Archive for December, 2007

Not Everyone Should Switch to Mac

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

CNN Money writer Jonathan Blum weighs in on "the switch to Mac" and how it can be quite beneficial for some companies, but also costly and unnecessary for others. Blum speaks from the point of view of a small business and highlights a few aspects that should be taken into ...

Legitimate Screensavers Used in Malware Attacks

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Malware writers turn to all kinds of techniques in order to trick people, infect their computers and reach their goal, no matter if we're talking about stealing some data or just luring them on malicious websites. As part of their latest attempt, attackers who built rogue security applications even implemented ...

NVIDIA GDDR5 Cards to Arrive in 2009

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

NVIDIA hasn't even officially released its new D10U-based graphics cards lineup, but a few lucky journalists attending this year's Computex show were able to spot one of these cards. To make matters even more interesting, despite the fact that the new D10U cards haven't yet been officially announced, rumors about ...

Noctua Has Nehalem Coolers on Display

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Noctua, an Austrian designer of silent coolers, announced that would roll out some new products, among which two coolers and a mounting mechanism. The LGA1366 mounting kits will be available both for the coolers currently on the market and for the company's products rolled out since 2005. The mounting kits ...

Intel Fined with $26 Million for Antitrust Rules Breach

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Leading chip manufacturer, Intel Corp. will be forced to pay a $26 million fine, following an investigation by South Korea's antitrust regulator concerning Intel's actions of offering discounts to prevent customers from buying products from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.