Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
GE exec Mark Hura looks at ambitions for smart grid program
Eleven representatives question whether the launch of Buzz breached consumer privacy
May also patch 'don't-press-F1-key' bug in across-the-board rush update
Patches 92 bugs in Leopard, Snow Leopard; no fix for Pwn2Own vulnerability
Application use skyrocketing, including P2P transfers, report indicates
Texting, Twitter bringing groups together quickly, but that's not causing the violence
The Boston regional FIRST Robotics competition will send five teams to the championship in April
Existing orders will still arrive Saturday; new orders won't ship until April 12
As Google, Go Daddy reconsider China, will other businesses think again?
U.S. Patent and Trade Office is planning a major IT migration
Users will be able to compare sales performance for certain brands and see some demographic trends
University of Maryland sees nearly a 50% jump in undergrad enrollments
Wireless communications leapfrogging wired throughout the Third World
New versions of Bluetooth, smartphone app stores, cellular broadband to play key roles
Open source 'whitelist' would aid transition to next-gen Internet services, proponents say
A phone hacker says that some mobile Web proxies send phone numbers to Web sites, comprising security
Top innovative firms, products include W PhoneWatch (see video, page 2), Zero Charger, Connectify, Aava Mobile, Appel, Line2
Plans to lean more heavily on resellers to lift sagging Ethernet fortunes
Pitches DNS change so it can support IPv6 without cutting off hundreds of thousands of visitors
Apple's iWork suite for the tablet might not be enough for the workplace
Aims to keep confidential corporate data from cyberspace; can also track personal posts
Feel the love with videos by Palm users
Combined router/host client allows for ad hoc mobile network
IG report says final NASA shuttle flight now likely to come early next year
They're needed to accommodate new services coming in the future, the company says
By hacking networking cards, researchers can break into networks and PCs
The company's products and road map are more important than price, a U.S. executive said
But GTX 480 cards are 'hot' in more ways than one, testers say
The server is thought to have extended Chinese filtering technology to Chile and the US
While the two 4G wireless technologies can interoperate, AT&T, for one, is not interested
'Technically impressive' exploit of IE8 bypasses DEP, ASLR on Windows 7 at hacking contest
The market researcher predicts the global recession will continue to impact chips
An e-mail with a malicious attachment was sent to at least three foreign journalists in China
Dutch researcher bypasses DEP, ASLR to bring down Microsoft's browser
Enforcers met in France this week discuss criminal law and the Internet
Smartphone survey shows interest in iPad, other tablets
Android-based smartphone is priced at $150 with two-year contract
Overheated servers in Europe and a flawed failover process caused a worldwide crash of its servers
Drivers are among the virtualization vendors' problems
Ad review board says a Sprint footnote didn't reflect most recent network tests
