From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices disclosed details about its forthcoming Bobcat core at its Analyst Day on Thursday. While the chip seems to be very power-efficient, it does not seem to be a performance leader to say at least. Moreover, it will only be available in 2011.

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From InfoWorld: Microsoft late on Friday confirmed that an unpatched vulnerability exists in Windows 7, but downplayed the problem, saying most users would be protected from attack by blocking two ports at the firewall.

In a security advisory , Microsoft acknowledged that a bug in...

From PC World: One in every four people on the Internet are now using Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser, a Web metrics company said this week.

Firefox reached the 25% milestone last Sunday, said Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president of California-based Net Applications...

From CNET News.com: A judge has ruled in Apple's favor in its copyright-infringement case against Psystar, which has been selling Mac clones running Mac OS X.

U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Friday granted Apple's request for a summary judgment, while denying Psystar's...

From CNET News.com: Advanced Micro Devices is not the only large Intel competitor to rail against Intel's alleged strong-arm tactics.

Nvidia has also complained loudly for years about Intel business practices in the graphics chip market, where Intel commands about 50 percent of the...

From DailyTech: Every fall Microsoft tends to try to find ways to ban Xbox modders from its Xbox Live service. Microsoft detests modding, as it allows users to accomplish forbidden activities, such as playing backups of games, playing out of zone DVDs, installing alternative...

From DailyTech: Apple plans to open an additional 40 to 50 Apple retail locations across the world in 2010, as the company hopes to provide local services in additional foreign markets.

More than half of the new stores next year will be located outside of the United States...

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Globalfoundries, semiconductor manufacturing joint-venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, welcomed the agreement between Intel Corp. and AMD, under which the two companies signed a cross-licensing...

From X-bit Labs: The dynamic random access memory (DRAM) of Taiwan – Taiwan Memory Company – rescues to be dead on arrival as Elpida Memory captures production capacities from Taiwanese DRAM companies, while the government of Taiwan refuses to provide additional subsidies.

According...

From InfoWorld: If chipmakers competed on the basis of code names rather than products, then Advanced Micro Devices might have beaten Intel a long time ago.

At its financial analyst day Wednesday, AMD laid out its plans for a dizzying array of upcoming PC chips with names like...