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Intel, AMD Prepare Server Upgrades
Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are preparing their next round of server processors. Intel is expected to launch its upgraded Bensley server platform next month at its Intel Developer Forum. Meanwhile, AMD offered a snapshot of a forthcoming Opteron chip, due later this year, at the San Francisco International Solid State Circuits Conference.…
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Microsoft Releases OneCare Pricing Details
Microsoft plans to start selling the Windows OneCare Live PC security bundle for $49.95 a year for up to three personal computers. The service, which has gone through several beta revisions, will hit the market in June this year as a self-updating utility featuring virus scanning, firewall protection, data backup and PC cleanup tools. The…
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IBM Chip to Challenge UWB
IBM researchers said Feb. 6 that they have created a low-power chip set that will compete with Ultra-Wideband technology, offering data rates at around 630M bps. The chip set conforms to the IEEE 802.15.3c specification, which IBM refers to as “millimeter wave” or “mmWave” technology. Using unlicensed spectrum around the 60GHz range in the United…
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Intel Activates Xeon Virtualization Tech
NEW YORK—Users with servers powered by Intel’s “Paxville” Xeon MP processor can now activate the chip’s virtualization capabilities. Speaking at a conference here on virtualization, Diane Bryant, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Server Platforms Group, said that users can now contact systems makers Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM to help them upgrade the BIOS…
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Microsoft Investigates HTML Help Flaw Warning
Microsoft’s security response team is investigating reports of a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in HTML Help Workshop, the standard help system for the Windows platform. The software vendor’s investigation follows the public release of a proof-of-concept exploit for the flaw, which is caused by a boundary error within the handling of a “.hhp” file. Security…
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IBM, Freescale Consolidate Power
IBM and Freescale Semiconductor aim to boost the Power processors architecture by aligning their chip design efforts. Senior executives at the two companies announced Feb. 6 an alliance under which they aim to create a common power architecture instruction set and align their chip road maps. Freescale will also join Power.org, the open Power processor…
