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Intel Rolls Out Single-Core ‘Madison’ Chips
Intel Corp. is refreshing its 64-bit Itanium 2 processor line with six new chips based on the Madison core. The new processors represent the last single-core Itanium chips that the Santa Clara, Calif., company will roll out. The next step for Itanium is Montecito, which will have two cores on a single processor, Abhi Talwalkar,…
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CA, Others Attack Spyware
Recognizing the growing need for anti-spyware solutions in the enterprise, Computer Associates International Inc. on Monday announced new software designed to tackle unwanted spyware, adware and trojans. CA’s new eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware r5 allows system administrators to scan the enterprise for traces of spyware, identify it, and remotely clean it wherever it may reside, without…
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Novell Linux Desktop Arrives
By the end of the week, Novell Inc.’s new Linux desktop for enterprise customers, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Powered by SuSE Linux, will be available for purchase through Novell channel partners for a suggested price of $50 per system. “Novell is focusing its enterprise desktop efforts on Linux deployments where users can gain the most…
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Microsoft Has Its Eye on Small Retailers
In one corner of Microsoft Corp., the smaller the better is the order of the day for new customers. Microsoft’s latest retail push is focusing on the smallest of retailers, those with perhaps a single checkout lane and no more than nine stores. Microsoft’s pitch is a fully bundled $3,000 package with software and just…
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Microsoft to Take On Intuit with Office Small-Biz Release
Microsoft Corp. is set to launch on Nov. 8 its small-business solutions strategy, one element of which will be a new version of Microsoft Office designed expressly for the small-business manager or owner. The new Office release is expected to include new payroll functionality, an updated version of Microsoft’s business-contact-manager technology and new Web services,…
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Serious IE Hole Opens PCs Up to Attacks
US-CERT on Wednesday warned of a fresh hole in Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to take control of a PC via an HTML e-mail message or a malicious Web page. The flaw is all the more serious because exploit code has been published on public mailing lists, according to security researchers. The flaw, a…
