Spam opponents are gaining allies in government offices. Bills in the U.S. House and the California Senate promise tough measures to stem the flow of unwanted e-mail.
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The company quickly releases an update after a new rule in antispam software inadvertently blocks all incoming and outgoing e-mail containing the letter "P."
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In playing to couch potatoes, Disney's plan to distribute movies on self-destructing DVDs will add new tonnage to optical-media landfill.
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hardCOREware has posted their E3 coverage
With its eye on potential defectors to broadband providers, America Online begins testing a version of its Net software that emphasizes self-expression and personality.
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ExplosiveLabs has posted a press release from Albatron about their new PX865PE motherboard
OCWorkbench has posted some photos from the ASUS SK8N motherboard
After further optimization, Hewlett-Packard reclaims its top rank from IBM on a server speed test using a machine with 64 Itanium 2 6M processors and Microsoft Windows.
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About 30 percent of Opera's users are getting an error message when they try to access Microsoft's MSN, the browser upstart says. MSN says the problem, if any, is perfectly innocent.
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An industry standards group approves the latest version of the wireless networking specification--which could be the final form of 802.11g before standardization.
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Patent foes applaud the Web standards group's policy--which prohibits the use of most royalty-bearing technology in setting standards--but warn against "submarine patents."
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The graphics chip leader hopes to convert more graphics professionals with a new low-end processor for workstations.
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in China may carry a silver lining for PC sellers, according to Taiwan-based analysts.
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Microsoft is roping off yet another free service and asking for subscription fees, its latest attempt to encourage people to sign up for its MSN 8 Internet service.
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Dell Computer, Gateway and others will release PCs on Wednesday featuring new chipsets and processors from Intel that are expected to enhance the desktop experience.
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After years of hand-wringing over the lack of effective wireless LAN (WLAN) security, players in the WLAN arena have finally agreed on a security specification that addresses most of the vulnerabilities. At the N+I trade show in late April, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced reference designs from chip set vendors Atheros, Broadcom, and Intersil for the new Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard, and products certified for the standard from vendors including Cisco Systems, Intel, and Symbol Technologies.
WPA is a combination of an existing standard for authenticating users or client hardware, called 802.1x, an encryption scheme called the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), and a message integrity-check mechanism called Michael. TKIP, which uses different encryption keys for each session and different 128-bit keys for every single packet transmitted, is a vast improvement over its predecessor WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WEP used static keys and could be cracked in minutes by anyone using free utilities available on the Web.
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WPA is a combination of an existing standard for authenticating users or client hardware, called 802.1x, an encryption scheme called the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), and a message integrity-check mechanism called Michael. TKIP, which uses different encryption keys for each session and different 128-bit keys for every single packet transmitted, is a vast improvement over its predecessor WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). WEP used static keys and could be cracked in minutes by anyone using free utilities available on the Web.
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Don't be fooled by its small size: Any way you look at it, Seagate's 2.5-inch server drive is an enterprise device, writes Storage Supersite Editor David Morgenstern.
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Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted a new editorial titled "The New nForce2 Chipsets : New Or Just Retouched?"
On May 13th, NVIDIA launched two new nForce2 chipsets - the nForce2 Ultra 400 and the nForce2 400. Or did they really?Read more
Today, we will take you on an in-depth tour of the "new" nForce2 chipsets and show you what's really new and what's not. We will also show you which of those chipsets is NVIDIA's real jewel and why!
Techware Labs has prepared a memory timings analysis article, using Crucial's PC2700 DDR RAM as a reference.
The company plans to launch Prescott, its next big desktop chip, in addition to its wireless wave-riding Pentium-M chip Dothan, later this year.
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Open relay mail servers are the target in a crackdown against junk mail launched by the Federal Trade Commission and a band of U.S. and foreign law enforcement allies.
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CNET News has posted two news stories on the DVD-copying case
Court zeros in on DVD copying
Judge mulls DVD-copying case
Court zeros in on DVD copying
Software maker 321 Studios faces Hollywood's wrath and a judge's questioning in a case to determine whether technology from the company violates copyright protections.Read more
Judge mulls DVD-copying case
The judge in the closely watched 321 Studios case says she's "substantially persuaded" by past court rulings favoring copyright holders.Read more
ExtremeTech has discover some test anomalies in nVidia's latest detonator drivers
Dan's Data has published issue 45 of their letters columns
Intel Corp. has discovered a bug in its "McKinley" Itanium 2 processor that could cause instability, an unexpected system shutdown, and potentially loss of data, company officials said Monday morning.
Intel has identified and fixed the bug, and new shipments of Itanium 2s are not affected, an Intel spokeswoman said.
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Intel has identified and fixed the bug, and new shipments of Itanium 2s are not affected, an Intel spokeswoman said.
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Graphics chip leader Nvidia hopes to bolster its reputation with hardcore PC gamers by way of a new high-end chip that it plans to announce Monday.
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Viper's Lair has published a Bandwidth Capping Article
Franco-American video game publisher Infogrames, in an effort to increase its profile with consumers by reaching back into gaming history, on Wednesday said it would change its name to Atari.
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VR-Zone has recieved some latest info that the memory clock was improved from 425Mhz to 450Mhz on the latest NV35 card samples so it is now running at 450/450 core/memory clock.
Dan's Data has posted issue 44 of their Letters Columns
The biggest problem with the cutting-edge world of 64-bit CPU architecture is that it doesn't play nicely with the prevailing world of 32-bit computing. AMD hopes to change that with the Opteron, the first processor in the company's AMD64 (code-named Hammer) family of chips.
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ExtremeTech has posted Day One of their WinHEC coverage
Tom's Hardware Guide has posted a coverage from the WinHEC
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday is releasing the latest of its Athlon MP processors, the 2800+, designed for one- and two-way servers and workstations.
The 2800+, with increased Level 2 cache, could be the last of the Athlon MP upgrades, a company spokesman said, as AMD, of Sunnyvale, Calif., moves forward with its Opteron chip, which was launched last month.
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The 2800+, with increased Level 2 cache, could be the last of the Athlon MP upgrades, a company spokesman said, as AMD, of Sunnyvale, Calif., moves forward with its Opteron chip, which was launched last month.
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We were mildly surprised when SiteOfTheWeek@ziffdavis.com received an e-mail asking for confirmation of its password, credit card number, and other PayPal account details.
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The storage-management company will table its model for provisioning IT resources at this week's Veritas Vision show, reports Storage Supersite Editor David Morgenstern.
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Dan's Data has published issue #43 of their letters column
TechSpot has posted some information on Creative's latest soundcard development, built on the Extigy success.
EARLIER THIS YEAR some AMD partners believed that a September date for the Athlon64 was too optimistic, prompting some of them to suggest it might be pushed into the first quarter of next year.
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Companies seeking a smooth transition to 64-bit volume servers will need to evaluate contrasting approaches from Intel and AMD, after the chip manufacturers detailed product plans last week.
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One of the prize plums in the intellectual property market quietly vanished last week, when Sonicblue's ten-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel and a corresponding bus license were unable to be sold at auction.
The ten-year patent cross-license agreement was unable to be transferred, sources at both companies said. Neither company officially acknowledged the license had dissolved, although a Sonicblue spokeswoman said two weeks ago that Sonicblue felt that the license was not legally transferable to another company.
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The ten-year patent cross-license agreement was unable to be transferred, sources at both companies said. Neither company officially acknowledged the license had dissolved, although a Sonicblue spokeswoman said two weeks ago that Sonicblue felt that the license was not legally transferable to another company.
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Dan's Data has posted issue 20 of their I/O letters column
Tuesday morning at an event in Manhattan, AMD launched its long-awaited Opteron processor, a chip for servers and workstations that marks the debut of the company's 64-bit instruction set, AMD64. The three CPUs currently available are designed for dual-processor machines. Additional flavors for one- and eight-way systems will go on sale before the middle of the year. Though all are designed for use with a new breed of 64-bit software, they can also run existing 32-bit applications.
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NeoWin has posted a follow up on the troubles with Q811493 patch for Windows XP
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted an article on AMD Barton Compatibility In ABIT Motherboards
Worried about Barton support in ABIT motherboards? Well, there's no need to listen to all the rumours! We will dispel all those rumours in our editorial on Barton Compatibility In ABIT Motherboards!Read more
DWPG has posted some information on Intel Canterwood (875P) and Corsair RAM
After discovering an anomaly in its latest 3.0GHz Pentium 4 processor, Intel has delayed shipping the new processor. This CPU was slated to be Intel's first to support the 875P (Canterwood) chipset, and an 800MHz frontside bus.
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HotHardware has posted some details on the Abit IC7-G motherboard
Adobe Systems Inc. this year will extend the capabilities of three core software applications for creative professionals, sources said.
Major new versions of Adobe's Photoshop image editor, Illustrator vector-based drawing program and InDesign page-layout application will pack innovative features and enhancements. All three are slated to ship by the fourth quarter, sources said.
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Major new versions of Adobe's Photoshop image editor, Illustrator vector-based drawing program and InDesign page-layout application will pack innovative features and enhancements. All three are slated to ship by the fourth quarter, sources said.
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