Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The U.S. defense and transportation agencies think danger to GPS merits a deeper review
Heritage Provider Network hopes work can save up to $40B in medical costs a year and make more dollars available for medical research
Buyers beware: 'No guarantees in life and&wireless service'
The hacker won't identify the certificate authority in question but says another has been breached
Microsoft angered customers with unfulfilled promises, should have anticipated update issues
Mainframes are stable, secure and under your control - perfect for anchoring a private cloud - but where's user provisioning?
Sprint President and CEO Dan Hesse's compensation fell to $9.1 million in 2010, from $12.3 million in 2009.
Microsoft researchers talk up ServerSwitch as possible alternative for developing software defined switches, routers
Tech press has field day with Dell exec's comments on Apple iPad pricing
IT administrators are learning that they need to closely watch data usage on tablets
The Commission is warned to avoid political deals with legacy operators
EU watchdog warns that data sharing deals with the US do not meet the necessity principle
Remote-controlled robots will be used at damaged Fukushima Daiichi facility
The search giant hopes to start offering service next year
All storage protocol traffic can now move over LAN and SAN
Scalpers asking as much as $4,500 per ticket to sold-out Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Huge 2010 sales of iPad and other tablets prompt upward revision of Gartner's U.S., global IT spending forecasts
Microsoft adds security software and Lync to Core CAL.
Apple and Google happy to let Amazon's Cloud Drive take legal heat, says expert
Secretive YGN Ethical Hacker Group says its going to the "dark side" benefits IT security shops
The agency requires Google to implement a comprehensive privacy program but did not issue a fine
Radian6 technology is used to monitor conversations on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks
Spacecraft snaps first photos from Mercury's orbit as it begins science phase
Use of graphic processing units slashes costs, delivers similar performance
Developers can finally sell photos and virtual content such as game levels from within games
Salesforce.com will pay more than $300 million for the company
A large section of the population does not have access to information and communications technology
Linux shows largest jump in data center management improvements, study finds
Its earthquake stricken Miho factory was an important base for DLP and chip manufacturing
10G Nexus 3000 Ethernet switch debuts; no sign of “Jawbreaker” data center fabric line yet
Names, social security numbers, addresses other personal data potentially compromised
The state's attorney general will look into whether the acquisition is anti-competitive
Jawa tries to poke holes in Verizon's case, arguing against a proposed injunction
With $2.4B deal, eBay preps for fight with e-commerce giant
Google reportedly testing Google Music, which could be part of a broader social platform
WWDC interest soars because devs heeded Steve Jobs' 'post-PC' pitch, says tools maker
Dedupe software is targeted at low-end NAS vendors
Microsoft offers light version of Windows for thin clients
Network is used to run Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Hubble Telescope missions
The Multicore Association is trying to push APIs to reduce the complexity involved in writing software for multicore chips
Mass. AG says 2009 breach exposing credit, debit card data of The Briar Group customers was caused by negligence
Hadoop and Java get enhanced job-scheduling support from Platform Computing and Terracotta, respectively
