Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Gives Mac users shorter grace period than people running Office on Windows, completely cripples suite if it's not activated in time
U.S. got out the rare metals business, and helped create a Chinese monopoly that's incenting companies to open plants in China
PCI data-security standard 2.0 debuts Thursday for payment-card industry. But what about Jack Dorsey's Square?
The latest look at Bredolab shows that a small part of the botnet appears to be still running
Contest winners also snag Zune Pass subscriptions from Microsoft
Google agreed to warn keyword advertisers worldwide of policy changes in the settlement of a French competition case
Microsoft makes competitive move against Amazon EC2
Adobe confirms attacks using rigged PDFs, promises fixes next month as more problems plague Flash, Reader
Some enterprises are finding that cloud-based applications make it possible to roll out mobile enterprise apps
More than half of all US states will allow some kind of internet voting this year. But security experts say it's a mistake
Modular design lets users purchase and deploy automation products separately, adding capabilities at their own pace
Airline trades in Microsoft Exchange for Google's Gmail to save money and personnel time
Market for car safety technology is booming
Facebook scandals getting teachers fired across the country
Blair Levin discusses why he wishes he'd done a better job of explaining the plan and a GAO report about it
Aruba CEO Dominic Orr's compensation fell from $2.9 million in 2009 to $400,000 in 2010
A settlement with the FCC also requires Verizon to offer a data-blocking tool to mobile customers
Google apologized for the Street View data breach, which is at the heart of the latest probe
Malicious Java applet shows that Apple's smart to dump Oracle's technology, says researcher
The Boku system would let subscribers pay for content or virtual goods through their phone bills
The country’s outsourcing industry is disturbed by protectionist moves in the U.S.
Comcast leads but other operators are quietly preparing next-gen Internet services
Apple's elusive white iPhone 4 given special literary treatment
Pica8 roots unknown, but claims to offer 10G Ethernet switch at $250/port
11 community computer centers are now up and running in Lowell, Mass.
The RevoDrive X2 has a maximum throughput of 740MB/sec
Digium’s new Asterisk project aims for massive scale, high availability and APIs for easy integration with other apps
SAP says it won't contest a claim of contributory copyright infringement and has asked to shorten the trial
Carrier vows to be 'prepared for the demand,' but pace prompts concerns
Company combining Snort IPS technology with firewall, VPN functionality
Apple also launches a simplified Chinese language version of its App Store
Business analytics remains a top customer priority and a principal growth driver
MSP3 also connects to wireless LAN software
Striking workers have been arrested to break the strike, an activist group alleges
