| From Sidekick to Gmail: A short history of cloud computing outages
This past week's Microsoft-T-Mobile-Sidekick data loss mess is the latest in a string of high profile cloud computing outages that have grabbed headlines over the past couple of years. Inevitably, the coverage of the initial outage (as well as cloud security breaches) is followed by explanations of why the outage happened (human error, network equipment, hackers, etc.) and analysis stories pointing out the pitfalls of putting your faith in the cloud. Massive Patch Tuesday planned for October 13
October's Patch Tuesday will land on October 13 and, in an act of either irony or perhaps Microsoft's idea of a humor, will feature 13 updates. These updates will fix a total of 34 holes. Of the 13 updates, eight will be labeled critical and five labeled important. News podcast: Network World 360
Gartner says the U.S. will add more than 27 million new broadband customers in the next four years. If that's true, service providers and the FCC need to address a whole host of issues, from pricing to services, or they'll risk mass confusion and tons of consumer complaints. (5:02) Vendor group forms cloud storage initiative
The Storage Networking Industry Association announced at Storage Networking World that it has formed a Cloud Storage Initiative that will develop standardized terminology, publish white papers and use cases and create reference models for private and public cloud storage users. App developer raises price of $2.99 iPhone app to $39.99 in response to complaints about high prices
In response to customer complaints that its prices are too high, Schiau Studios raised the price this past weekend of their Alchemize app from $2.99 all the way up to $39.99, making it the most expensive game on the iTunes App Store for a brief period. KDDI pairs a mobile phone with a robot
As mobile phones add more features and more users connect with social media, the cell phone becomes a more important part of people's lives. Japanese carrier KDDI has developed a robot companion that seeks to bridge the gap between a phone and its user and a prototype was shown at this week's Ceatec expo near Tokyo. UC Berkeley tightens personal data security with data-masking tool
To better safeguard the personal data of its students, the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has adopted a specialized data-masking technique in its application development work that effectively can hide data in plain sight by mixing it up. Three creative ways to evaluate Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has provided several ways for us to evaluate Server 2008 R2. There are three "free" methods in addition to the traditional ways of getting eval copies through TechNet Plus and MSDN. Researchers advise cyber self defense in the cloud
Security researchers are warning that Web-based applications are increasing the risk of identity theft or losing personal data more than ever before. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Microsoft Expression Web 3 In Depth. Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Building Service-Aware Networks. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
Some of the cell towers that dwell among us are cleverly hidden; others, not so much.
What if you could combine the best parts of every phone out there?
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