Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Power outages in the U.S. increase this year even before hurricane season
Google's Android looks set to take on the tablet space
IBM's X-Force admits mistake, now says Google patched all disclosed vulnerabilities in the first half of 2010
A single product combines backup, recovery, snapshots, deduplication and storage capacity
Some of the update's features, however, are only available with paid versions of the service
Are you bleeding-edge enough to try the Canary Build? Or are you yellow?
VMware's Project Horizon targets cloud-based desktop apps on any device
The Pushdo/Cutwail botnet was crippled by security researchers but is not dead yet
Internet users have higher expectations for website performance, a new survey says
Bug triggers background music, sparks malware fears
New offering designed for unlimited, cost-effective WLAN scaling
Movement of virtual machines threatens regulatory compliance
The acquisition is part of a bigger push to address vendor lock-in and offer more self-service tools
It's still not seen as a laptop replacement, however
Even with a disaster recovery plan in place, it still suffered an 8-day outage
The popular video site hopes to compete in China by offering more copyright content
The announcement comes a day before an Indian deadline to Research In Motion to allow interception of services
The Indian government maintains that communications through telecom networks should be accessible to security agencies
Google plays catch-up with Microsoft, Mozilla on browser hardware acceleration
Aimed at young adults, Rover will sell daily, weekly and monthly service with a dongle or a portable Wi-Fi hub
Report does not address specific causes for lower prices
A memory card within a SAN caused the outage
U.S. Shipments of Samsung's Galaxy S Android phone shipments reach 1 million in first 45 days
Graphics cards and other products will be merged into the AMD brand
Apple offers next-day shipping for first time since tablet's April 3 debut
Solar-powered OpenBTS systems costs pennies a day and operates in the farthest outreaches of Earth.
The renewal comes after months of negotiations
Exploit bypasses Windows' DEP, ASLR defenses, can be used in drive-by attacks
A Duke University experiment inadvertently uncovered a bug in Cisco IOS XR
The search giant acquired SocialDeck, a developer of online games with a social twist
Two whistleblowers had alleged widespread IT contracting fraud in a 2004 lawsuit
