Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The agency's vote for net neutrality rules will likely lead to a lawsuit and to repeal attempts in Congress
Ka-Sat is the third broadband Internet satellite to be launched in the last six weeks.
Improved lithium batteries will also breathe air to recharge phones (see video below)
Dual-core processors will help power next-generation smartphones
Amazon says sales of discounted three-license upgrade end Dec. 31
Sony, now making a profit on sales of its console hardware, wants full control of the manufacturing process
Juniper initiatives supported by alliances, acquisitions, software application effort
Woman and 10-year-old daughter got porn chat instead of Barbie Video Girl site.
The 10.1-inch touchscreen device uses Google's Android mobile OS and a Samsung processor
The device will come pre-installed with 19 Tencent mobile apps.
Chinese consumers will buy 95 million smartphones in 2011, opening the Internet to some who cannot afford laptops
Baidu Talk, launched in September, requires users to identify with their real names
The two companies will integrate video-on-demand platform and digital programming guides
Suggests using blocking tool, but does not plan to issue emergency patch
From wind and new fuel efficient cars to biofuels and storage systems, energy research project saw million of dollars in 2010
Could SAP be planning an appeal?
High-resolution Santa Cam images available on mobile phones for the first time this year
Looks for better ways to make sure supercomputers 'address our current national priorities'
Researchers have found a parallel computing algorithm that could offer quantum computer-speed performance
Terabyte-sized memory chips using new technique could be two-to-five years away, IBM researcher says
Discussing allegations, Theo de Raadt says that government contractor Netsec 'was probably contracted to write backdoors.'
The South Korean government wants to block Pyongyang's propaganda activity on social media networks.
The company is likely to be merged with parent company Tech Mahindra
Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity furthers Sony's goal of linking consumer products via the Internet
Lawmakers have a new addiction: H-1B fees to fund border security, and now the 9/11 bill
The iPad is emerging as a tool for many enterprise users
Microsoft investigates unpatched IE vulnerability, exploit that bypasses ASLR and DEP on Windows 7
FCC releases basic outline, final draft still being hammered out
Frantz sentenced to six years in jail for embezzling from a third employer, Auto Warehousing Co.
Next -gen Ethernet fabrics could both leverage and loosen Fibre Channel hold
Comments for the week of Dec. 20
Attacks hammer human rights and dissident media sites, which often don't have the resources to fend off take-downs
InSite expands Dell's reach into the medical IT services market
Network management industry vet focused on optimizing data center resources
Judge will decide on jail time, and can fine company up to $500,000 on mail fraud charges
A Minnesota man hacked a Wi-Fi network to e-mail child pornography to his neighbor's co-workers
Beta 8 renders JavaScript about 5% faster than predecessor
Analysts say large IT operations will boost hiring next year, mostly for those with both technology and business skills
