Awaiting Amateur Sleuth Companion - The Google Mystery Van

December 6, 2007 – 9:12 am

the-google-mystery-van-awaiting-amateur-sleuth-companion-2.jpgThe name that the press has given this case is really worthy of being on the cover of an Agatha Christie novel or at the very least a “Scooby Doo, Where Are You!” episode: “The Canoe Man Mystery”. Oh, the original Scooby Doo, not the one with Scrappy Doo or the other big white hillbilly-yokel type of relative, I forgot his name. By the way, Scrappy’s crappy, just to get the record straight.

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Not Everyone Should Switch to Mac

December 5, 2007 – 2:44 pm

Not Everyone Should Switch to MacCNN 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 consideration, should you, as the big boss, be considering the switch.

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Legitimate Screensavers Used in Malware Attacks

December 5, 2007 – 2:38 pm

Legitimate Screensavers Used in Malware AttacksMalware 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 legitimate software supposed to make the data more credible. For instance, Paolo Palumbo of McAfee writes about a malware sample which came with a legitimate screensaver informing him he got infected.

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NVIDIA GDDR5 Cards to Arrive in 2009

December 5, 2007 – 2:32 pm

NVIDIA GDDR5 Cards to Arrive in 2009NVIDIA 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 an NVIDIA new card lineup are already spreading fast. This new GPU is supposed to be dubbed D12U, which should literally make it two generations better than the upcoming lineup.

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Noctua Has Nehalem Coolers on Display

December 5, 2007 – 2:30 pm

Noctua Has Nehalem Coolers on DisplayNoctua, 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 will be much simpler to use, as the bolts will be pre-attached to the brace-plate and the thumbscrews will be used to ready the mount, while larger sprung screws will be used later
for compression.

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Intel Fined with $26 Million for Antitrust Rules Breach

December 5, 2007 – 2:16 pm

Intel Fined with $26 Million for Antitrust Rules BreachLeading 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.
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