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April
2006
AMD
starts shipping chips from plant
Advanced Micro Devices has started to ship processors out of its new plant--but
the advanced chips for which the building was erected won't start coming
out for another few months.
The
black hole inside the Bagle virus
The Bagle virus is not new. Since its inception in January 2004, about
188 variants have fanned out across the Internet. And although it may not
be threatening your desktop or making headlines currently, Bagle is perhaps
the most significant new virus to emerge within the last few years, with
its authors manipulating its base code to include new and ever more dangerous
payloads. Antivirus vendor F-Secure now reports that Bagle.ge and Bagle.gf
are packing the means to hide new sorts of nasties inside your computer,
and current antivirus software won't necessarily save you.
Studios
to offer movies for download
Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as
“Brokeback Mountain” and “King Kong” on the Internet this week, the first
time major movies have been available online to own.
Real,
Microsoft reach truce
Long-running antitrust suit against software giant ends in $460 million
deal, with millions more to come in partnership efforts
Microsoft has buried the hatchet with RealNetworks and formed an alliance
with Yahoo, but such moves are unlikely to cool the regulatory heat under
the software giant.
Critical
Windows patch may wreak PC havoc
A Microsoft patch meant to fix critical security flaws in Windows 2000,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 is causing trouble for some users, the
company said Friday.
Yahoo
taking on Google, Microsoft for AOL?
Yahoo reportedly has left the sidelines and entered the struggle with
rivals Google and Microsoft for a piece of America Online.
CEO Jonathan Miller
renames America Online
At the Web 2.0 conference, CEO Jonathan Miller announced that his company
is changing its official name from America Online to simply AOL, easing
the path to taking the brand abroad. Miller dodged questions about a doing
a deal with Microsoft
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