Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Struggling Yahoo uses timing to launch patent lawsuit against Facebook
Details emerge on Microsoft's most critical patch of the year
Gartner analysts say multiple market segments are showing growth this year
Hiring called big coup for Google
The hacker group justifies the attack by pointing to health risks of transmitters
As companies adopt cloud services, is there more or less of a need for IT workers?
Says concern over last week's Pwn2Own bug unwarranted because it was already patched
iPads account for 84% of planned tablet purchases
Data security is top concern among cloud adopters, study finds
Apple's iPad accounted for 78% of global NAND shipments in 2011
New technology and new realism mark emerging networks
FTC report outlines identity theft experiences, recommendations
New rules, competing competitions conspire to cut participation
Fraudsters impersonate victims to obtain replacement SIM cards from their carriers and receive banking security codes
Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 supports the cutting-edge Btrfs file system
Colangelo started his job the same day as President Obama, found IT assets 'in pretty bad shape'
Companies are becoming more aggressive in adopting emerging mobile techs
Fixes 83 security flaws, most in WebKit engine; boosts JavaScript performance on OS X Lion
The organization's data stores are growing into petabytes
IT execs offer advice on tough task of embracing consumer devices, and how they can be used to innovate
The Silicon Valley hub's new network won't need advertising or other revenue to pay for itself
The ailing search provider has filed a lawsuit against Facebook
The Tennessee Family and Child Tracking System replaced a dozen legacy applications
The organization foundered but is looking for a restart
65% of IT pros take some sort of action to block, throttle or ban streaming non-work content
EMC, IBM and Symantec topped the list of storage software suppliers
Average selling price for third-gen 16GB Wi-Fi iPad is $92 above list, says auctioneer
Customers get 33% credit for the time services were down due to Leap Day Bug
Blocking and throttling is happening on an unacceptably large scale say groups
Optical Thunderbolt cables will enable faster data transfers over longer distances
Assessing fault in data center incidents could pit internal IT operations staffers against contractors and vendors.
Flash exploit mitigation recently built into Chrome caused more problems than it solved
Extra content will include new footage and commentary from the creators
Password proliferation, orphan accounts show your cloud apps are out of compliance with your security policies
Last day of hacking events shake loose bugs in Firefox, Chrome
Talented students 'banished' through no fault of their own, are getting help, says Palm founder
UCWeb will launch a mobile browser for the U.S. market in June or July