Archives for March, 2010

Intel (finally) uncages Nehalem-EX beast


Like Itanium. But you might actually use it
Intel’s switch to the Nehalem architecture was finally completed Tuesday with the launch of the Nehalem-EX Xeon 6500 and 7500 processors, the last of the Core, Xeon, and Itanium chips to get the Quick Path Interconnect and a slew of features that make Intel chips compete head-to-head with [...]

Intel finally releases Nehalem-EX chips


Itanium prices and RAS, Xeon zeal and instructions
Intel’s switch to the Nehalem architecture was finally completed Tuesday with the launch of the Nehalem-EX Xeon 6500 and 7500 processors, the last of the Core, Xeon, and Itanium chips to get the Quick Path Interconnect and a slew of features that make Intel chips compete head-to-head with [...]

Microsoft teams with Google in name of privacy


Strange bedfellows back US law overhaul
Search rivals Microsoft and Google have joined a coalition to simplify and clarify US law to protect the online privacy of netizens from government snooping.…

Western Digital Shipping 750GB Scorpio Blue Notebook Drive (WD7500BPVT)


While Toshiba just announced their 750GB mainstream notebook drive, Western Digital has seen fit to actually start shipping theirs. The 750GB Scorpio Blue is a standard size 2.5" notebook hard drive featuring 375GB per platter areal density and Advanced Format technology.
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Western Digital Shipping 750GB Scorpio Blue Notebook Drive (WD7500BPVT)


While Toshiba just announced their 750GB mainstream notebook drive, Western Digital has seen fit to actually start shipping theirs. The 750GB Scorpio Blue is a standard size 2.5" notebook hard drive featuring 375GB per platter areal density and Advanced Format technology.
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Chip makers slammed in 2009


Samsung, Hynix squeak out some growth
The prognosticators and measurers at Gartner have focused their counting on semiconductor sales for 2009, and thanks to a rebound as the year came to a close and a truly awful ending in 2008 (making for easier compares), the worldwide semiconductor industry fell by only 10.5 per cent, to $228.4bn.…

Greenpeace labels Dell ‘a bloody marketing machine’


Protests against computer maker in India, Netherlands
Greenpeace has lambasted Dell’s decision to “backtrack” on its commitments to remove hazardous chemicals from all of its products.…

Weak passwords stored in browsers make hackers happy


Insecurity complex still rife shock
Nearly a quarter of people (23 per cent) polled in a survey by Symantec use their browser to keep tabs on their passwords.…

Patch Management: Should it even exist?


Necessary drudge or Elastoplast?
Workshop  From the outside in, it’s easy to question the need for software patching. “Surely,” some might ask, “If software was written properly we wouldn’t need the IT department to spend time patching it?”…

Bank security guru: Sue your bank for refund


Play hardball fast, advises Anderson
Noted banking security expert Ross Anderson was forced to threaten action in the small claims court before his bank agreed to refund a disputed transaction.…