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Hewlett-Packard's DL 585 Server
Network Computing - The multicore rush is on, and what a race it's going to be if the performance of Hewlett-Packard's DL 585 server with four 64-bit AMD Opteron 880 dual-core processors is any indication. I installed the beefy 4U server in our Green Bay, Wis., Real

IDF signals the beginning of a new era for Intel
ZDNet Blogs - When Intel launched the P7 family of microprocessors six years ago using the NetBurst microarchitecture, it gambled on a long pipeline (initially 20 stages and later 31 stages) architecture in exchange for high clock rates. While many today are

84 Million Shareholders Could Go Paperless in Landmark Agreement to
American Forests - A landmark alliance announced today has the potential to reshape communications for more than 84 million retail investors across the United States. The partnership between AMERICAN FORESTS, the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization, and

TidBITS 820, 13-Mar-06
Tidbits - Security Update 2006-002 Fixes the Fixes -- Apple today released Security Update 2006-002 that, along with closing a few new holes, addresses issues created by Security Update 2006-001 (which is included as well, just to ensure that everyone has it

BEA Revs JRockit
asia.internet.com - BEA Systems has upgraded its Java virtual machine with JRockit 5.0, revving it to run large server applications on Intel-based 64-bit machines. Part of WebLogic Enterprise Platform and WebLogic Server, JRockit is a popular software product in the

Sun's pay-per-use grid hit by attacks
TechWorld - The first day that Sun Microsystems allowed users to buy access over the Internet to its long-delayed public utility computing grid, a denial of service attack has forced the company to take down one of the grid's services. The attack hit a text-to

Sun lines up partners for Grid launch
IT Week - Sun Microsystems has started parading a series of customers and partners in a bid to promote its newly unveiled retail grid . The grid was launched on Wednesday for users in the US, and a UK version is expected within the next six months. The service

Sidebar: Cashing in on Cache
Computerworld - There's more to this story: As organizations seek to incorporate intelligence into business operations, a robust infrastructure is necessary to meet mission-critical requirements for high scalibility, Computerworld has prepared this webcast primer

TI AMD Power 3000 - PCs
PC Authority - Features/Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+; Asus A8N-SLI Premium; 1GB Geil Performance RAM; Leadtek WinFast 7800 GT; 2 x WD 250GB hard drives; LG GSA-4167B DVD-R drive; LG DVD-ROM drive; BenQ FP91G 19" LCD. Website: http://www.ticomputers.com.au Verdict

Exploits in the wild for IE6 flaw growing! Hardware-enforced DEP
ZDNet Blogs - Ok it's late Friday night but it's been a rough day for us security folks especially Microsoft. As I warned in my last blog " zero-day exploit for IE6 flaw released ", this is VERY serious and it has all the markings of another WMF nightmare for