Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Apple keeps cost nearly flat despite pricier display, battery, CPU
Infor has offered US$1.8 billion for rival ERP vendor Lawson; will HP, IBM and Oracle counter?
Service is cut off on two segments of a trans-Pacific network
But are we talking a white iPhone 4 or iPhone 5?
In Japan aftermath, portable radios work where cell phones can't
Verizon waiving charges through April 10; AT&T, through March 31
Beats Mozilla's Firefox 4 to the upgrade punch
Secret to iPad 2 Smart Cover: Lots of powerful magnets
Router maker unveils Hurricane Electric as reference customer for next-gen Internet services
Twitter is discouraging development of new client applications and warning existing ones will be held to stringent standards
Cloud-based DDoS mitigation service mimics insurance policy, company says
The group has released a batch of documents from a whistleblower alleging fraud
The NT$420 million system would pick up changes in water movement and send warnings to land
Users speculate it may be either an operator or software problem
'Ten years ago this experience would have been completely different,' one witness in Tokyo said
How to tell if your top tech talent plans to join a rival firm
Quake damage and power blackouts throw Japan's IT industry into chaos
First browser maker to fix a flaw exploited at last week's hacking contest
Consumer prices are expected to rise if earthquake damage cuts delivery of raw materials for wafers
Analysts and microbloggers report difficulties accessing Gmail in China
So far, 'Net traffic to and from Japan remains near normal, says Renesys
Rolling blackouts in eastern Japan will likely cause some supply issues
iFixit warns of teardown challenge, enlightens on iPad 2’s insides
24 hours after a deadly earthquake, cell phone services remain impacted across a wide area
Infor offers US$11.25 per share for Lawson
An advanced network of more than a thousand seismographs can provide seconds of warning before a major quake
The companies will work together to deliver rural broadband using 4G and satellite
In a government filing, Nokia describes the many threats it faces as part of its agreement to use Windows Phone
Die-hard fans lined up outside Apple retail stores to grab the iPad 2
No warning for Tokyo, but in the U.S., IT had time to prepare
Tech stays strong two years after the Great Recession's market low
Reminds everyone that the 10-year-old suite will exit support in July
Deep sea sensors, sophisticated modeling software enhance prediction efforts
Social networks at their best as people turn to them after massive quake, tsunami
Lesser earthquakes have in the past affected manufacturing
SAP and IBM tout benchmarks for HANA on Big Blue hardware, underscoring their rivalry with Oracle
Senator Kohl plans to focus on Google's search rankings and acquisitions, he says
But 99% of IE users may be at risk until patch appears
Bing and Yahoo account for 28% of US searches
'Hysteria continues,' says analyst, as shipping delays mount for new tablet
Calxeda's quad-core chips are based on ARM's Cortex-A9 design
Flash on Xoom will be beta, expected March 18
