Microsoft released 10 individual security patches on Oct. 10, addressing a handful of critical problems in Office programs along with several equally serious issues in its Windows operating system. Remember to head on over to Continue reading “Microsoft Patches 10 Vulnerabilities, 6 Critical”.…more
McAfee fired President Kevin Weiss and said Chairman and Chief Executive George Samenuk will retire in the wake of an investigation into its past option grants. The security-software maker’s board named Dale Fuller interim CEO Continue reading “McAfee fired President Kevin Weiss”.…more
Skype’s Internet calling service will soon be accessible at The Cloud’s Wi-Fi hot spots across Europe, the two companies announced on Tuesday. Although normal online access to Skype’s voice over Internet Protocol services is free Continue reading “Skype lands deal for Wi-Fi access in Europe”.…more
IBM plans to crank up the speed on its Power6 server chip to 5.0GHz, far higher than competing processors from Intel and Sun Microsystems. Despite its high frequency, the chip will avoid overheating through its Continue reading “IBM cranks up speed of Power6 to 5.0GHz”.…more
eWEEK Labs was disappointed to find that a couple of well-liked search and cookie options have been changed in RC2. Privacy-conscious users will be particularly disappointed by the changes in cookie handling. We’ve always liked Continue reading “Mozilla’s Firefox 2.0 RC2 Is a Step ? Backward?”.…more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will announce the Rev G Turion 64 X2 and Mobile Sempron CPU lineups, which will debut as the chip vendor’s first 65nm-made mobile processors, in 2007, according to motherboard makers familiar Continue reading “AMD schedules 65nm Tyler launch for 2Q 2007”.…more
Finishing off one of the tech sector’s worst-kept secrets, Google announced an agreement to acquire online media phenom YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. The companies announced after the bell Monday that the Continue reading “Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 billion”.…more
If you’ve maxed out your processor by overclocking and want to squeeze more out of it or are just looking to reduce core temperatures lapping the processor might be something worth looking into. Legit Reviews does some lapping and eventually removes the IHS on our Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 processor to show you what to do and not to do when it comes to messing with the IHS on your processor.
A recent SitePoint and Ektron survey of Web professionals suggests AJAX will soon surpass Flash as the predominant Web development model of choice. Increases in expected Microsoft-based endeavors, however, make it difficult to predict a Continue reading “AJAX to overtake Flash?”.…more