Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Service, to launch this year, will allow users to sync iTunes to cloud
Research from NSS Labs show that security software vendors take an average of two days to block a new malicious Web site
Handset maker won't release devices with larger screens just for the sake of offering a new form factor, exec says
Action likely to push company closer to being shuttered
Google's Chrome uses gimmicks to make it seem fast at startup, says designer
The French data protection authority has found passwords and e-mail messages among the Wi-Fi data Google intercepted
Installation includes Adtran NetVanta software, Windows-based Dell servers and Polycom and Grandstream IP phones
Oracle's updated BPM software includes social networking, greater integration, exec says
Facebook, Myspace will use new digital signature database
Adds a third Trojan signature to baked-in antivirus scanning; first update in 10 months
The Android smartphone, viewed as rival to iPhone, goes on sale later this year
The category-dominating vendor is using Athlon II Neo processors
The "legendary" litigator could lead Oracle's trial strategy in the intellectual-property case
A lawmaker proposes a law that would require operators to unlock phones that people buy without a contract
The US and Europe money trail leads to cloud and Internet investments
Internet market has developed rapidly in last few years
Venture capitalists take a balanced approach
The Spectrum Task Force's proposals for terrestrial mobile networks in satellite bands may come before the FCC in July
Vendors are pushing expensive 3-D displays, but the technology may not be as ready as they claim.
Providing online bank customers with security software an imperfect cybercrime antidote
The use of Websphere for app integration to mobile devices has been criticized by some analysts, however
HP's near-beta social network, dubbed 48Upper, is about solving tech issues, not dating
Once bragged he was on acid while delivering a security conference presentation
Broadband, wireless adoption in Asia driving demand for unique IP addresses
Cheaper equipment upgrades lower operators cost for mobile broadband
Sony Ericsson's Xperia X8 will cost less than US$250 before subsidies
It claims the drive boots nine times faster than hard disk drives
The commission votes to launch a notice of inquiry on reclassifying broadband as a regulated service
Verizon confirms announcement, which falls the day before the iPhone 4 ships
Security pros must remember that comments made in bad taste can put both a career, and an entire security program, in danger
Patches 40 bugs in Windows edition, gets users ready for Monday's iOS 4 upgrade
The memory module stacks 16 64Gbit NAND chips atop one another
The new service allows companies to share information about compromised accounts
With a new USB modem, Mac users finally can get national coverage on the Clear and Sprint networks
The tech-heavy Nasdaq breaks into positive territory for the year
A Microsoft contest is collecting ideas for apps, one of which the company will build and offer to users
Amazon's patent for 'social networking system' reads like a Facebook replica
