Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The bill targeting child pornography raises privacy concerns from Democrats and other critics
These four IT shops upgraded systems for different reasons, but getting business involvement was key for them all.
Promoted tweets get bumped up to top of users' timelines
Sprint had been last carrier to not support the standard
Three-fourths of all rootkits on decade-old OS, says antivirus firm
AMD ships more chips than Intel on the success of Fusion
PlayBook is most often used for work, followed by iPad
After five contentious years, Java 7 finally arrives
The agency accuses a company of billing small businesses and nonprofits for unwanted listings
SAP says the rental chain owes it $9 million for excess use of its Business Objects software
Interest in ARM-based PCs could be fueled by Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS
But trade agency clears iPhone, iPad of patent charges in Apple-Android battle-by-proxy
Group garnered inspiration from Google Fiber project
Its features and functionality will be fused into the on-premise version of the suite over the next 12 to 18 months
The knowledge base software will be rolled into Oracle's Fusion CRM application
Sprint gets $9B in cash for its spectrum and network services
France Télécom has more subscribers, but they're paying less for their services as the company's focus moves to Africa
The Aliyun OS can run Android apps and Web-based apps
Dell says its servers are now tested to operate at 113 degrees Fahrenheit for parts of the year
The application will cost €6.99 and allow people to stream and download content to their iPad
But rival InPhase exec disses GE efforts a 'science project'
Says fear 'amplified' because it 'preserves the status quo'
Totango offers SaaS vendors analytics that help them determine the strongest leads, and how much users like their software
Revenue rose 2.4 percent as carriers spend on all-IP network construction, but analysts had expected much more
Sony's business was hit by unfavorable exchange rates, competition, and a hacking attack
The Department of Justice has asked Google for more information on the deal
Spam messages about mischarged hotel expenses lead to fake antivirus
The 802.22 standard calls for up to 22M bps service over 100 kilometers
Time spent on the site fell as well
New software for Big-IP supports analysis of each application's performance
The appliance runs OpenStack and is meant to ease the development of private enterprise clouds
Many businesses allow employee-owned devices like iPhone but lack policies for them
Twenty-nine U.S. universities seek ideas on how to accelerate broadband deployment
Facebook, Yahoo and others report decline in number of users having difficulty accessing dual-stack websites
Meeting of Internet standards body indicates shift in IPv6 debate from content to carriers
Yanks full-screen button until it decides how to handle Apple's new feature
As Google continues to work on making a business version of Google+, rival unveils Facebook for Business
But with hundreds of embedded mobile devices, car hacking is just the tip of the iceberg
Nine-year-old bug patched for newer iPhones, iPads, but older models 'perpetually vulnerable,' says expert
AppLogic, Business Service Insight and other CA management applications have been updated to work with public clouds
Mobile phone operator Orange is partnering with Google to bring Gmail chat to feature-phone users in five more countries
EX switch sales up 18%, enterprise sales up 9% from last year; firewalls and core routers lag
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Homeland Security taking note as car-alarm hack portends larger risks
