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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.
Thursday, October 29 2009 10:56 AM
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.
Tuesday, October 27 2009 11:47 AM
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Computer, Security, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
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.
Tuesday, October 06 2009 09:22 AM
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Computer, Windows 7, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
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.
Thursday, October 01 2009 10:14 AM
Tags: Business applications, Computer, advertisement, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business applications, general manager, online support, virus, PC
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.
Thursday, October 01 2009 10:19 AM
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard Co.
FAQ: Buying the right Windows 7 upgrade
News Readers still have lots of questions on just which version of the software they need to buy in order to upgrade their PC. Here are some answers.
Monday, November 09 2009 11:08 AM
Tags: Windows 7, Software licensing, Microsoft Windows 7, Computer, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Software licensing, Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., 32-bit
Intel, AMD reach landmark settlement
News Upon payment of US$1.25 billion by Intel, AMD will drop longstanding antitrust litigation. The two powerhouses will share chip technology.
Friday, November 13 2009 09:24 AM
Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel Corp., computer chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Computer, European Commission, Chip, FTC, Settlement
Jaguar supercomputer races past Roadrunner in Top500
News Cray XT5 supercomputer known as "Jaguar" finally bests IBM after three tries. The top 10, while still dominated by supercomputers housed in the U.S., had just one newcomer.
Tuesday, November 17 2009 10:39 AM
Tags: Supercomputing, Teraflop, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Sandia National Laboratories, Computer, Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Why Apple leaves low-end computers to the competition
News Apple with its luxury-goods maker strategy adheres to graceful design esthetic and limits lineup keeping margins sky-high.
Thursday, November 12 2009 11:39 AM
Tags: Personal Computers, Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., Computer, laptop computer, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, keyboard, NPD Group Inc., desktop
Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole
News Company warns customers that exploit code for the Server Message Block hole is available and suggests a workaround until a patch is ready.
Monday, November 16 2009 05:12 PM
Tags: Windows 7, PC security, Security, Server Message Block, Trustworthy Computing, TCP, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Vulnerability
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.
Friday, October 02 2009 11:09 AM
Tags: Network security, Business security, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Authentication, Computer, network, Filter Value, Cloud Computing, distributed denial of service, Server
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.
Friday, October 09 2009 12:41 PM
Tags: Mainframes, Legal, Mainframe, ATM, IBM Corp., Computer, Supplier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Associated Press, Computer & Communications Industry Association
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.
Tuesday, October 06 2009 11:26 AM
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...
Thursday, October 22 2009 01:02 AM
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.
Wednesday, October 21 2009 09:02 AM
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cloud computing, Computer, Virtualization, Information Technology, mobile, Business Strategies & Functions, Social Computing, Gartner Inc., Cloud computing




