Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The LTE-Advanced standard up for discussion at a Taiwan conference this week aims to raise data transfer speeds to 1Gbps
After getting slapped for terms of service breaches, UberMedia says its Twitter apps are back, though iPhone apps up in the air
Taiwanese companies held a job fair to find graphics artists, programmers and even full time players to help develop games
"Like gambling, Facebook keep users in a "neurotic limbo," researchers claim
Calls for protests in 13 Chinese cities appear to have begun on the web, but were quickly stifled by the government
Analyst chatter indicates Apple maybe be readying a bigger iPod touch in addition to an iPad 3
Twitter surprises UberMedia by shutting down UberTwitter and other Twitter clients for terms of service violations
5 blocking bugs remain for Beta 12
Social net says UberTwitter, Twidroyd, UberCurrent violated Twitter policies
Google's request that US patent authorities review Oracle's patents has broad implications for the case, an expert says
Undisclosed medical condition doesn't keep Apple CEO from Silicon Valley dinner
Like humans, Watson only uses a fraction of its memory to generate answers to Jeopardy questions
Three senators introduced a cybersecurity bill that prohibits the president from shutting down the Internet
Yahoo's internal cloud platform nearly in production.
Beta also accelerates video, automatically disables outdated plug-ins
Vendors report strong sales to SMBs
Apple could be making same mistakes it made in the '80s, according to Forrester CEO
As adoption of smartphones and tablets explodes security will become a bigger issue
In a Q&A with Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, Vint Cerf discusses how 2011 will be a key year for a 'disruption tolerant' Internet that uses spacecraft for nodes
Also: AT&T bests Verizon in early 3G test; Apple corners touchscreen market
In a Q&A with the Internet pioneer, Vint Cerf discusses what the next iteration of the Internet Protocol will and won’t be
Existing phones suffice for some users; others prefer broader Internet options
Interesting facts from NTIA map that give us insight into how we connect to the Web
Beck says he's won't use Google products and suggests that his viewers follow suit; analysts see little effect on the firm
The WiMax operator says it is close to a deal with Sprint on revenue from wholesale users
A lawyer for the agency stops short of saying she wants back doors in Internet services
Comments for the week of Feb. 14, 2011
Traffic off 20% from the norm, says Arbor Networks; Bahrain's biggest telecom firm sees 'service degradation'
As the economy improves, finance executives may need to sharpen their skills at interviewing job candidates
Adoption accelerating, although legal, security and technical obstacles abound
The NTIA and FCC release an interactive national broadband map, the first from the U.S. government
Microsoft bans GPLv3 in mobile apps while pushing its own open source licenses
Many respondents don't even trust themselves with their own records
Hasn't found a way to hijack PCs using SMB bug
