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Intel's next-gen memory closer to reality
News Intel and Numonyx announced practical advancements they believe will make phase-change memory meet its performance and capacity promise.
Tags: Memory, Personal Computers, Processors, Intel Corp., Computer, Chip, Storage, Memory, processor, hard drive
Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration, Computer, Security, NSA
Tech and a nation's altered psyche
Blogs The sun's out here in Metro Manila, but the northern part of the Philippines is currently pounded by "stationary" typhoo...
Microsoft says automated 'Fix it' is working
News One-click solutions to problems have attracted more than 7 million people and have had a 95 percent success rate, the software maker says.
Tags: Business applications, Computer, advertisement, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business applications, online support, virus, PC, Facebook
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wall Street Journal
US govt probes IBM's mainframe business
News The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into IBM's mainframe business for anticompetitive behavior, according to reports.
Tags: Mainframes, Legal, Mainframe, ATM, IBM Corp., Computer, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Associated Press, Computer & Communications Industry Association
Intel-Dell dealings under fire
News Pressure on Dell, as outlined in Cuomo's lawsuit, provides fresh insight into the marketing payments that regulators say left PC makers beholden to Intel.
Tags: Processors, Personal Computers, Complaint, Intel Corp., Cuomo, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, CEO, Personal Computers, PC Company
Researchers devise way to deny denial-of-service attacks
News Engineers at Auburn University in Alabama have developed a filter that could protect government, commercial and educational servers from being attacked.
Tags: Network security, Business security, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Authentication, Computer, network, Filter Value, Cloud Computing, distributed denial of service, Server
Macs and PCs found shacking up
News New study finds that the vast majority of those with an Apple computer also own at least one Windows-based PC.
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Owner, Apple Inc., Computer, Survey, Electronics, Apple Macintosh, GPS
The PCs that the flood took away
Blogs As a super typhoon prepares to lash the Philippines this week--the third time in a month--I ask for the indulgence of th...
Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs
News In its online and retail stores, Microsoft is selling computers loaded with all of its online software including its Windows Live, Zune, and Security Essentials products.
Tags: Personal Computers, Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Computer, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Web Browser, software company, Hardware
Gartner: Brace yourself for cloud computing
News Cloud computing led Gartner's list of ten big technologies to plan for in 2010. Also: mobile apps, desktop virtualization, social networks, green IT.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cloud computing, Computer, Virtualization, Information Technology, mobile, Business Strategies & Functions, Social Computing, Gartner Inc., Cloud computing
Dell: Order a Vista PC and get it with Windows 7
News Customers can order a Vista machine now but elect to have Dell upgrade the PC to Windows 7 before it ships the computer.
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Computer, Windows 7, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
News Intel doesn't want to be the only one touting eensy-weensy servers aimed at Web site hosting companies. It's trying to standardize its design.
Tags: Servers, Intel Corp., quad-core processor, Computer, Hosting Company, Server, processor, computer industry, blade server, Web Site
Let's kill the OS upgrade disc
News Life would be easier if we paid for ongoing OS upgrades the way we pay for other digital assets--by subscription.
Tags: Windows 7, Mac OS, Upgrade, Apple Inc., Computer, Operating System, App, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7
