Intel, IBM discuss 8-core ‘Nehalem’ server chip Intel on Tuesday said it will ship a server chip that contains up to eight processing cores later this year, while IBM showed off a high-end server in the works that uses eight such chips, yielding 64 cores. Intel’s Nehalem-EX processor, in production later this year and expected [...]
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New Memory Material May Hold Data For One Billion Years
New Memory Material May Hold Data For One Billion Years Scientists are reporting an advance toward remedying this situation with a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years. Their discovery is scheduled for publication in the [...]
The Neverending ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ Debate
The Neverending ‘Year of Linux on the Desktop’ Debate Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, summer is unofficially here. What better way to celebrate than with another rousing “Year of Linux on the desktop” debate?! Sure enough — it may be an oldie, but it’s clearly a goodie, and in recent days, bloggers [...]
The $800 Killer Gaming PC
The $800 Killer Gaming PC It’s astonishing what a difference 15 months makes. That’s how long it’s been since we last built a gaming rig for $800. Since then, the price war between AMD’s ATI division and Nvidia has become a pyre upon which Nvidia’s profits have been sacrificed. AMD’s CPU group and Intel have [...]
A lesson in FUD
Mydoom: A lesson in FUD Fear, uncertainty and doubt can have very real effects on security, especially when uninformed ‘experts’ are too quick to jump to conclusions. Mydoom was an example. In the last week of January 2004, a new worm was discovered squirming its way across the Internet. Security researchers quickly realized this was [...]
Router platform runs OpenWRT Linux
Router platform runs OpenWRT Linux Ubicom is shipping a OpenWRT Linux-based router platform and reference design using the company’s new Ubicom IP7100 Router Gateway Evaluation board. The Ubicom board incorporates its StreamEngine IP7100 series network RISC processor, and includes a gigabit WAN port and four gigabit LAN ports, says the company. Ubicom specializes in Linux-ready [...]
Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms A security researcher is warning that the Twitter API can be trivially abused by hackers to launch worm attacks. The red-hot social networking/microblogging service has been scrambling to plug cross-site scripting and other Web site vulnerabilities to thwart worm attacks but, as researcher Aviv Raff points out, [...]
Ten Firefox extensions that help keep you safe
Ten Firefox extensions that help keep you safe Being safe while you surf the Web is extremely important, yet safe surfing sometimes seems like an oxymoron. For users of the Firefox browser, downloading security extensions can help increase your level of protection from worms, hackers, phishers, and the like. I should note that even with [...]
Hackers Expand Wii Storage, Door Now Open To Filthy Pirates
Hackers Expand Wii Storage, Door Now Open To Filthy Pirates Although the recent ability to run Virtual Console and WiiWare games from your SD card has stopped people moaning about the previously thorny issue of internal storage space, it hasn’t stopped industrious hackers taking the concept to the next level by enabling users to hook [...]
Vanillla ‘ajax/updatecheck.php’ Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Vuln: Vanillla ‘ajax/updatecheck.php’ Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Vanillla ‘ajax/updatecheck.php’ Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35114
RoomPHPlanning Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vuln: RoomPHPlanning Multiple Vulnerabilities RoomPHPlanning Multiple Vulnerabilities URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35110
Facebook sued by user over virus
Facebook sued by user over virus A Florida librarian and activist has filed a civil lawsuit against Facebook alleging that the social network failed to adequately protect users from a virus. Theodore Karantsalis, of Miami Springs, Fla., is seeking $70.50 from Facebook in the lawsuit, which was filed a week ago in Miami-Dade county court. [...]
A new Web application security blog, (Tue, May 26th)
A new Web application security blog, (Tue, May 26th) If you have any interest in Web application security, you might want to check out this new SANS Web Application Security blog. Lots of information related to web app sec provided. blog.appsecstreefighter.com/ The contributors of this blog are ISC handlers (Johannes Ullrich and Jason Lam) and [...]
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Sweden sued over EU data directive inaction
Sweden sued over EU data directive inaction Sweden’s government is being sued by the European Commission for refusing to implement a 2006 measure requiring telecom operators to store information about their customers’ phone calls and emails. Source – The Local Reddit It | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us URL: http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20090526101330217
