Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Apple solves supply issues, makes hay on rivals' stumbles, says analyst
Report shows strong growth for social nets, especially Tumblr and LinkedIn
Sprint still must confront AT&T-T-Mobile deal, need to convert to LTE, and win new customers
Analyst Mueller calls it 'first enforceable software patent court decision worldwide against Android devices'
The website for several years issued randomly generated passwords, which were unlikely to be resued
But judge says issue can be resolved if Samsung updates its phones with Android 3.x software used on tablets
Foreign companies sending data to India will also not be covered under the rules
With good specs, an upgraded user experience and affordable prices, Nokia hopes to give Symbian sales a boost
VMware has packaged a developer edition of it Cloud Foundry stack to run on a single computer
The mandatory use of SSL encryption will thwart account hijacking over unencrypted wireless networks
Some gas lines in New York City date back to the Civil War
Online tracking firm surreptitiously siphons personal data, changes security settings on computers, suit alleges
Version 3.0 of the Eucalyptus cloud platform will be the first to feature high-availability functionality
Sina Weibo, a social networking platform, has 200 million registered users
HP and IBM have been trading places at the top over the past several quarters
It filed for permission to do so with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
A $49 TouchPad site offers a lesson in social engineering -- and Rickrolling
The earthquake was the biggest to hit Virginia in more than a century, according to the US Geological Survey
Google is working hard to get the site ready for application developers, enterprise users, minors and corporate marketers
Project would allow developers to build web-based app interfaces accessible from any HTML5 smartphone or tablet
Sprint will sell the 9350 for $80, after rebate
'Totally expected' that Apple will drop price of current iPhone when it launches next model
Microsoft is building a native USB 3.0 software stack for Windows 8, which could aid in competition against Thunderbolt
The move seems to be in response to Google's claims that Google+ offers an easier, more secure way to share content
People turn to social networks as earthquake jolts D.C area, New York, New England
The SSD array can achieve up to 3GB/sec throughput
It's alive! After six months onboard the orbiter, astronauts power up Robonaut 2
Tremors prompt building evacuations in multiple east coast cities
But is it scary? In the video the tool is set to attack a university website that's been offline for a decade
The P10000 array doubles drive and port count over previous models
The PostgreSQL-based database company has released a platform for managing many servers
Oracle VM now can support up to 128 virtual CPUs per server
Infected apps from Chinese download sites hijack phones running Android 2.3
As maker of chips that run HP's WebOS, Qualcomm could offer attractive bundle to smartphone, tablet makers
30% also report using tablets at restaurants
All run the latest BlackBerry 7 OS
Lots more exploits aimed at Adobe than Microsoft
A data protection agency is concerned Facebook is collecting data in violation of E.U. law
The small, rugged ISR 819 is designed for machine-to-machine networking
Pays out $1,337 in bounty to British researcher for bug in 3-D rendering code
China Mobile, with 600 million customers, uses a 3G network the iPhone can't operate on - but its 2G network may do just fine
The company could still end up paying large sums in damages
The single RamSan 1U array can generate up to 4Gbps of throughput
A group of developers plans to port Android to the HP TouchPad, which is being discontinued by HP
FTP server on which data was stored became searchable by Google in September
Verizon sees 'huge' 4G market advantage over AT&T, but mum on iPhone 5 having 4G capability
