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| Nvidia Launches Fermi-based Quadro GPUs |
30 July |
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At the annual computer graphics trade show of the ACM, Nvidia demonstrated at its booth its latest Quadro Fermi graphics cards. The cards are based on the same technology as the Nvidia GTX 400 series of consumer cards, but designed for workstation applications.
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| New malware disguised as McAfee VirusScan trial |
30 July |
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Security firm Sophos warned Internet surfers of fake anti-virus software that's posing as a free 30-day trial of McAfee VirusScan Plus.
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| Microsoft slates IE9 beta for September |
30 July |
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Microsoft will ship a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in September, a company executive has announced.
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| Microsoft's bug reports fail to produce prompt patches |
30 July |
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55% of the flaws Microsoft reported to other vendors in the last 12 months go unfixed
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| AMD Releases ATI Catalyst 10.7 Drivers |
28 July |
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Looking to give your Radeon GPU newer drivers? AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.7 bundle for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Linux.
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| Intel turns to light to transfer data inside PCs |
28 July |
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Intel has announced it had developed a prototype interconnect that uses light to speed up data transmission inside computers at the speed of 50 gigabits per second.
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| Bluetooth 4.0 to show up in laptops, gadgets later this year |
28 July |
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The Bluetooth 4.0 low-power wireless networking specification has been approved, which means the technology may start appearing in devices such as smart meters and laptops later this year, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported earlier this month.
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| First AMD Fusion chips to land this year |
28 July |
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AMD's first Fusion processors with integrated DirectX 11 graphics could start popping up before Christmas this year, according to a leaked roadmap that materialised over the weekend
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| AMD moves up new CPU, graphics chips for 2010 |
26 July |
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AMD may be ramping up its production schedule, moving its 2011 chip to 2010 instead. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer said during a recent conference call that the company's Ontario ultra-mobile chips is due to arrive in the fall, "ahead of schedule."
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| ADATA's S596 Turbo SSD Offers Two Interfaces |
26 July |
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ADATA has announced the S596 Turbo series of 2.5-inch solid state disks, the first line of SSDs to use the new JMicron JMF616 controller. The drives are said to deliver sequential read and write speeds up to 250 MB/sec and 180 MB/sec, and provide users with two interface options: SATA II and mini-USB.
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| Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem |
26 July |
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For the second time in two months, Mozilla on Friday rushed out a fix for Firefox to patch a problem with a browser update issued just days before.
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| Microsoft sells 10 Windows 7 licenses per second |
26 July |
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Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer, told Wall Street analysts of the latest Windows 7 milestone. "With 175 million licenses sold to date, it is the fastest selling operating system ever, and now runs on over 15% of all PCs worldwide".
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| Microsoft releases beta of upgraded Security Essentials |
22 July |
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Microsoft has released a beta for the next version of its free security software, Security Essentials.
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| Microsoft issues tool to repel Windows shortcut attacks |
22 July |
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Microsoft has released an automated tool to stymie exploits of a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability that experts fear will soon be used by hackers against the general PC population.
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| Adobe to beef up PDF security with Reader sandboxing |
22 July |
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Adobe has announced that it will harden the next version of its popular Reader PDF viewer, a frequent target of attacks, by adding "sandboxing" technology to the software.
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| Mozilla patches 16 security bugs in Firefox 3.6 |
22 July |
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Mozilla has patched 16 vulnerabilities, nine of them critical, in Firefox 3.6, the largest update for the open-source browser since March.
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| Microsoft warns of zero-day Windows hole |
19 July |
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Microsoft is warning that attackers are exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability using infected USB flash drives.
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| Radeon HD 6000 expected by end of 2010 |
19 July |
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AMD's next generation of DirectX 11 GPUs could be rolling up as soon as the fourth quarter of this year, according to a representative from AMD board partner HIS.
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| Mozilla increases bounty for security bug info to $3,000 |
19 July |
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Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox Web browser, has upped the amount it will pay security researchers for information on security bugs in its products from US$500 to $3,000.
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| Sharp reveals triple-layer blu-ray discs, writers |
19 July |
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Sharp is introducing new Blu-ray media and recorders that support the just-finalized BDXL format.
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