Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
A proposal to extend Germany's stringent privacy laws to cover street panoramas fulfills an urgent need, regulators say
Avaya banks on customers wanting multi-vendor environments to compete against Cisco
Verizon also announces Samsung-built smartphone, the Fascinate
Previously, organizations that blocked Google's encrypted search site also blocked other Google services
The new method is cheaper and more portable than traditional equipment
Company could have sold even more if it had had them, says analyst
The U.S. Supreme Court rules against one business-method patent in a narrow decision
Heat maps can reveal, though not always explain, system latency, an Oracle engineer argues
River will be for simple 'extension' on-demand applications, while Business ByDesign will support more complex ones
Business analysts can make sure they're getting users' requirements right before handing over the project to development
16GB model boasts gross margin of 61%, says analyst
Facebook hires Google Chrome OS engineer Matthew Papakipos
Customers can choose exactly how much RAM, CPU and storage they want to use
The court rules that it's too hard to remove members of an oversight board
Windows 7 security evaluated by Gartner
Analysts expect boot SSD drives will be the most successful at first
Internet whirling with talk of 'Google Me,' a service that would rival Facebook
Google defends Web apps support as war of words continues
What are they saying and what does it mean?
Think only your social network knows your location? Well, think again
Security's credibility has grown by leaps and bounds this decade, but challenges remain. Survey results from CSO Magazine
A new White House plan follows up on recommendations in the FCC's broadband plan
Cisco CTO Ed Bugnion was one of five VMware founders
Core Security warned users to turn off a WPA migration mode feature for security reasons
U.S. stock markets fell Thursday, including the tech-heavy Nasdaq
As city transit systems adopt NFC, Nokia and other vendors are getting ready to announce compatible phones, says analyst
Apple acknowledges reception issue, tells users to grip the new iPhone 4 differently
But the ordinary looking data center must do some extraordinary work to keep the casino going
A recent Intel report highlights the push to use GPUs for parallel processing applications
It's been a long time coming, says head of ICM Registry, the company pushing for the new domain
The telecom regulator is now working with service providers on alternatives strategies
First Chinese internationalized domains will appear in two to three months, says ICANN CEO
The suit comes in response to Microsoft's earlier IP claim against Salesforce.com
Red Hat guns with VMware to offer full cloud stack
An early demo shows multitouch, multitasking and enhanced multimedia capabilities
Microsoft official says infrastructure and platform cloud lines will blur
Third release of developer preview, but no word yet on public beta
Researchers at Rice University hope technology can be used in routine cancer screenings
S3 Graphics asks the USITC to block the import of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products
The iPhone, Droid X, EVO, BlackBerry Torch… so many choices!
