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AMD edges Intel in early dual-core benchmarks
Advanced Micro Devices was second in coming to market with a dual-core desktop chip, but it's first in benchmark scores, according to sites that test the chip.
Both Anandtech and Tom's Hardware--two hardware benchmarking sites--have published reports stating that, in their own tests, the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 chips generally edge out the Intel Pentium D and the dual-core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, although the results vary by the tests.
Posted by | Tue, May 31, 2005 - 08:25 PM
Intel adds DRM to new chips (i945 & Dual-Core)
Microsoft and Intel have teamed up by trying to police copyright regulations through hardware and not software. Intel has now included digital rights management (DRM) within in its latest dual-core processor Pentium D and accompanying 945 chipset. This should be interesting!
The situation presents an interesting dilemma for IT security managers as they may now be beholden to hardware-embedded security over which they have little say, information or control.
Posted by | Tue, May 31, 2005 - 08:42 AM
Firefox about to get IE on its knees
In 6 months time, Internet Explorer's market share has gone from 95% to 64.8%, this according to W3schools. All these market shares have apparently gone to the new kid on the block, Firefox. Firefox is definitely on fire!
It looks like Firefox is unstoppable. In spite of the vulnerabilities discovered lately, the open-source browser continues to rise in the top of the user?s preferences.
Posted by | Mon, May 30, 2005 - 05:45 PM
Samsung moves to lower flash memory prices
Oooh! Lower prices on memory cards. Bring it on Samsung! Now, if they can only use this same 70 nanometer technology to create their new NAND flash hard drive maybe that would place it within the average consumer's price range.
Samsung Electronics has started producing its first NAND flash memory chips on an advanced process, a move that will help lower the cost of memory cards for consumers in time for the year-end shopping season, according to an analyst.
South Korea's Samsung has started producing memory chips on a 70 nanometer (nm) process technology, the most advanced in the industry for this type of memory, it said Monday.
Posted by | Mon, May 30, 2005 - 05:11 PM
ATI?s MultiVPU solution, don?t get caught in the crossfire?
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We?ll have to give it to ATI for keeping our gaze fixed upon their new product for so long, whilst being fed all sorts of incomplete information about prospective performance and features. Now that the curtain has dropped on ATI?s multi graphics processor solution we can only wonder what they?ve been doing for the past six months. We?ll have to give it to ATI for keeping our gaze fixed upon their new product for so long, whilst being fed all sorts of incomplete information about prospective performance and features. Now that the curtain has dropped on ATI?s multi graphics processor solution we can only wonder what they?ve been doing for the past six months.
Posted by | Mon, May 30, 2005 - 04:30 PM
Survey: U.S. residents addicted to e-mail
OK then, I may have two or more e-mail accounts, but I have never checked for messages in the bathroom, church, or while driving; so I'm definitely not addicted to e-mail. What about you?
U.S. residents are so hooked on e-mail that some check for messages in the bathroom, in church and while driving, a new survey sponsored by America Online Inc. has found.
The average e-mail user in the U.S. has two or three e-mail accounts and spends about an hour every day reading, sending and replying to messages, according to the survey, conducted by Opinion Research Corp.
Posted by | Mon, May 30, 2005 - 04:13 PM
Internet radio is gaining, but problems remain
Coming soon to a cellphone, MP3 player, or other device near you! Despite the many obstacles, Internet Radio is on the rise and may well soon become a part of your daily entertainment menu.
"Once Internet radio's available everywhere and you'll have 'Internet walkmen', it will be a watershed moment," said Bryan Miller, general manager for alternative Cincinnati station (www.woxy.com), which aired for 20 years as a traditional radio station before turning Web-only about 9 months ago. Some Web radio operators, like Mercora, an aggregator of 500,000 individual Internet stations, have already found ways around Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) restrictions.
Posted by | Sat, May 28, 2005 - 05:43 PM
Portability on the move in the new PC era
I'm all for portability, so I'm quite happy that its time is right here and right now. It's great to read about all the new devices being introduced and showcased at next week's Computex show. Remember to check back here at Legit Reviews often for all the news on emerging trends in the tech world.
The new computer forms -- from the latest in portable game players and wireless Web surfers, to integrated home entertainment centers -- will be on display when the curtain rises next week on Computex, the world's number two computer show, in Taipei.
Posted by | Sat, May 28, 2005 - 05:29 PM
Intel Pentium D Chipset Offers Power Boost for Consumer PCs
Power, Power, and More Power! Intel's new dual-core processor, the Pentium D, delivers a boost and a boon to consumers looking for more power to smoothly handle multiple computing tasks.
Delivering its first dual-core processor intended for mainstream, consumer and small-business PCs, chip giant Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) launched the Pentium D and 945 chipset this week, touting better support for multiple computing tasks, which increasingly include high-end graphics, audio, video and security.
Intel said its new, multi-core technology was a combination of hardware and software designed to allow consumers to do more with digital content simultaneously, and to allow businesses to harden security, system management and collaboration without slowing down.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 10:28 PM
Microsoft urges Windows users to dump Netscape 8
Microsoft Corp. is urging Windows users to uninstall the new Netscape 8 Web browser from their computers, saying it damages Microsoft's own Internet Explorer browser.
Microsoft's announcement on Friday came after a Microsoft technician's blog posting a day earlier that said Netscape's updated technology interfered with Internet Explorer's ability to display some Web pages.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 10:09 PM
Nintendo?s Subtle Revolution
Nintendo, the quiet "Revolution!" Compared to the loud buzz surrounding the Xbox 360 and PS3 that's certainly apropos, but this Revolution comes in a sleek package and an enticing "All-Access Gaming" concept offer.
"Our next console proves small in size but big on ideas," says Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales & marketing, referring to Revolution, which has the thickness of three DVD cases, stacked together.
Nintendo is banking on a concept they're calling "All-Access Gaming," the key concept being the 20 years worth of downloadable Nintendo-all the way back to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. And even better, they're thinking of offering the old games for free.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 09:57 PM
Yahoo Sends PhotoMail
Are you an avid digital photographer who likes sharing photos with everyone, anywhere? Well Yahoo's new PhotoMail service (currently in testing) may have you saying "cheese" quite a bit.
PhotoMail works by placing small thumbnail pictures in messages and storing the actual large photo files on a server of the Yahoo Photo online album service, says Andy Spillane, vice president of Yahoo Mail. Up to 300 thumbnails can be inserted in a Yahoo Mail message. When recipients click on a thumbnail, the original file residing on a Yahoo server is launched, so that a high-resolution version of the photo can be viewed, printed, or saved, Spillane says.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 09:42 PM
Microsoft Releases Anti-Phishing Tools
MSN has set loose it's newest security tools to help Internet and e-mail users fight against malware and protect themselves from malicious emails.
"MSN Postmaster and Smart Data Network Services represent a move by Microsoft toward broader, more-comprehensive and transparent information-sharing with ISPs and e-mail senders to help protect e-mail and ensure that it continues to be an essential and valuable communications tool," said Kevin Doerr, product unit manager for MSN Hotmail at Microsoft.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 09:30 PM
RIAA Sues More Internet2 File Swappers
The latest round of lawsuits follows the RIAA's initial assault on Internet2 users last month. 405 college students were sued at 18 universities for using an application called "i2hub" to swap music and movies.
"As long as students continue to corrupt this specialized academic network for the flagrant theft of music, we will continue to make it clear that there are consequences for these unlawful actions," said RIAA President Cary Sherman. "Whether it's done on a computer at home or one in a college dorm room, the act of theft is one and the same."
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 09:14 PM
Strong notebook sales push PC market above 200 million units
More and more people want freedom from the chains of their traditional desk top PCs, so with the proliferation of wireless and the availability of more powerful notebooks, it's not surprising that sales of mobiles are skyrocketing.
"Mobile PCs are continuing to attract more new users as mobile prices fall and wireless becomes more pervasive," said George Shiffler, principal analyst for Gartner's Client Platforms research. "Growing numbers of users are replacing their old desktops with more portable mobiles, and this is one of several factors helping to boost mobile PC growth."
Gartner analysts said they see few new technology drivers that could help stimulate PC sales in 2005.
Posted by | Fri, May 27, 2005 - 09:07 PM
Worms Dupe Yahoo, AOL IM Users
Beware Star Wars Siths who come phishing! Never click on links, unless you know where they link to.
A pair of attacks against the top two instant messaging networks played off current events, particularly 'Star Wars,' and sent security firms scurrying Wednesday to alert users of the danger.
Hackers took advantage of the recent wave of 'Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith'' publicity to launch a phishing-style attack on Yahoo Messenger users, said IMlogic, a security firm that specializes in defending instant messaging (IM) networks.
Posted by | Wed, May 25, 2005 - 08:44 PM
AMD Releases 'Pacifica' Specification For AMD64 Technology
AMD has made the specs to it's virtualization technology, Pacifica, available to developers. This move could very well accelerate the development of 64bit architecture and programs.
?Hardware virtualization in the x86 platform opens the way for a new class of innovation, making the platform more flexible, more manageable, and more secure,? said Martin Reynolds, Gartner Fellow, Gartner, Inc. ?Both home and business users will benefit from the technology, which will rapidly proliferate across the entire x86 market. It will transform the way that we use our PCs, more so than any other technology this decade.?
Posted by | Wed, May 25, 2005 - 08:34 PM
Intel gets set to bring the 'platform' concept to desktops
Forget about just chips, says Intel, it's all about chipsets, or more accurately, "platformisation." Building on their Centrino platform for mobiles, Intel is bringing the reality of "platformisation" to desktops and servers, where it's all about an integrated package of processor, chipset, graphics, sound, and more.
So later this week we'll see the desktop division attempt to deliver a Centrino-style 'platform' for the desktop PC, while the mobilies will swagger around, sniffing "We told you so!"
So far the branding of the product is the decidedly unsexy "Professional Business Platform", but we understand it will comprise chipset and processor with integrated graphics and sound, plus various other bits and bobs Intel makes so well.
Posted by | Wed, May 25, 2005 - 08:10 PM
Nokia unveils Linux-based web device without phone
Nokia's new product category will run solely on open source software, which will certainly make these new mobile devices attractive and affordable to consumers.
"We're launching a completely new product category," said Janne Jormalainen, Nokia's vice president for convergence products at its multimedia devices division.
The device is aimed at consumers looking for an affordable extra Internet screen in the house that they can also carry with them and use at wireless hotspots outside the home or connect to a cell phone through a Bluetooth wireless link.
It will be available in the third quarter.
Posted by | Wed, May 25, 2005 - 07:23 AM
Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office
In their new version of Office, Microsoft moves to ensure their dominance in the Office Productivity software arena by addressing the security issues surrounding the use of applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. in today and tomorrow's work environments.
With the next version of Office, Microsoft plans to let businesses set rules, enforced by server-based software, to determine how those documents are handled. The shift is just one of several trends the software giant is labeling part of a "new world of work" that its next generation Office software will address. But at the same time that Microsoft is saying it understands the shifting tides, it's trying to make sure it doesn't miss any undercurrents.
Posted by | Tue, May 24, 2005 - 10:24 AM
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