Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The laptop became available in the U.S. on Thursday
Amazon establishes a free support tier, and lowers prices for enterprise help
Customized app for iPhone and Android provides secure access to data cops need
Microsoft reportedly could pay $1B-plus for enterprise social network firm
TechEd conference finds Microsoft pitching hard on Windows 8, cloud OS
The company said it will contiue to invest in Lumia phones and location-based services
Cleary, already charged in the U.K., is accused of attacking Sony Pictures and Fox Entertainment
The new Ads Integrity Alliance was launched by StopBadware which already hosts a clearing house for sites hosting malware
The service sets up separate work and personal environments on mobile devices
Normally 'many, many months' behind, which left 650,000 Macs in lurch with Flashback infections and no fix available
IDC analyst says that as enterprises fully embrace cloud, there are still major questions around strategy and management
Google site reliability manager talks life, success and motivation at the Women in Advanced Computing conference
Close to 9,000 SSNs belonging to students, employees publicly posted
The White House will also help launch a new initiative to develop applications for ultra-high-speed broadband
Paused limited test update for Patch Tuesday, will feed more secure update client 'in a few days' to stymie Flame-like attacks
Dell has no ambitions to become a stand-alone software company, its software chief says
New Verizon Share Everything plan is too complex for customers to grasp all at once, and it's too expensive, analyst says
Congressmen are members of U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee
Researcher says more than 4% of intended recipients blocked LinkedIn's email instructions on resetting breached passwords
Still, Verizon says it remains pleased by general reaction
Dell's cost cuts will come in standardizing configurations, moving operations to affordable geographic areas and supply-chain efficiency.
Unveils Cisco ONE architecture and strategy for instilling programmability into its network gear
Shipping delay already runs three to four weeks; eBay resellers cash in on shortage
ICANN is examining applications to create 1930 new generic TLDs, 884 of them from US companies but just 17 from Africa
Microsoft says Windows RT tablets have management, security businesses need
This time, it's not payment card data but personal information on merchant applications
AMD adds the Cortex-A5 processor with TrustZone technology to boost security on x86 chips
VMware announces open source Project Serengeti to extend Hadoop compatibility to vSphere private clouds
Hectic, info-packed Patch Tuesday as software maker yanks update, patches worm-ready flaw and tells customers to get some fixes manually
The lawmakers criticized exclusions based on standards-essential patents
CEO says company should have pulled plug on failed tablet 9 months before it did
World IPv6 Launch Day fails to impress Aussie researcher
It's a tricky balancing act for the company as the commercial availability of Windows 8 approaches
Policy, charging and subscriber database software needs to be modified, while consumers have to gauge their use
Here's how Congress may deal with tech industry proposals after the H-1B cap is reached quickly this year
They should help public officials navigate the 'cluelessness scale,' he says
Rather than sitewide trends, users will see trends specific to the kinds of feeds they follow
The linguist argues that a former student of his invented email in 1978
Gartner analyst says the future lies in a hybrid physical/virtual security technology
The new blade arrays can be combined with blade servers and switches in a single chassis
Some surprising nuance from Android, iOS camps – along with plenty of old-style pitchforking
