http://www.networkworld.com/rss/netflash.xml Network World News Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-google-expands-the-scope-of-255988.html?source=nww_rss Encouraged by the success of its Web and Chromium vulnerability reward programs, Google has decided to expand their scope in order to cover security issues in Chromium OS as well. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-10T12:16:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-forget-public-cloud-or-private-255987.html?source=nww_rss Cloud computing has gone from being a promising technology to a reality that brings a unique set of challenges along with benefits. To fully leverage the disruptive potential of cloud without getting trapped in a web of integration complexity, CIOs and their IT organizations need to focus on what it means to rethink their business as a collection of services. Thor Olavsrud 2012-02-10T12:11:43-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-motorola-mobility-fails-to-make-255986.html?source=nww_rss A German court has thrown out a Motorola Mobility patent lawsuit against Apple, breaking a recent run of courtroom successes for the company. Peter Sayer 2012-02-10T11:31:39-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-irs-fraud-255983.html?source=nww_rss A former Internal Revenue Service employee this week got 105 months in prison for pleading guilty to theft of government property and aggravated identity theft in a case where the guy tried to get away with nearly $8 million in fraudulent tax returns. Michael Cooney 2012-02-10T11:16:32-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-google-wallet-flaw-255981.html?source=nww_rss If you took one look at Google Wallet and said to yourself, "There's no way that's completely secure," it turns out you were right. Brad Reed 2012-02-10T10:21:22-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-bettercloud-255979.html?source=nww_rss A new security tool lets enterprise IT groups set access and share policies for employees, including mobile users, who are working with the online Google Apps suite. John Cox 2012-02-10T09:18:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-japans-largest-carrier-to-launch-255975.html?source=nww_rss Japan's largest mobile operator is prepping an elaborate testing center, with hundreds of handsets monitored by streaming web cameras, to help software developers debug their apps on the growing morass of Android devices and software versions. Jay Alabaster 2012-02-10T07:59:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-chinese-expected-to-brush-off-255974.html?source=nww_rss By March 16, users of China's Twitter-like microblogging sites will be required to register with their real names in a government effort to stop harmful information from spreading on social media sites. But to Beijing resident Cao Hong, it's clear what authorities' real intentions are. Michael Kan 2012-02-10T07:17:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-java-compiler-would-enable-high-quality-255973.html?source=nww_rss Advocates of Graal project, including Oracle reps, seek dynamic compiler to be used with multiple JVMs Paul Krill 2012-02-10T06:13:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-alcatel-lucent-reports-rising-profit-on-255972.html?source=nww_rss Telecommunication equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent reported a profit for the fourth quarter, but revenue fell 12.9 percent year-on-year as the company continues to face a challenging market, it said on Friday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-10T05:21:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-eolas-loses-in-web-patents-255971.html?source=nww_rss A jury in Texas gave the verdict that two patents of Eolas Technologies that enable Internet browsers to host embedded interactive applications were invalid, in a protracted legal battle which involved top Internet companies like Google and Amazon.com. John Ribeiro 2012-02-10T12:49:36-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-stoke-gateway-could-ramp-up-255970.html?source=nww_rss Mobile operators will be able to plug in an appliance to easily roll Wi-Fi hotspots into their networks if infrastructure vendor Stoke delivers the product it is promising in the third quarter. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-09T08:49:48-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-microsoft-details-windows-8-for-255951.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for devices that use ARM chips, outlining in a lengthy blog post different ways in which this OS, called WOA and still in the works, will be alike and different from existing versions of Windows. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-02-09T08:42:15-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-windows-8-on-arm-dubbed-255969.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8 on ARM, dubbed WOA by Microsoft, could offer a big 'Whoa!' moment for workers wanting to run Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and other Office apps on a touchscreen tablet. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-09T08:23:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-activists-target-apple-deliver-petitions-255968.html?source=nww_rss Outraged by reports of harsh working conditions in overseas factories that produce iPhones, iPads and other popular Apple products, supporters of labor protections for supply chain partners deliver petitions to Apple stores around the world. Kenneth Corbin 2012-02-09T07:45:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-report-google-building-home-entertainment-255955.html?source=nww_rss Google is planning to enter the home entertainment market with a Google-branded wireless device that streams music within a house, according to the Wall Street Journal. Cameron Scott 2012-02-09T07:40:55-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/021012-cray-courts-the-big-data-255965.html?source=nww_rss Supercomputer company Cray has created a new division that will sell big-data systems, the company has announced. The division will market its offerings to large enterprises, which will be a new kind of client for the company. Joab Jackson 2012-02-09T07:16:54-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-cloudscaling-to-offer-openstack-private-255964.html?source=nww_rss Cloudscaling plans to introduce on Monday an OpenStack-based platform that enterprises can use to build private clouds. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-09T06:51:12-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-windows-arm-255959.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft is fencing off a piece of Windows 8 called Windows on ARM (WOA) that is designed specifically for deployment on devices with low-power ARM processors - such as tablets and that has capabilities customized to that environment. Tim Greene 2012-02-09T05:59:01-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-new-york-attorney-general-settles-255954.html?source=nww_rss The New York Attorney General settled an antitrust case it brought against Intel in 2009, the chip maker announced on Thursday. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-09T05:43:22-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-to-issue-more-critical-255957.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft today said it would deliver nine security updates next week, four of them critical, to patch 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .Net and Silverlight. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-09T05:40:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-nextadvisor-picks-its-top-cloud-255958.html?source=nww_rss Consumer and small business product review site NextAdvisor.com launched a new category, with reviews and comparisons of the best cloud storage services. Lucas Mearian 2012-02-09T05:29:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-mobile-world-congress-preview-255952.html?source=nww_rss It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to reveal at Mobile World Congress at the end of this month after the deluge of products that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show to kick off 2012. But Sony, HTC and others have gotten wireless watchers in a frenzy already by issuing MWC event invitations and stirring speculation about Android 4.0, Windows Phone and quad-core devices. Bob Brown 2012-02-09T05:09:42-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-google-microsoft-and-apple-letters-255953.html?source=nww_rss As patent infringement lawsuits continue to pile up in the mobile industry, Google, Apple and Microsoft appear to be trying individually to reassure regulators and standards bodies that they won't use their patents to build a monopoly, experts said. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-09T05:03:15-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-patch-tuesday-255948.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical. Colin Neagle 2012-02-09T04:20:15-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-business-owner-sentenced-for-e-rate-255949.html?source=nww_rss The former owner of two Illinois technology companies was sentenced Thursday to serve 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud a U.S. Federal Communications Commission program to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Grant Gross 2012-02-09T04:18:37-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-march-debut-of-ipad-3-255950.html?source=nww_rss Apple will introduce a new iPad the first full week of March, and will start selling it the following week, according to reports and industry analyst expectations. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-09T04:13:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-website-operator-pleads-guilty-to-255946.html?source=nww_rss The founder of several Muslim jihad websites has pleaded guilty to three charges related to making online threats, including threatening the writers of the television show "South Park," the U.S. Department of Justice said. Grant Gross 2012-02-09T03:37:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-amazon-kindlefire-apple-ipad2-255945.html?source=nww_rss Amazon has released a new advertisement that takes a shot at the price of Apple’s iPad, emphasizing the lower cost of the Kindle e-reader and Android-based Kindle Fire tablet computer. Bob Brown 2012-02-09T02:53:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-obama-spotify-255941.html?source=nww_rss Depending on your taste in music and tolerance for others’ tastes, President Barack Obama’s latest social media move – sharing his 2012 campaign playlist via streaming music website Spotify – might be a case of over-sharing: Ricky Martin, REO Speedwagon and James Taylor all made the cut. Bob Brown 2012-02-09T01:35:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-fbi-reveals-1991-probe-of-255938.html?source=nww_rss The FBI today made public a background probe of Steve Jobs conducted in 1991, when he was being considered by the George H. W. Bush administration for a spot on the President's Export Council. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-09T01:12:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-incoming-sony-ceo-hot-gadgets-255936.html?source=nww_rss Sony's new CEO says the company needs to move on from its hardware roots. Jay Alabaster 2012-02-09T12:49:08-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-apple-and-google-disagree-over-255937.html?source=nww_rss Google is at odds with Apple, Microsoft and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. While Google wants to make the most of patents it will receive if its acquisition of Motorola is approved, the others want to change the way so-called essential patents are licensed. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T12:45:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-lte-boosts-mobile-gear-by-255934.html?source=nww_rss Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-09T12:07:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-hitachi-releases-first-25nm-slc-255935.html?source=nww_rss Hitachi GST announced the Ultrastar SSD400S.B, which uses high-endurance SLC NAND flash memory to create an enterprise-class drive that also comes with native encryption. Lucas Mearian 2012-02-09T11:56:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-jobs-fbi-foia-255931.html?source=nww_rss The FBI today released a background check it did on Apple's founder Steve Jobs when he was being considered for a position on the President's Export Council under George H.W. Bush in 1991. Michael Cooney 2012-02-09T11:41:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-buyers-lining-up-for-raspberry-255929.html?source=nww_rss Raspberry Pi Foundation's US$25 PC will become available by the end of this month, and buyers hope it could fill in as a low-power desktop, while being an alternative to the more expensive open-source hardware. Agam Shah 2012-02-09T10:54:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-citadel-banking-malware-is-evolving-255930.html?source=nww_rss A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-09T10:42:36-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-chrome-upgrade-255928.html?source=nww_rss You're familiar with autocomplete. Now get ready for auto-page rendering. Brad Reed 2012-02-09T10:36:22-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-oracle-buying-taleo-for-us19-255923.html?source=nww_rss Oracle is buying cloud-based talent management and employee recruitment software vendor Taleo for roughly US$1.9 billion, the company announced Thursday. The move comes shortly after SAP's move to acquire SuccessFactors, a close competitor of Taleo, for US$3.4 billion in a deal that has yet to close. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-09T10:33:35-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-mobile-crm-255926.html?source=nww_rss The productivity of salespeople could jump with the upcoming release of native Microsoft Dynamics CRM applications for specific mobile platforms and put the software vendor ahead of some of its competitors, an expert says. Tim Greene 2012-02-09T09:54:26-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-security-experts-ask-house-for-255925.html?source=nww_rss Technology industry representatives -- looking to prevent an additional set of compliance requirements -- urge House subcommittee to avoid new cybersecurity regulations to shore up the nation's digital defenses. Kenneth Corbin 2012-02-09T09:39:49-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-dassault-systã¨mes-buys-personal-analytics-255922.html?source=nww_rss 3D design software company Dassault SystA"mes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social network updates, news alerts and RSS feeds, the companies announced Thursday. Peter Sayer 2012-02-09T07:29:38-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-google-solvex-255914.html?source=nww_rss Google promised radical technology proposals would be a part of its Solve for X project and its initial offerings so far haven't disappointed. Brad Reed 2012-02-09T07:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-growth-in-indian-it-services-255921.html?source=nww_rss Growth in India's exports of IT services, business process outsourcing and related services is forecast to drop to 11 to 14 percent in the Indian fiscal year to March 31, 2013 from an estimated 16.3 percent in the current fiscal year, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said. John Ribeiro 2012-02-09T06:57:11-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-samsung-wins-against-apple-galaxy-255919.html?source=nww_rss The changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough to no longer infringe on Apple's intellectual property rights, a judge at the district court in DA1/4sseldorf, Germany, decided on Thursday. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T06:49:44-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-vodafone39s-revenue-drops-as-european-255920.html?source=nww_rss Vodafone reported a 2.3 percent drop in revenue for the last three months of 2011, as economic conditions, particularly across southern Europe, continue to be weak. Mikael Rickna$?s 2012-02-09T06:47:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-web-based-counseling----telepsychiatry----255918.html?source=nww_rss Telemedicine has been around since the 1990s, but psychiatrists say it's increasingly used to treat remote patients as technology and security improves, and prices drop. Lucas Mearian 2012-02-09T06:33:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-application-performance-management-255910.html?source=nww_rss The growing importance of reliable applications in the enterprise has opened a lucrative market opportunity for application performance management vendors, some of which have taken full advantage lately. Colin Neagle 2012-02-09T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-lenovo39s-fiscal-q3-profit-up-255916.html?source=nww_rss Lenovo's profit in its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31 grew 54 percent year-over-year, as the company saw growth in many key markets. Michael Kan 2012-02-09T04:13:57-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-foxconn-said-to-have-been-255917.html?source=nww_rss Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor working conditions at the electronics manufacturer's factories in China. Michael Kan 2012-02-09T03:47:13-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-feds-look-beyond-lightsquared-to-255915.html?source=nww_rss A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a proposal by would-be hybrid mobile operator LightSquared that may be doomed by broad opposition. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-08T08:57:18-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-microsoft-exec-lync-skype-integration-a-255913.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft is looking at creating a bridge between Lync, its enterprise IM, voice and video communications product, and Skype as part of its broader initiative to extend the Office platform, a company executive said on Wednesday. Juan Carlos Perez 2012-02-08T08:07:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020912-cisco-boosted-profit-sales-in-255904.html?source=nww_rss Cisco Systems posted year-over-year gains in revenue and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Wednesday, reporting net sales up 10.8 percent to US$11.5 billion, and said it met a key cost-cutting goal one quarter early. Stephen Lawson 2012-02-08T07:36:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-swedish-e-commerce-startup39s-execs-charged-255902.html?source=nww_rss Two Swedish nationals with the same names as top executives of e-commerce startup Klarna were arrested on Saturday in New York and charged with criminal sexual abuse. Elizabeth Heichler 2012-02-08T06:52:19-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-yahoo-in-another-shakeup-as-255912.html?source=nww_rss The shakeup at Yahoo continues. Sharon Gaudin 2012-02-08T06:31:16-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-epic-sues-ftc-over-google39s-255911.html?source=nww_rss The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T05:28:18-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-iphone-lazer-tag-255907.html?source=nww_rss Hasbro, realizing that iPhone and iPod touch enthusiasts might have such a hard time putting down their gadgets to actually play NERF Lazer Tag, will soon combine Apple technologies with its popular shoot-em-up game. Bob Brown 2012-02-08T05:12:51-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-obama39s-h-1b-answer-in-forum-255908.html?source=nww_rss Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program. Patrick Thibodeau 2012-02-08T05:06:27-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-phoenix-suns-deploy-galaxy-tab-255909.html?source=nww_rss The Phoenix Suns have deployed more than 100 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets over Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network for use by the team's business personnel, players and managers in the current basketball season. Matt Hamblen 2012-02-08T05:06:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-us-gov39t-falling-behind-in-255903.html?source=nww_rss The U.S. government is losing a race in cyberspace -- a social-networking race for the hearts and minds of Internet users, a computer security expert said Wednesday. Grant Gross 2012-02-08T04:46:59-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-to-pay-users-to-255905.html?source=nww_rss Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise. Cameron Scott 2012-02-08T04:41:58-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-windows8-255900.html?source=nww_rss Windows 8 is stingy doling out power to applications, particularly what Microsoft calls Metro-style applications written specifically for the operating system, all in an effort to prolong battery life. Tim Greene 2012-02-08T04:38:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-salesforcecom-shakes-up-standard-support-255901.html?source=nww_rss Salesforce.com has made a series of changes to its support services that include the removal of certain features from the Standard tier, but which the company says overall will provide a better experience for customers. Chris Kanaracus 2012-02-08T04:37:34-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-ships-chrome-17-touts-255898.html?source=nww_rss Google patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T04:22:25-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-how-to-evaluate-enterprise-search-255899.html?source=nww_rss Google and other Internet search engine virtually never fail to deliver relevant results nearly instantly. That creates a problem for IT in terms of setting employee expectations around the search capabilities they use at work. James A. Martin 2012-02-08T04:09:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-spammers-impersonate-well-known-developers-to-255896.html?source=nww_rss Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T03:39:14-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-satellite-encryption-255893.html?source=nww_rss Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications. Ellen Messmer 2012-02-08T03:11:41-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-new-social-site-pinterest-attracts-255894.html?source=nww_rss Just as it enjoys an initial surge of popularity, a new social networking site called Pinterest is also experiencing its first bout of controversy. Observers are accusing the site of secretly embedding code in user content to generate revenue. Joab Jackson 2012-02-08T03:10:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-airvana-sues-ericsson-over-femtocell-255891.html?source=nww_rss Femtocell developer Airvana is charging Ericsson with breaching their contract over femtocell technology, in a lawsuit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Nancy Gohring 2012-02-08T02:51:03-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-microsoft-fixes-windows-8-consumer-255892.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft Wednesday said it will host a launch event for the Windows 8 beta on Feb. 29 in Barcelona, the site of the Mobile World Congress. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T02:45:23-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-trustwave-admits-issuing-man-in-the-middle-digital-255858.html?source=nww_rss Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T02:41:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-adobe-confirms-no-flash-for-255879.html?source=nww_rss Chrome for Android will not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has famously banned, Adobe confirmed. Gregg Keizer 2012-02-08T12:56:24-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-google-chrome-will-no-longer-255877.html?source=nww_rss Google plans to remove online certificate revocation checks from future versions of Chrome, because it considers the process inefficient and slow. Lucian Constantin 2012-02-08T12:55:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-csc-reports-139b-loss-on-255868.html?source=nww_rss Computer Sciences Corp. reported a US$1.39 billion loss for its third fiscal quarter, with revenue down 5.8 percent year on year. Performance was dragged down by a $1.49 billion charge related to the U.K. government's cancellation of a health IT contract, it said Wednesday. Chris Kanaracus and Peter Sayer 2012-02-08T12:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-ipv6-brazil-255876.html?source=nww_rss Forget Mardi Gras. Brazil is hosting a party for techies only this week to encourage deployment of IPv6, the next-generation Internet Protocol. Carolyn Duffy Marsan 2012-02-08T12:23:40-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-windows-8-on-arm-the-255890.html?source=nww_rss Microsoft still isn't offering a clear answer on whether ARM-based Windows 8 computers will support the classic Windows desktop, but a recent blog post suggests that the company will. Jared Newman 2012-02-08T12:20:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-the-best-microsoft-office-alternative-255887.html?source=nww_rss Business still revolves around the Big Three software applications: word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. And Microsoft still charges an arm and a leg for Office licenses. What's a cash-strapped small shop to do? Rick Broida 2012-02-08T11:52:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-rambus-nvidia-settle-lawsuits-sign-255875.html?source=nww_rss Rambus and Nvidia have settled past lawsuits and signed a patent agreement covering a broad range of integrated circuit products, Rambus said on Wednesday. Agam Shah 2012-02-08T11:51:21-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-chrome-for-android-beta-3-255888.html?source=nww_rss Google recently launched Chrome for Android Beta, a version of the search giant's popular desktop browser for Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The new mobile browser includes many features that make Chrome so popular on the PC including speed, simple design, bookmark and open tabs sync, and autocomplete suggestions. But Google's mobile Chrome isn't all good news, there are also a few letdowns for people who love Adobe Flash, Chrome extensions or are part of the 99 percent. Ian Paul 2012-02-08T11:25:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-sprint-losses-hit-13b-over-255889.html?source=nww_rss Sprint says it sold 1.8 million iPhones between October and December 2011, of which roughly 720,000 were new customers, but the cost of subsidizing Apple's smartphone raised the company's losses to $1.3 billion (43 cents a share), compared with $929 million (31 cents a share) year-on-year. The losses after excluding one-time costs were 35 cents a share -- lower than the 38 cents analysts had forecast. Matt Peckham 2012-02-08T11:24:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-eu-to-stengthen-its-cybersecurity-255872.html?source=nww_rss A push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cyber security watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians. Jennifer Baker 2012-02-08T11:22:46-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-weave-open-source-data-visualization-offers-255871.html?source=nww_rss When two Boston-area organizations rolled out an interactive data visualization website last month, it represented one of the largest public uses yet for the open-source project Weave -- and more are on the way. Sharon Machlis 2012-02-08T11:03:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-threadfix-web-tool-255869.html?source=nww_rss Enterprise coders can now use an open source Web application that lets them consolidate software vulnerability data from a range of scanning and test tools. With a centralized view, and reporting and management tools, ThreadFix speeds the work needed to fix software bugs and vulnerabilities, including those in proliferating mobile apps. John Cox 2012-02-08T10:54:07-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-when-viagra-comments-on-your-255886.html?source=nww_rss Comment spam, also known as blogspam, has existed since the dawn of blogs. It's created for one purpose: to insert a link on your site back to the commenter's website. Comment spammers are getting craftier at the game. Comment spam was a much larger problem for bloggers in the nascent days of blogging before improved spam blockers, when you could easily spend 10 minutes a day moderating a blog. Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, actually created a spam blocker for WordPress called Akismet in 2005, partially so his mom wouldn't be assaulted by Viagra ads while writing her blog. Angela West 2012-02-08T10:45:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-data-storage-speed-255864.html?source=nww_rss European researchers may have found a way to speed up data storage 100-fold, breaking one barrier holding back how fast data can be transferred. Tim Greene 2012-02-08T10:19:20-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-smartphone-data-shake-up-the-end-255863.html?source=nww_rss Americans like living large. We have all-you-can-eat buffets and all-you-can-stream entertainment. And until recently, we had a virtually unlimited trough of mobile data to digest on our always-available smartphones. Jr Raphael 2012-02-08T10:04:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-ddos-attacks-motivated-by-politics-255884.html?source=nww_rss Large Internet organisations believe ideological and political motivations have become the single commonest motivation behind the DDoS attacks hitting their networks, a survey of major Internet firms by has found. John E Dunn 2012-02-08T09:47:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-firmware-updates-enable-lion-internet-255885.html?source=nww_rss One of the not-so-glamourous but very useful features introduced with Lion (Mac OS X 10.7) was Lion Recovery, where the Lion installer creates a small, invisible, bootable partition on your hard drive that lets you repair your drive or even reinstall Lion if you have a problem. Roman Loyola 2012-02-08T09:46:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/020812-mobile-social-network-caught-uploading-255883.html?source=nww_rss Users and critics are upset with Path, the smartphone-based social network, after a developer discovered that Path was uploading users' entire address books to its servers without explicit consent. Ian Paul 2012-02-08T09:46:00-04:00