Intel Discontinues Bunch of 45nm, 65nm Microprocessors
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From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has notified its partners that numerous of its microprocessors, some of which were introduced just months ago, will be discontinued after a certain date. In addition, the company will phase out its 1GB Turbo Memory flash module. The processors set to be... |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 to support up to 256 CPU cores
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From InfoWorld: Microsoft said Thursday the next upgrade of its Windows Server operating system will scale up to 256 logical processors. Microsoft defines a logical processor as the number of physical processors multiplied by the number of cores as well as the number of threads... |
Ballmer rules out new bid for Yahoo
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From CNET News.com: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Friday that Microsoft is "not interested" in making a new offer for internet company Yahoo, despite Yahoo's share price currently sitting at less than half what Microsoft initially offered. Speaking at a Committee for Economic... |
SanDisk Hopes to Remedy Woeful Vista SSD Performance With New File System
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From DailyTech: Solid state drives (SSDs), despite a rough economy, have carved out a solid niche, thanks to plummeting NAND prices and the promise of improved reliability and performance. With the upcoming Windows 7 promising an even sweeter boost for flash-drive equipped PCs, it... |
Making sense of Microsoft's Azure
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From InfoWorld: Last week, Microsoft announced its cloud-computing effort, called Azure. Fitting between Google's and Amazon.com's current offerings, it represents a very big step toward moving applications off the desktop and out of a corporation's own datacenters. Whether or not it... |
Once Thought Safe, WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Is Cracked
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From PC World: Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. The attack, described as the first practical attack on WPA, will be discussed at the PacSec... |
AMD slashes 500 more jobs
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From CNET News.com: Advanced Micro Devices announced Wednesday it had cut 500 employees, or about 3 percent of its workforce, in an effort to reduce expenses. This is the second round of job cuts this year at the troubled chipmaker. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD announced in April... |
Google Backs Out of Ad Deal, Leaves Yahoo Out in the Cold
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From DailyTech: Fears of a lengthy legal battle killed the controversial Google-Yahoo ad deal Wednesday, announced Google Senior VP David Drummond. “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government regulators... |
Nvidia and Via Technologies Suspend Agreement to Co-Develop Platforms
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From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. and Via Technologies have annulated the pact under which the two companies would develop low-power multimedia oriented platforms for various low-cost personal computers and similar systems. The union of Nvidia and Via was not made in heaven and it was... |
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