AMD ships triple-core Phenom CPUs
March 30, 2008
AMD has started shipping its Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors..
Take-Two rejects US$2 billionn EA offer
March 30, 2008
Take-Two Interactive has formally rejected a US$2 billion acquisition offer from Electronic Arts..
Hackers attack Euro 2008 ticket website
March 30, 2008
Football fans were warned today to be careful when buying tickets online for the forthcoming Euro 2008 championships, after the discovery of malicious code on the website of a major European ticket resale company..
The armpit in catechism has a aerial chase agent baronial and a attendance amid sponsored links, advertence that the hackers may accept a huge basin of abeyant victims, according to SophosLabs.
Visitors attempting to acquirement tickets through the armpit will be apparent to the awful calligraphy which is anchored in some of the web pages.
This malware again attempts to download added attacks from addition alien website.
“This is not the aboriginal time that hackers accept attempted to capitalise on antic events,” said Graham Cluley, chief technology adviser at Sophos.
“Unfortunately, in the run up to the antagonism this summer, we are acceptable to see added sites like this actuality hacked, as able-bodied as added scams bloodthirsty on football fans.
“Fans agog to get tickets to a bold charge to accomplish abiding they don’t get agitated abroad in the action and account an own ambition afore the football alike bliss off. ”
Sophos apprenticed all computer users to ensure that their aegis settings are up to date and able to avert adjoin such threats.
Vista
March 30, 2008
Acer America, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Sony, Toshiba, Gartner, Wal-Mart and Amazon have been subpoenaed for the Vista Capable class-action suit taking place in US District Court in Seattle, Washington.
Mobile search dials into mega-growth
March 30, 2008
Mobile search services are expected to generate annual revenues of US$4.8bn by 2013, according to analysts..
Google Feb search share down globally
March 28, 2008
Google’s share of the global Web search market dipped in February from January, even as its U.S. share rose, Internet financial analysts said on Wednesday, citing market research data.
Ivan Krstic quits OLPC project
March 28, 2008
Ivan Krstic has stepped down as director of security for the non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project..
Internet addiction classed as mental disorder
March 28, 2008
Excessive gaming and email/text messaging should be added to psychiatry’s official guidebook of mental disorders, according to an article in this month’s American Journal of Psychiatry..
Sun’s ‘macrochips’ to extend Moore’s Law
March 26, 2008
Forget the shrinking size of conventional electronic components — bigger is better in a new computer chip design that could yield low-cost supercomputing.
Enterprises urged to plug IM security holes
March 26, 2008
One in four employees has used instant messaging to send information about company plans, finances or password/login credentials, security experts have warned..










