Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
CFOs hold a positive view on potential business growth for the second quarter
Oracle, Red Hat and Micron earnings set up expectations for a strong earnings season
Texters rejoice! Your language gets some cred in the Oxford English Dictionary
Exoprise, founded by former Citrix exec, targets cloud readiness
The chairman has circulated a draft order that would require operators to negotiate fair data roaming agreements
Innovations address 4G network quality and bring network advances to cars
'We should have informed Web users,' says Firefox maker of Comodo hack
Bundle.com can recommend a restaurant or another service, based on the actions of 25 million credit card users
Oracle's decision to stop software development for Itanium could cost customers millions in IT upgrades
Software AG and two systems integrators are accused of an elaborate scheme to steal RFID trade secrets
Federal Judge Kimba Wood notes that damages sought would amount to more than music industry has made in its history
iRobot machines may be used in nuclear facilities to test for radiation, damage
The handset maker is implementing strategies for selling more phones to enterprise customers
Consumer groups, rivals and regulators all find something to hate in proposed deal
The European Commission and Microsoft shrug off calls by Maxthon to change the EU browser choice page
The Business Software Alliance warns that the proposed Consumer Rights Directive could reduce consumer rights
And blacklists two more SSL certificates as Comodo break-in makes news
Residents in Beijing give their views on the Internet and whether its censorship affects them
The defendant used a people search website to confirm stolen Social Security numbers
Google Adwords not at fault in latest EU online advertising case
A new feature called Questions is designed for people to post questions and answers on the site
Volunteered equipment would map white spaces that unlicensed devices could use
Gleg plans to add the latest public SCADA exploits into a penetration testing tool from Immunity
The pioneer of small laptop PCs also hopes to ship about 2 million tablets in 2011
Poaching's high stakes illustrated in court fight
Blackouts could spread if east Japan doesn't save more electricity
Bloggers and others have pilloried Google for delaying open source access to Honeycomb
Japanese companies are beginning to turn factories back on, but some key component suppliers will be down for months
The Taiwanese PC maker cites workforce overlaps with Chinese partner Founder as the main reason
Deal to buy the addresses from Nortel a sign of the increasing value of IPv4 as they run out, some say
The new version will deliver better resource management
Using Splunk, NPR has found a faster way to build user data statistics
New optional 'app players' will let users download Android and BlackBerry Java applications
CIO says customer-focus is basis of IT innovations
Internet privacy project that helped Iranians and Egyptians wins award from Free Software Foundation.
New software license sales and a more profitable hardware business help Oracle post strong numbers
Attempt to calm angry users with update status page backfires as users take Microsoft to the woodshed
Brandon Gregg challenges current thinking about organized shoplifting rings. Forget the hype and get back to basics.
The challenge is that many organizations aren't sure of what an Advanced Persistent Threat is.
Hacked security company disputes charge
Twitter is blocked in China now but may eventually have to craft a strategy for the country, he said
Non-profit mGive Foundation may also move to increase texting donations to $25 from $10
Analysis of huge quantities of data will enable companies to learn our habits, activities
Rugged cell sites in Haiti fared better than those in New Zealand, a carrier executive says
