Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Who gets what, how to block the upgrade, and more,
Unlike others, this latest effort may have a chance
Technology viewed as helpful in limiting or preventing disease outbreaks in animals
Research and technology parks affiliated with universities can play an important role in job creation
The iSec is a videogame console similar to the Xbox Kinect with controller-free gaming
Debate on the controversial copyright bill will continue on Wednesday, not wait until January
The jury was unable to agree on whether Microsoft acted to deliberately impede Novell's WordPerfect software
Wireless carrier says it will no longer collect data from controversial software
Resurrecting Flash, reigning in search, advancing Siri
Seagate cuts warranties from five years to one for certain desktop and laptop drives
Cox is following other cable companies in lining up with Verizon Wireless
Practical strategies CIOs are using to give staff broader IT and business experience without increasing headcount
Also: Ubiquitous surveillance from Big Brother and Microsoft's automatic IE updates coming soon, whether you want them or not
From the PlayBook to a massive outage, RIM couldn't catch a break in 2011
Europol warns that the Internet is making it easier for offenders to distribute child porn
Online shopping becomes more social as big retailers turn to Facebook, Twitter, Google+
Attack is possible, but analysts dubious that it happened, suggest other scenarios
Zynga trades down midday but makes the biggest splash by an Internet-based business since Google
Efforts include degree programs for data scientists, shaping cloud services, marketing chief says
The scam has appeared on a Russian social network and charges $3 for a bogus activation code
Thirty-eight different spectrum frequency combinations will be used in LTE deployments by 2015
Both companies insist that the software is used only for diagnostic info
Electronic warfare experts used GPS spoofing techniques to snag drone, <i>Christian Science Monitor</i> says
New regulations could scare off users of Chinese microblogging sites
The Judge said that protections under the First Amendment extend to online speech
The Judiciary Committee rejected several amendments focused on tech concerns about the bill
Several lawmakers worry bill is being pushed too fast
The BlackBerry maker took a $485 million charge related to PlayBook inventory
The move comes shortly after SAP's $3.4 billion purchase of SuccessFactors
The WiMax carrier raised $734M this week but needs more before it can commit to deploying LTE
Facebook says it will seek clean and renewable energy sources for its data centers, prompting Greenpeace to end its "unfriend coal" campaign
Storage, search technology will enable surveillance on suspects before they became suspects
Surgeon General hopes to encourage development of health apps that spur exercise, healthy eating
Clues in code point to Chinese hackers behind attacks against defense contractors
Transformational year marked by layoffs, restructuring, killing Flip, heightened competition and humbling results
It also announced Zoho CRM has reached the 25,000-customer mark
Tech topics, led by Apple terms, were hot this year on the annual Google Zeitgeist list
Virtustream is planning an exchange where companies can buy and sell excess capacity from their private clouds
First time in years that a non-Microsoft browser has been top dog
