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Facebook's head of network operations has great expectations for software defined networking (SDN), though he may not be relying on commercial hardware vendors to bring SDN to the social networking giant's own infrastructure.

Turns out pretty much everybody is cheating on Android benchmarking tests

Shameful stuff from some of the biggest names, plus further skullduggery from Samsung, possible specs for the Nexus 5.

10 tidbits from Twitter's IPO filing

Twitter made its IPO documents public Thursday and in the process revealed some juicy information about the company, like how much money it makes (or loses) and how much its executives get paid. Here are a few of the details we learned about Twitter today.

Twitter IPO reveals a company that's growing fast but losing money

Twitter has filed for its long-awaited initial public offering, revealing a fast-growing company but one that lost money in each of the past three years.

Next generation of carrier systems going virtual

The latest version of Nokia Siemens Networks software for running mobile carriers is virtualized, pointing toward a future of fully cloud-based systems that could help operators run even more efficiently and roll out new services more quickly.

Mozilla unmasks security flaw in Persona, warns other OpenID implementers

A vulnerability found recently in an OpenID-based feature of the Mozilla Persona online identity management service prompted the company to advise Web developers to check their OpenID implementations for similar issues.

Verizon's next cloud services emphasize performance, granular billing

Verizon is extending its suite of cloud services to offer a new IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) option, called Verizon Cloud Compute, as well as a new storage-as-a-service, Verizon Cloud Storage, that the company says offer finer granularity in pricing and stricter quality of service metrics than its competitors.

Cisco/Insieme ushering in hardware-defined networks

Cisco is adamant that its upcoming Application Centric Infrastructure launch is not about SDNs.

Start-up Netskope keeps watch on enterprise cloud usage

Start-up Netskope comes out of stealth mode today in unveiling its security service intended to help enterprises monitor how employees are using cloud-based applications, such as Salesforce.com, while also giving IT managers the ability to block data transfers or receive alerts.

Samsung invests $4M in wireless charging firm

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Division also signs agreement with PowerbyProxi to jointly develop new charging devices.

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