Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Gartner predicts higher prices will push iPhone to third, while RIM will fall to fourth in four years
Microsoft's first iPad app 'effectively is a browser'
Rural mobile carriers had complained that AT&T and Verizon were slow to negotiate with them
DHS overhauls alert system and will start using social nets
Comments to analysts follow candid email sent to workers this week
IBM brings graphene transistors closer to commercial manufacturing
Massive data breach was the result of a phishing attack that was disclosed publicly about four months ago, Australian site reports
The goal is to help companies find the best ways to use VMware's View desktop virtualization platform
Sales of Motorola Atrix smartphone and Xoom tablet disappointing, one analyst says
Class of 2011 could learn a few things from tech execs, including high-profile women at Google and Facebook
Says Google will publish Honeycomb source code soon
Dell offers servers with VMware VMs or Citrix XenDesktops; plus Dell to pump $1 billion into cloud and 10 new data centers worldwide.
Apple iPads are growing in popularity among workers, but IT managers are slow to embrace them
New Greenplum products and an alliance SAS will increase data warehousing options, analysts say
Google follows Microsoft's lead, will warn users of unsafe downloads before they reach the PC
These firms need new revenue streams in IT services for growth, according to these analysts
Makers of laptops and tablets say material shortages in Japan have made little impact
But parent company, Alliance Data, says that the breach will have a minimal impact on its quarterly earnings
Factories are on the way back to pre-quake status, but problems remain at two
A San Francisco courtroom becomes a classroom for an hour
Huawei set up a communication channel with the agency after dropping its 3Leaf acquisition
It says using an unauthorized tool that lets people download software updates could end up causing problems
Storage administrators want vendors to stop pushing so hard
Vyatta releases mid-range appliances for branch office routing, security.
The Linux Foundation has started the High Availability Working Group to speed Linux enterprise features
White House: 'Most websites will not continue' during federal shutdown
New chips aimed at media players, tablet PCs, digital TVs and set-top boxes
Members of a House subcommittee look for ways to shut down 'parasite' piracy sites
The company notified about 300 employees, contractors and some customers of the breach
Video Web site to add 'premium channels' as it takes on age of Internet-connected TVs
Retailers have to accept NFC for mobile payment services to move forward
Appeals Court judge reaffirms government's authority to conduct warrantless searches of digital devices along U.S. borders
Cycle Computing builds cloud-based supercomputing cluster to boost scientific research.
Hacker group digs in to avenge PlayStation3 jailbreakers with layers of attacking botnets
Changes to MobileMe mean that next week's Office 2011 SP1 won't sync calendars with Apple's service
Oracle and Rimini Street have subpoenaed third-party software maintenance providers CedarCrestone, Spinnaker and netCustomer
Users can view a map that displays the coverage of their operator based on data collected by Root and other app users
Democrats say it's time to rewrite a 25-year-old law governing law enforcement access to electronic data
The search engine giant's Autocomplete service linked a businessman with the words "fraud" and "fraudster"
The company has not yet built a tablet-specific edition of the Linux-based Ubuntu distribution
Ponemon study suggests physical security gets way more money than IT security at many energy companies
