• Japan’s infrastructure probed by cybergroup, security firm says

    Japan’s infrastructure probed by cybergroup, security firm says
    A group of cyberattackers that emerged in 2010 and then went quiet has resurfaced and is targeting Japan's critical infrastructure, a security vendor said this week.The attacks have targeted utilities and energy companies in Japan, as well as other companies in finance, transportation and construction, said Greg Fitzgerald, chief marketing officer at Cylance, which specializes in end-point protection.The group appears to be based in Asia, and its methods and procedures suggest it may be lin
  • BrandPost: Testing. Now It Really Matters.

    BrandPost: Testing. Now It Really Matters.
    Mechanical pencils. Frozen dinner. Software testing. For most people, all three would elicit about the same amount of enthusiasm. Until recently, that is. According to Gartner, today things are different. Testing’s got a spark.In Q4 2015, Gartner issued two new Magic Quadrants – one on Test Automation Software and one on Application Testing Services. Sign up with Gartner for a subscription and read the full reports. It’s the second one that makes some fascinating observations o
  • Dell's profile as a white-box PC maker grows with new industrial desktops

    Dell's profile as a white-box PC maker grows with new industrial desktops
    You may get a Dell and not even know it.Dell is expanding its profile as a white-box PC maker with new industrial-grade desktop PCs. Dell will also offer the computers as unbranded PCs on which customer companies can slap their own labels.The Embedded Box 3000 and 5000 are PCs are loaded with the latest technologies and are designed to work in harsh conditions. Dell is also targeting the Internet of Things market by positioning the new PCs as collectors of sensor data.Dell will offer the PCs, ta
  • Microsoft pursues JavaScript developers with TypeScript 1.8

    Microsoft pursues JavaScript developers with TypeScript 1.8
    Microsoft has made TypeScript 1.8 available and is hoping to entice developers to migrate their JavaScript projects.
    In version 1.8, .js JavaScript files now can output to .tsc, accessing the TypeScript compiler and allowing developers to convert JavaScript to TypeScript. "The TypeScript compiler checks the input .js files for syntax errors, and emits valid output based on the --target and --module flags," the release notes state. "The output can be combined with other .ts (TypeScript) fil
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  • Here's what tech leaders have said about the Apple-FBI dispute so far

    Here's what tech leaders have said about the Apple-FBI dispute so far
    In the week since Apple said it would do battle with the FBI over the agency's request for access to a smartphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists, tech industry leaders have been weighing in with their views.Most have come down in support of Apple, though others, including Bill Gates and Simon Segars, CEO of UK chip company ARM, have leaned more towards the FBI's position.Here's a roundup of what tech leaders have said so far, starting with some of the most recent vie
  • Big data, but faster: API speeds links between apps and storage

    Big data, but faster: API speeds links between apps and storage
    Alluxio, originally known as Tachyon, is giving big data applications fast, unified access to the storage where their data resides.
    Now at version 1.0, Alluxio provides frameworks like Spark, MapReduce, Flink, or Presto with access to multiple types of storage systems. Cloud storage providers Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift are supported, alongside storage vendors EMC and NetApp.[ See what hardware, software, development tools, and cloud services came out on top in the Info
  • New CIO appointments, February 2016 edition

    New CIO appointments, February 2016 edition
    When I posted a similar column to this one a year ago, parts of the Northeast were under 50-80 inches of snow. Not so this year, which has been a much milder winter in this part of the country. The same can’t be said of recent IT leadership hires however, which continue to come in record numbers.Marc Franciosa is now the CIO for LyondellBasell. He was previously vice president and CIO with Praxair.Steve Broz was named CIO for Progressive Insurance. Broz was promoted to the role from h
  • Asus settles charges over insecure routers and cloud services

    Critical security flaws in routers and cloud computing services offered by Asus put hundreds of thousands of customers at risk, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged.Taiwan-based Asus has agreed to settle an FTC complaint that it failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software on its routers, the agency said Tuesday. In addition to well-documented vulnerabilities in the routers, its cloud services led to thousands of customers' storage devices being compromised and expos
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  • Verizon touts field testing as rush to 5G intensifies

    Verizon touts field testing as rush to 5G intensifies
    Partially drowned out by the gadget-driven furor of Mobile World Congress 2016 were announcements this week from Verizon that the company has completed testing of what it’s calling a 5G network, in New Jersey, Texas and Oregon.
    Verizon’s partners in the 5G wireless testing included everything from carrier equipment vendors to smartphone makers – Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Intel, LG, Nokia, Samsung and Qualcomm were all participants. The company claims that it regularly achieved m
  • Smartphones are getting a major storage boost

    Smartphones are getting a major storage boost
    A dearth of storage available in smartphones will soon be an issue of the past.Smartphone makers boasted about higher capacity storage on new handsets announced at Mobile World Congress this week. The increased storage comes from SD card slots on the devices.HP announced storage capacity eventually going up to 2TB via an SD card slot in its upcoming Elite X3, while Samsung said its Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will support a storage capacity of up to 200GB. Samsung's previous Galaxy S6 handset didn't h
  • Samsung, HP take contrasting approaches to business uses for Android, Windows 10 Mobile

    Samsung, HP take contrasting approaches to business uses for Android, Windows 10 Mobile
    HP and Samsung are taking very different approaches for business users with flagship  phones announced at Mobile World Congress, and it all has to do with the underlying Android and Windows 10 Mobile platforms the devices run on.Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge could be tuned for futuristic business applications involving virtual reality headsets and wearables. The Elite X3 on the other hand is heavily tied to a large PC user base running classic Windows applications.The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edg
  • Apple is reportedly fighting 12 more iPhone data extraction orders

    Apple’s refusal to help the FBI get into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5c is the most public, but the company is resisting similar court orders in 12 more cases.
    The Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department is trying to compel Apple to help crack iPhones in a dozen cases that are all based on the centuries-old All Writs Act, the same law being used in the San Bernardino case. The details of the cases aren’t clear because they haven’t been made publi
  • Consumers are buying millions and millions of wearable devices

    Consumers are buying millions and millions of wearable devices
    The worldwide market for wearable computing devices saw a huge expansion in the last quarter of 2015 and solid growth should continue, although not at the same blistering pace.
    Wearable vendors, led by Fitbit and Apple, shipped 27.4 million devices in the fourth quarter of 2015, up a whopping 126.9 percent from the last quarter of 2014, according to research group IDC. For the whole year, worldwide wearable shipments amounted to 78.1 million devices, up 171.6 percent from 2014.
    The triple-digit
  • New ReRAM chip consumes 50-100 times less power for IoT

    New ReRAM chip consumes 50-100 times less power for IoT
    Adesto Technologies today introduced a new conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) memory chip for battery-operated or energy-harvesting electronics used in the Internet of Things (IoT) market.
    Adesto's new CBRAM chip, a form of resistive RAM (ReRAM) non-volatile memory, is able to perform read and write operations with 50 to 100 times lower power than NOR flash.
    The line of chips, called Moneta, will only store up to 256 kilobits (Kbit) of data each because they're meant for use in sensors or wearable
  • Mastercard's working on selfie-based security for online payments

    Mastercard's working on selfie-based security for online payments
    Mastercard is working on a new app that provides extra security when buying things online. But instead of just demanding a password, the app will offer to verify your identify with a selfie.
    The app is coming this summer for phones, tablets, and PCs, and will be available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, the BBC reports. Mastercard has been testing these capabilities since last s
  • If Amazon were in Apple’s position, would it unlock its cloud for the feds?

    If Amazon were in Apple’s position, would it unlock its cloud for the feds?
    As Apple continues to resist FBI demands to unlock a terrorist suspect’s phone, it raises a question: What if Amazon Web Services was ordered to provide access to a customer’s cloud? Would AWS hand the data over to the feds?
    +MORE AT NETWORK WORLD: Tim Cook issues internal memo on ongoing FBI/iPhone saga | VMware turns to IBM in the public cloud +
    Amazon’s terms of service provide us a clue. AWS says it complies with legally binding orders when compelled to do so. Here’s
  • Report: IBM looking to buy incident-response platform maker Resilient Systems

    Report: IBM looking to buy incident-response platform maker Resilient Systems
    IBM is considering buying Resilient Systems, whose software platform defines workflows to follow when corporate networks are hit with security incidents, according to a report.
    The price tag for the company is more than $100 million, according to a story by Xconomy that attributes its information to two unnamed sources. IBM and Resilient haven’t answered requests yet for more information.
    MORE: 2015 enterprise tech M&A trackerTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please
  • SD-WAN startup Versa software defines security

    SD-WAN startup Versa software defines security
    NFV and SD-WAN start-up Versa Networks unveiled new FlexVNF virtualized network functions (VNFs) for branch office security, and enhanced the performance of its other security VNFs.
    The new FlexVNFs include software for DNS security and a secure Web gateway, both designed for secure direct Internet access from the branch. The enhanced FlexVNFs include a 40G per rack unit stateful firewall, a 20G per RU next-gen firewall, and 10G Unified Threat Management (UTM) per RU, all designed to exceed &nd
  • Facebook's Zuckerberg tackles telcos and terrorism

    Facebook's Zuckerberg tackles telcos and terrorism
    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the trip this week to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2016 for the third year in a row. Following his surprise appearance the previous evening during a Samsung presentation, where the exec focused on VR, Zuckerberg downplayed mobile carriers' fears about the Facebook's motivations for global connectivity, detailed his vision for the future of online video and voiced sympathy for Apple in its ongoing legal battle with the FBI. To read this article in fu
  • Don't believe the hype! 5G wireless is still years away

    Don't believe the hype! 5G wireless is still years away
    When it comes to 5G wireless — the next generation of super-fast mobile Internet connectivity — I'm a bit of a skeptic. It's not that I believe 5G will never arrive. It surely will ... but not nearly as soon as some carriers and the more credulous members of the technology press want you to think.
    The most realistic timetable for 5G to arrive is probably around 2020. However, there seems to be something of a contest today in which carriers and device makers pump out p
  • Businesses spending more on tech, worrying more about IT disruption

    Businesses spending more on tech, worrying more about IT disruption
    Technology leaders are disenchanted with the current state of their IT infrastructure.According to a study released Tuesday by global technology provider Insight Enterprises, tech leaders give their companies' current IT infrastructure a "B minus" grade.For its first Insight Enterprises Intelligent Technology index, Insight Enterprises used Market Intel Group to conduct an online survey of a random sample of 403 IT professionals with decision-making responsibilities between Nov. 30, 2015 and Dec
  • Latest attack against Russian bank employees highlights the threat to financial institutions

    Latest attack against Russian bank employees highlights the threat to financial institutions
    The employees of at least six Russian banks were recently the target of a well-crafted email attack where hackers masqueraded as the Russian Central Bank to trick them into installing malware.The incident is the latest in a string of malware attacks against financial institutions over the past year. Together they signal a shift in focus for many cybercriminal groups, from stealing money from bank customers to stealing money directly from banks themselves.According to researchers from Symantec, e
  • IDG Contributor Network: CIOs: It’s OK to always believe you're right, just don’t believe you're ALWAYS right

    IDG Contributor Network: CIOs: It’s OK to always believe you're right, just don’t believe you're ALWAYS right
    We have all seen them.  They are the CIOs that always appear confident in their views and decisions. They always seem to believe they are right. These individuals are often perceived as having big egos or casting a shadow of entitlement over others to move their agendas forward. Consider, however, that this behavior may simply be a means of influencing people to improve the odds that they are right.  What might not be so apparent is that most of the time these folks know that they are
  • Apple’s encryption stand: Doing the right thing for the wrong reason

    Apple’s encryption stand: Doing the right thing for the wrong reason
    In Apple’s encryption standoff with the U.S. government, the company portrays itself as standing up for the rights of privacy. It’s taking the high road, the company says, and is on the side of those who want to be free from an invasive government.[ Related: Why Apple is right to fight
    FBI over iPhone access ]
    But despite Apple’s posturing, this is not for the company a fight about the rights of individuals against the power of governments. Instead, it’s all about market
  • IDG Contributor Network: IT needs to crack the code

    IDG Contributor Network: IT needs to crack the code
    It’s tough being an IT leader today. Technology is vital to business success, but technology is not the main challenge for enterprise IT. In describing the key management challenge for IT, a CIO told me what he really needed was an army of anthropologists. He was referring to the challenge enterprise IT has in understanding how the business people use technology. That understanding is crucial in knowing how to structure or shape technology so it’s easy to use and seems obvious and na
  • Why Microsoft's Surface Book deserves a second look

    Why Microsoft's Surface Book deserves a second look
    IT pros in charge of making sure employees have the tools they need don't often see the clouds part and the heavens open wide. Laptops and tablets, smartphones and desktops -- they don't slide down a rainbow and land in your office gleaming like the sun. In most cases, it's about examining the specifications and taking the time to evaluate employee requirements, compare pricing and figure out a deployment strategy.
    Late last year, Microsoft released a two-in-one notebook hybrid called the Surfa
  • Countless computers vulnerable to MouseJack attack through wireless mice and keyboards

    Countless computers vulnerable to MouseJack attack through wireless mice and keyboards
    Countless wireless mice and keyboards can be hacked from 100 yards away leaving their host machines and the networks they are attached to open to malware, Bastille has discovered.
    The problem, which is being called MouseJack, affects Amazon, Dell, Gigabyte, HP, Lenovo, Logitech and Microsoft products, the company says, and likely more vendors’ gear that they haven’t tested. Logitech alone shipped its billionth mouse in 2008, so the problem is widespread.
    +More on Network World: Star
  • IDG Contributor Network: Ansible bridges traditional networking teams and DevOps

    IDG Contributor Network: Ansible bridges traditional networking teams and DevOps
    In the everything is software-defined, everything is a service world, network virtualization is joining compute and storage virtualization to give DevOps even more control over the underlay networking. And now Red Hat has added the capabilities to control networking infrastructure to Ansible, its infrastructure automation software.
    Networking support in Ansible is available immediately for Arista EOS, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Cisco IOS-XE, Cisco IOS-XR, Cisco NX-OS, Cumul
  • Apple and the FBI will need to compromise, Cisco's CEO says

    Apple and the FBI will need to compromise, Cisco's CEO says
    Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins gave up a chance to strongly support enterprise mobility partner Apple in its fight with the FBI over iPhone encryption.[ Related: Why Apple is right to fight
    FBI over iPhone access ]
    Asked about the controversy during a press briefing at Mobile World Congress, Robbins said he doesn't think vendors should put back doors in products. But when it comes to personal privacy versus national security, "There needs to be a balance," he said. Ultimately, the two sides wi
  • Casinos and arcades: AMD's latest chip gamble

    Casinos and arcades: AMD's latest chip gamble
    The bright lights of Las Vegas await AMD, which wants to change the face of gambling with its new graphics-focused G-series processing chips.The chips will bring 4K graphics to gambling machines and could lead to a more immersive gaming experience, said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and general manager for enterprise solutions at AMD.Gambling could also become more interactive through gesture and face recognition on devices using the chip. AMD also sees a big opportunity for the chips in
  • IDG Contributor Network: iPad Pro: Apple's dumb decision to cripple the Pencil in iOS 9.3

    IDG Contributor Network: iPad Pro: Apple's dumb decision to cripple the Pencil in iOS 9.3
    As the owner of a new iPad Pro, I must admit that I'm enjoying the heck out of it. And one of the neatest things about it is the Apple Pencil. In the current version of iOS, you can use the Apple Pencil for far more than drawing or sketching. You can use it to navigate around iOS itself and that can be a big relief for folks with repetitive stress injuries.Unfortunately Apple, for some bizarre and unknown reasons, has apparently removed much of the navigation functionality of the Pencil in a rec
  • The IoT network rivalry is heating up and going global

    The IoT network rivalry is heating up and going global
    In the hotly contested market for Internet of Things networks, Ingenu has its sights set on nothing less than world domination for its technology.
    "We will have the largest footprint in the world ... and it will become a global standard," CEO John Horn said in an interview last week. Ingenu-based networks will reach more than half the world's population within three years, he predicted.
    San Diego-based Ingenu is one of several companies and industry groups vying to connect things like industria
  • IDG Contributor Network: Photos: Apple’s bandwidth hog from hell!

    I had occasion recently to reupload my photos and videos to iCloud. I had all of them stored on my iMac, so I started the upload knowing it would take a long while to upload about 80 GB worth of stuff. I had forgotten, however, how truly awful Photos is when it comes to Internet connection bandwidth.
    In short, Apple's Photos app is a freaking bandwidth hog!
    As soon as I started the upload, Photos basically took over my Internet connection and slowed everything else down to a total crawl. It too
  • 4 ways good project leaders create cultures of success

    4 ways good project leaders create cultures of success
    People are not machines. They can’t be programmed to simply do as they’re expected. People are complex, dynamic and intuitive, and they bring education, experience and emotions to work every day — all of which plays a role in their interactions and contributions. These factors have the potential to make people – employees, consultants and management alike – either the best assets or the biggest liabilities to any project.Who has the greatest impact on projects as a
  • FHIR blazes new (and needed) path in healthcare

    FHIR blazes new (and needed) path in healthcare
    The healthcare industry yearns desperately to find the key to interoperability among disparate electronic health record (EHR) systems. Physicians need the capability to exchange health information easily to improve care coordination, which could lead to better patient outcomes and possibly lower costs. But the current methods used to exchange data have fallen short. Health information exchange networks have not spread widely, and a method of secure messaging that uses Internet protocols has not
  • U.S. sees robots taking well-paying jobs

    U.S. sees robots taking well-paying jobs
    If a robot takes your job, don't say the government didn't warn you.Federal economic advisers issued a stark assessment Monday about the nation's technology direction. Innovation in the U.S. is slowing, and federal spending on basic research -- the seed corn of innovation -- is declining.But here's the kicker: If you earn roughly between $41,000 and $83,000 ($20 to $40 a hour), there is a median probability of 31% that your job will be automated.The Council of Economic AdvisersResearch from the
  • 10 signs you need to update your resume

    10 signs you need to update your resume
    In a perfect world, you'd treat your resume like a living document and update it continuously throughout the year, making changes and additions each time you successfully completed a project, nailed a huge sales goal or switched to a new role within your company. In the real world, however, family, home and professional responsibilities can get in the way. However, not keeping your resume up-to-date can deter hiring managers and recruiters from starting conversations about new opportunities.
    If
  • How job hopping can actually help your career

    How job hopping can actually help your career
    Job-hopping no longer holds the same negative connotation it once did. In fact, switching jobs every few years has become the new normal for many IT professionals looking to add new skills, experience life at a cutting-edge startup and add to their paychecks. As the IT skills gap continues to put pressure on hiring organizations to find and retain talent, more and more IT professionals are being headhunted and encouraged to leave their current jobs to explore new opportunities.
    In the driver's s
  • Physical security has many holes to be plugged

    Physical security has many holes to be plugged
    Cybersecurity makes all the headlines these days but there are plenty of predators looking to scam unsuspecting employees at the physical plant.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story)
  • CIOs tout mobile apps from IBM-Apple linkup

    CIOs tout mobile apps from IBM-Apple linkup
    BARCELONA - IBM's exclusive global partnership with Apple to build mobile apps for enterprises running on iPads and iPhones was first announced in mid-2014. By last December, the companies reached a milestone when 100 apps had been created.
    This week at Mobile World Congress, three CIOs and a mobile solutions manager described for reporters how they plan to use several of the new apps to replace paper forms, improve service call response times and generally improve productivity for their compan
  • Apple vs. FBI case colors European debate about securing digital identity

    Apple vs. FBI case colors European debate about securing digital identity
    Although Apple does not exhibit at Mobile World Congress, the giant trade show in Barcelona, the company casts a long shadow over it.The iPhone maker's influence there extends to app developers, accessory vendors and, now, the debate about securing digital identity.In a keynote session on security at the show, moderator Michael O'Hara asked presenters whether they sided with Apple or the U.S. government in the legal dispute over whether Apple should help the Federal Bureau of Investigation unloc
  • Java finally gets microservices tools

    Java finally gets microservices tools
    Lightbend, formerly known as Typesafe, is bringing microservices-based architectures to Java with its Lagom platform.
    Due in early March, Lagom is a microservices framework that lightens the burden of developing these microservices in Java. Built on the Scala functional language, open source Lagom acts as a development environment for managing microservices. APIs initially are provided for Java services, with Scala to follow.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
  • Intel’s Brian Krzanich says 5G networking will let millions of drones roam the earth

    Intel’s Brian Krzanich says 5G networking will let millions of drones roam the earth
    Millions of drones, roaming the earth. No, it’s not a scene from The Terminator—it’s an example of what fifth-generation, or 5G, networking will eventually enable. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich used a small drone as a prop during a Monday panel at Mobile World Congress, where he discussed the impact of faster, stronger wireless networks on our lives.
    As Krzanich dandled the drone on his lap like a favorite child rather than a destroyer of mankind, he explained that the device, equi
  • Bill Gates backs the U.S. government in Apple's iPhone privacy standoff

    Bill Gates backs the U.S. government in Apple's iPhone privacy standoff
    Microsoft founder Bill Gates says he supports the U.S. government in its efforts to unearth the contents of a terrorist’s iPhone, countering a trend by other tech leaders to back Apple’s refusal to code a backdoor into its iOS operating system.[ Related: Why Apple is right to fight FBI over iPhone access ]Gates appears to have made the case, however, that he is in favor of the government’s request because he feels it is narrowly worded. “This is a specific case where
  • Mobile management companies team up to boost developers, and themselves

    Four major independent vendors in the enterprise mobility management space are teaming up to make their products more appealing to customers by encouraging developers to use system-level mobile device management capabilities rather than proprietary tools. 
    IBM, VMware, MobileIron and JAMF Software announced Tuesday that they have teamed up to create the App Config Community — a consortium of enterprise mobility management (EMM) companies all interested in making it easier for enterpr
  • IoT's not all futuristic: Industry pioneer Jasper makes more connections

    IoT's not all futuristic: Industry pioneer Jasper makes more connections
    The Internet of Things was there even before it got that futuristic name. Part of the news at this Mobile World Congress this week is the steady growth of the industry that's been making connected devices work for years.
    This is the growth that Cisco Systems wants to tap into by buying Jasper Technologies, an IoT company more than a decade old, in a US$1.4 billion deal announced just this month. While the two companies make it official, Jasper is signing more deals with partners to make IoT wor
  • Oracle snags cloud startup Ravello in deal said to be worth $500m

    Oracle snags cloud startup Ravello in deal said to be worth $500m
    Oracle is acquiring cloud startup Ravello in a deal reportedly worth $500 million.Founded by the team that created the KVM hypervisor, Ravello offers what it calls "nested virtualization" software, with the goal of enabling enterprises to use popular public clouds as an extension of their own data centers. Essentially, the company's technology promises to let companies take any application environment and spin it up to the cloud on demand.To read this article in full or to leave a comment,
  • IDG Contributor Network: Project leadership vs. just being loud

    IDG Contributor Network: Project leadership vs. just being loud
    You know the person or co-worker. That individual who complains more or shows more anger and aggression or is louder or whines more than the others around you or in the company or department. Is this person a leader? People seem to comply with their wants, needs and demands. Co-workers and employees of this person aren't pushing back or refusing to do the work this individual has bestowed upon them.So is this person a good leader because people seem to be following him? Does he have their respec
  • First look: The LG G5, Samsung Galaxy S7 and HP Elite x3 premiere at the Mobile World Congress

    First look: The LG G5, Samsung Galaxy S7 and HP Elite x3 premiere at the Mobile World Congress
    If CES is the party deck of the mobile technology world, Mobile World Congress is the engine room. It's where the world's carriers meet infrastructure vendors and telecom ministers, and Very Serious Business takes place. Handset makers from the top tier to the bargain basement all clamor for attention and, with any luck, something interesting will turn up.
    This year, three major vendors unveiled flagship phones, each addressing what the companies seem to think are very different customer needs.
  • Needing faster wireless, Facebook wants to boost infrastructure

    Needing faster wireless, Facebook wants to boost infrastructure
    Facebook executives have long made it clear that they want everyone on the planet to use their social network. If they have to spend time and money to accelerate wireless performance to help make that happen, they will.
    As of this week, they have.
    On Sunday, Facebook took the wraps offits Telecom Infra Project (TIP), which is tasked with accelerating the development of telecommunications networking hardware.
    Taking a page from its earlier Open Compute Projecteffort for data centers, Facebook is

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