Apple's Top 10 biggest news stories in 2009 When Apple's employees and its customers look back on 2009, will they see it as the best year ever, or one of the most controversial? From the White House to (no kidding) Microsoft, open source shined in '09 For open source and Linux, 2009 has been another year of big and surprising milestones, from the White House adopting open source technology to Microsoft submitting code for the Linux kernel. IT pros go mobile for holiday work Roughly 42% of IT pros plan to work through the holidays, a significant drop from 84% in 2006. But more than three-quarters will be reachable via mobile and other technologies, Intermedia reports. News podcast: Network World 360 Despite lean staffs and tough economic times, fewer IT professionals intend to spend holiday time in the office this season, according to survey results that show the number of high-tech workers planning to log hours at work reduced by half since 2006. Also, the wireless LAN industry nearly returned to its pre-recession health in the third quarter and is likely to achieve record revenue when the current quarter has been tallied, according to research company Dell'Oro Group. (5:59) Microsoft halts microblog service accused of copying Plurk Microsoft suspended a microblog-style site for Chinese users on Tuesday after the service was accused of copying programming code from Plurk, a Twitter rival popular in Asia. Former Gartner manager gets jail for accepting bribes A former manager at the Gartner research firm was sentenced to four years in prison for steering $3.1 million in multimedia contracts to two outside vendors in return for kickbacks. Smartphone sales increase disappoints, says Gartner Smartphones grabbed a smaller-than-expected part of overall mobile phone sales in 2009, and Nokia is largely to blame, according to market research company Gartner. Analyst: Worries will remain over ISP-level content filter The Federal Government's decision to go ahead with a controversial ISP-level content filter will raise more questions than it answers, according to a leading telecommunications analyst. IBM slapped with suit alleging unfair mainframe competition IBM has been disparaging products made by a smaller rival in order to protect its lucrative mainframe business, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday. Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 delayed until late 2010 Microsoft has revealed that Windows Mobile 7 - the next version of its smartphone OS - is unlikely to be released until "late 2010". Hackers are defeating tough authentication, Gartner warns Security measures such as one-time passwords and phone-based user authentication, considered among the most robust forms of security, are no longer enough to protect online banking transactions against fraud, a new report from research firm Gartner Inc. warns. 4G Mobile Service Debuts: What You Need to Know A Swedish telecom firm has become the first carrier to offer 4G wireless service, albeit on a very limited basis. TeliaSonera announced Monday that its 4G/LTE network for data services would be available initially in Stockholm, Sweden and Oslo, Norway, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The carrier plans to expand 4G coverage to 25 cities in Sweden and four in Norway by the end of 2010. Storage devices for the holidays For the serious geek on your holiday shopping list, you can never go wrong with an external hard drive. Here are some of out top-rated hard drives, RAID arrays, and network-storage devices from the past year. Eye (and ear) candy for audiophiles These high-end audio accessories for your Mac and iPod are designed to sound (and look) like a million bucks. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Annual revenue for Cisco TelePresence and Cisco's EMC/VMware collaboration viewed favorably; On Microsoft Subnet: Power outages cause Windows Server 2008 problems; On Google Subnet: Google claims its new URL shortening service is more secure Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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