Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Better outcome than with hacker group YGN's interaction with McAfee last month
B&N also launches developer program for Nook apps
China's Ministry of Culture is punishing a total of 14 websites for providing illegal music downloads
The robots searched for victims in two of the most badly damaged cities
You’ve tried Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and still have questions? Maybe Quora’s the site for you
Open-source IT management suite Spiceworks engenders fierce loyalty.
Network performance and security monitoring tools pinpoint trouble spots.
Mozilla users upgrade, but total Firefox share stagnant
Groupon, SlideShare, Box.net and Zendesk employ novel IT technologies and practices to propel their growth and innovation
Sony in the US blamed an "external intrusion" for the problems
Ohga helped sharp Sony from its early years and led development of the CD
Rejection of its 3Leaf purchase led to ongoing dialog with the government
A black Mercedes has been linked to Wi-Fi attacks against local companies
On-going problems could scare businesses away from cloud adoption
Son of security firm's founder was reportedly abducted for ransom this week
If you can't buy em, beat em; Google launches Offers beta
Microsoft technology to detect human presence spotted in Windows 8 previews
Sony PlayStation site is down for days, but hacker group says it has nothing to do with it
September unveiling of Apple's next iPhone? Dual-core?
Record quarterly results trump tepid macroeconomic news
Many sites recovering, but Web 2.0 sites Reddit and Quora still affected
The 2 companies produce 2- and 3-bit-per cell NAND flash
Development of the open-source office suite is on track after Oracle's move to dump a commercial version of OpenOffice.org
Good Technology expects Android to become the most popular smartphone platform for its customers by year end
The company is looking to consolidate its growth in Japan
Will & Kate celebrated via Android apps featuring countdown clocks, photo albums and lots of gossip
Financial services firms use social media for B2B collaboration, product development
Project Barcelona at Microsoft creating metadata information server
Asahi Glass says it has found a way to make smartphones and tablet PCs thinner
Analysts say downtime hurts Amazon, and cloud computing
The companies filed a request with the FCC to transfer T-Mobile's spectrum to AT&T
Privacy groups want the FTC to require Google to get opt-in permission before collecting personal data
Teri Takai, former CIO of California and top IT executive at Ford, now setting DOD's IT direction
Version 3.1 of the Web development framework also will have jQuery its default JavaScript library
The maker of cloud storage gateways is backing out of the market to reorganize
Jury upholds patent infringement claim against the Linux kernel, tells Google to pay $5 million in damages, with more lawsuits against big Linux users threatened
Fixes Flash flaw in Reader, Acrobat; beware of malicious PDFs touting news
50,000 units sold on Tuesday, says RBC analyst
Customers show the text to a sales clerk to receive a discount
