Apple iPhone 5 scuttlebutt includes mini dock flare-up, the 5th dimensions, Liquidmetal again, China 3G

Windows Phone 8 seen cementing developer loyalty to Microsoft

Developers cite new hardware options, more APIs and device services

If you are going to build a private cloud, Eucalyptus is the tool you’re looking for, says CEO Mårten Mickos

Windows Phone 8 announcement puts partner Nokia in tough spot

With new OS coming in the fall, sales of Nokia's current Lumia smartphone line could be hit hard

FCC order on business line pricing may not fully reregulate

Members of a coalition pushing for pricing changes on business lines say a pending FCC proposal is a good first step

Twitter struggles with hours-long outage

The company briefly reported the problem had been solved before the site went down again

Defense contracts worth billions cover network operations, cyberthreat sharing, Android security

Lockheed Martin supporting DoD global network, also supporting DoD Cybercrime Center contract to collaborate with industry

Cisco patches vulnerabilities in VPN client, security appliances

Cisco released security updates for AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and several hardware security appliances

Rackspace president: Cloud needs open alternative to Amazon

"Clones" of Amazon clouds will not create choice customers need in the cloud, Rackspace executive claims

Samsung’s Galaxy S III smartphone becomes available in US

Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone is coming today to multiple carriers at $199.99

Metrics firms bicker over which browser, IE or Chrome, is No. 1

Microsoft returns fire, blasts StatCounter for what it calls 'personal attack' against its head of IE marketing