Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Ease of use, synchronization pushed some to the top over others
Expect more powerful smartphones and tablets from Sony, Samsung, HTC and others, according to vendor invites and industry rumors
In detailing their stances on licensing essential patents, the companies hope to reassure regulators and standards bodies
Progress continues as Microsoft will issue fewest February patches since 2009
Higher-resolution screen, Siri are certainties, says expert, who also expects a 7-in. tablet from Apple this year
Jesse Curtis Morton ran several jihadist websites and threatened the writers of 'South Park' and other people, the DOJ says
During background check for possible gov't appointment, some cite Apple co-founder's skill at twisting truth
Sony CEO-to-be Kazuo Hirai says hardware is still important, but the company must focus on content, services
Apple wants to change the way essential patents are licensed and litigated, while Google wants to use current model
Mobile communications equipment market to hit half-trillion-dollar market in 2015, IHS says
Enterprise-class SSD drive family offers up to 400GB capacity and 536MB/sec throughput
The move follows SAP's recent move to purchase cloud HCM (human capital management) vendor SuccessFactors
Potential buyers hope to use the uncased $25 PC as a home-theater replacement and lightweight PC
The open-source development model is helping Citadel's creators patch bugs and add features faster
Google also adds security features designed to weed out malicious code and sites
Mobile Dynamics CRM clients will get a look tailored to their devices
Google X Project: Wearable computers, life-saving MMOGs and more!
The trade body said growth will drop to 11 to 14 percent
Apple continues to stuggle to convince courts that Samsung's tablets are copies of the iPad
The operator's revenue from voice dropped faster that data grew during at the end of 2011
More bandwidth, better security and emerging video technology are making telemedicine more acceptable to doctors, patients
A combination of industry trends sent demand for APM tools skyrocketing in 2011.
Lenovo's revenue in the quarter reached US$8.4 billion, up 44 percent year-over-year
A top transportation official wants rules to prevent interfering uses in the future
Making the products interoperable will let Lync enterprise users connect with consumer Skype users
Cisco's earnings per share rose more than 48 percent from a year earlier
Niklas Adalberth and Jens Saltin were released on bail, and are due back in court on Friday
Yahoo could be gearing up for a sale, or the new CEO could be looking for better backing
The privacy advocate asks the court to require the FTC to enforce a 2011 privacy agreement with Google
Sen. Grassley says Obama's response to wife of laid-off tech worker indicates support for 1B restrictions
Verizon's 4G LTE for the tablet will be backed by Wi-Fi
Other governments and some companies are using social media to address dissent, a DARPA program officer said
Google quietly launches a program to pay volunteers up to $25 to share their browser activity with the company
New Metro applications and how Windows 8 handles them promote stingy power use
But an improved self-service experience is on the way, Salesforce.com pledges
Patches 20 vulnerabilities, pays $10,500 in bounties to four bug hunters
Researchers break algorithms used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.
Just as social network Pinterest is taking off, users express concern over tracking code the company adds to their links
Airvana says Ericsson broke a contract it acquired along with Nortel's equipment business
New name for beta, but provides no new details
The issuing of subordinate root certificates to companies, so they can snoop on SSL-encrypted traffic, is a common industry practice
Follows move last year to abandon Flash Player in mobile
Google has decided to drop OCSP revocation checks from Chrome because they are inefficient and slow
Results for the company's third fiscal quarter were hit by a $1.49B charge related to a cancelled UK government health IT contract
IPv6 Week attracts dozens of Latin American Web sites, ISPs and hosting companies to turn on next-gen Internet Protocol
ThreadFix gives coders a central, strategic view of software bugs, status
