Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Challenge.gov offers rewards to people who help solve government problems
The two companies will pay $48 million to settle a complaint about contract prices
The online retailer could be planning a move into gaming
Kai-Fu Lee's business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups that largely focus on the mobile Internet
These are our principles, and if you don't like them ... well, we may have others, says new preamble to ACTA treaty
HP led in enterprise disk products but won't get a big boost from 3Par's small sales total
Nvidia announces seven GT 400M and GTX series laptop graphics cards
Contest results will be published next week, organizers say
Silverlight will offer a richer Web experience than HTML5, says Microsoft -- besides, the HTML5 spec isn't stable yet
Secunia has launched the latest version of its Personal Software Inspector
Takes out Times Square ad satirizing Eric Schmidt
Cisco, Verizon take on the challenge of networking 82,500-seat megaplex
People can get support from both a Web site and a call center if the problem is bad enough
HP, EMC settled but others continue to fight in cases alleging widespread contracting fraud
Carrier says U.S. CIOs want to know what next-gen Internet protocol is and how it will affect corporate nets
A jump in duplicate vulnerability disclosures means vendors must patch faster
Armin Van Buuren appears to be a potential cybercrime victim
Technical director for CodePlex Foundation weighs in on patents, open core and Microsoft's about-face towards open source
May have the memory and Bluetooth support to connect to App Store, play games, says virtual teardown expert
If you're envious of Android users who have Android 2.2, don't be. Here are some ways to get the same features.
The move will allow students to submit reports of suspected bullies or victims at South Hadley High School in Massachusetts
Facebook says that a photo-processing flaw let a spammer post thousands of Free iPhone messages
Apple's A4 chip may go into low-power servers or even TVs
IBM has cracked the problem of moving virtual machines across different servers, without using shared storage
Experts say IT execs must prepare quickly for what NOAA says could be the most active hurricane season ever
The Pushdo botnet has been partially shut down and may help researchers find better ways to fight botnets
Also boots Linux from the No. 3 spot in OS usage online
Will Windows Phone handsets appear in October?
The technologies to vastly improve backup and recovery performance and reliability have arrived
The company had its orders blocked for security reasons from December
Dell says it took "a measured approach" through the bidding process, but has given up
Encrypted Flash reader from WatchDox enables but controls sharing
Hyper-V on back burner for VMworld attendees
The Rapid Predictive Modeler tool follows a similar release by rival SPSS
'Speed matters,' says Google exec on second birthday of company's browser
The search engine home page now features a small advertisement for Internet Explorer 8
Detroit and Cincinnati will get millions of dollars for chronic disease care
Burlington officials, tech execs explain a shifting employment landscape
Prototypes let you 'project' the Internet onto any surface, and manipulate machines with your mind
iPad owners must wait until November's iOS 4.2 upgrade to get multitasking, other new features
The new feature gives users a way to kick spammers out of their accounts
