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15/06/2006 - Un controller memoria integrato nel futuro Intel - Sembra possibile che quella del memory controller integrato, al momento esclusiva AMD, possa diventare una caratteristica delle future cpu Intel |
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15/06/2006 - Symantec presenta Norton 360 - Symantec ha svelato il nome con cui verranno identificati i nuovi servizi orientati all'utente fnale: Norton 360 |
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15/06/2006 - Apple: ribasso di alcuni prezzi - Modifiche al ribasso per il listino italiano che toccano iMac, Mac Mini, iPod shuffle, iPod nano e iPod HiFi. Ribassi dovuti al calo dei prezzi dei processori e delle memorie flash |
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15/06/2006 - Sony, titoli Blu-ray sulla linea di partenza - E' atteso per il 20 di questo mese il lancio ufficiale di titoli Blu-ray sul mercato |
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15/06/2006 - Apple, forse un ultraportatile a gennaio? - La compagnia della Mela mordicchiata potrebbe presentare un sistema di ridotte dimensioni e con memoria flash per un rapido bootstrap |
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15/06/2006 - Notebook Vista Premium: aggiornati i requisiti hardware - Per la qualifica Windows Vista Premium necessari hard disk ibridi. i nuovi requisiti saranno in vigore a partire da Giugno 2007 |
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15/06/2006 - GeForce 6150LE: un nuovo chipset NVIDIA di tipo integrato - Il produttore americano si appresta a rendere disponibile un nuovo chipset per processori Athlon 64, dotato di chip video integrato |
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15/06/2006 - Skype, eBay e PayPal una miscela esplosiva - Stanno per essere mostrate alcune possibili integrazioni tra alcune realtà - Skype, eBay e PayPal - che da qualche tempo influenzano il panorama IT. |
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15/06/2006 - I primi processori Athlon 64 Energy Efficient appaiono in commercio - Nel paese del sol levante inizia la distribuzione delle prime versioni di processore Athlon 64 a basso consumo |
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15/06/2006 - Call of Duty 3 sfrutterà pienamente il controller di Wii - TreyArch svela che la versione Wii di Call of Duty 3 sarà diversa dalle altre proprio grazie alle potenzialità del controller della console di Nintendo. |
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15/06/2006 - Tagli di prezzi delle cpu e mercato delle schede madri - I prossimi annunci di riduzioni di prezzo delle cpu Intel e AMD trascineranno le vendite di schede madri nella seconda metà dell'anno |
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15/06/2006 - AMD e Dell: i primi sistemi desktop a Settembre? - L'americana Dell ha annunciato di voler utilizzare cpu Opteron in sistemi attesi entro la fine dell'anno; sembra che questa novità non sia novità non sia limitata al solo segmento server |
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15/06/2006 - Blizzard non sta lavorando ad altri MMOG - Insistenti indiscrezioni vogliono Blizzard al lavoro su altri MMOG che non facciano parte della serie di World of Warcraft. La software house ha già smentito categoricamente. |
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15/06/2006 - Niente più cpu AMD con cache L2 da 1 Mbyte - AMD ha scelto di rimuovere le versioni di processore Athlon 64 X2 con cache L2 da 1 Mbyte dalla propria gamma di prodotti, con l'obiettivo di semplificare la propria linea di cpu |
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14/06/2006 - Xeon Woodcrest in arrivo il 26 Giugno - Mancano poche settimane al debutto delle nuove soluzioni Intel per sistemi server, le prime basate su architettura Core |
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14/06/2006 - Yamanner colpisce Yahoo Mail - Un nuovo worm sfrutta una vulnerabiltá del servizio di posta Yahoo e si diffonde velocemente tra le e-mail degli utenti. |
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14/06/2006 - Una nuova scheda GeForce 7900 GT da Sparkle - Il produttore taiwanese presenta una nuova scheda video top di gamma appartenente alla serie di prodotti Calibre |
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14/06/2006 - Microsoft rilascia 12 patch di sicurezza - Sono 21 le falle che Microsoft ha sistemato nel corso dell'aggiornamento mensile rilasciato ieri. Il piu grande aggiornamento relativo alla sicurezza negli ultimi tempi questo della societá di Redmond. |
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14/06/2006 - Toshiba, NEC, Fujitsu Ltd, Sony e la scommessa dei 45 nanometri - Il mercato dei chip a 45 nanometri diventerà fondamentale nell'immediato futuro, come testimoniano la nuove collaborazioni fra diversi colossi mondiali |
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14/06/2006 - Picasa Web Album: risposta di Google a Yahoo Flickr - Picasa si arricchisce della funzionalità Web Album attraverso cui condividere le proprie immagini direttamente dal tool di archiviazione acquisito da Google |
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14/06/2006 - Nel 2008 chipset per DDR3 da SiS - Il noto produttore di chipset annuncia che verso la fine del 2007 sarà avviata la produzione dei primi esemplari di chipset con supporto alla memoria DDR3 |
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14/06/2006 - Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 disponibile anche su P2P - Windows Vista scaricabile da BitTorrent e Microsoft non appare contraria all'iniziativa |
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14/06/2006 - AMD e Raza Microelectronics: partnership per processori Alchemy - Le due compagnie stringono un accordo che prevede la cessione a Raza della divisione che si occupa dello sviluppo dei processori Alchemy |
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14/06/2006 - Niente più chip HSI per NVIDIA da IBM - Il chip HSI, bridge che permette di utilizzarearchitetture PCI Express su schede AGP, non verrà più prodotto da IBM a partire dall'estate |
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16/06/2006 - P2P, The Pirate Bay sara` transnazionale - La baia dei pirati sembra averla vinta: il ministro della Giustizia non esclude una norma che autorizzi il P2P, la home page di TPB torna in Svezia e in molti paesi si lavora ad un neosito: sara' distribuito nel Mondo |
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16/06/2006 - Untrusted/ Come ti cambiano il BIOS - di Alessandro Bottoni - I computer blindati hanno esigenze diverse da quelli tradizionali, abbisognano di BIOS e Boot Loader di nuova fattura. Capaci di rendere davvero.. trusted il sistema su cui operano. Ecco di cosa si tratta |
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16/06/2006 - Download/ Sage, e le portatili utility - Un ricco Feed Reader per Firefox/Mozilla ed una manciata di utili utility da infilare in una chiavetta USB |
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16/06/2006 - PS3? Ma non chiamatela console - Kutaragi afferma che la PlayStation 3 e' ben piu' di una semplice console da gioco, e non esita a compararne le potenzialita' a quelle di un PC. In primo piano potenza e aggiornabilita' |
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16/06/2006 - Novell, l'identity management e` open - La celebre softwarehouse americana ha ufficialmente lanciato Bandit, piattaforma open source per l'identity management che ambisce a diventare standard del settore. I dettagli |
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16/06/2006 - Mobile, big alleati intorno a Linux - Nasce una nuova alleanza di aziende, a cui partecipano tra gli altri Vodafone e Motorola, che intende sviluppare una piattaforma basata su Linux per i telefoni cellulari. Nuova sfida ai leader, Symbian e Microsoft |
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16/06/2006 - In arrivo l'auditel per PC e cellulari? - Nielsen sta ultimando lo sviluppo di un progetto di rilevazione multimediale a tutto campo che include anche la TV mobile e quella su IP |
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16/06/2006 - Anche i robot fanno sesso? - L'artista Paul Granjon ha sviluppato una coppia di rudimentali robot dotati d'identita' sessuale: il maschio insegue la femmina, ed una volta raggiunta tenta la... copulazione |
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16/06/2006 - Soundscape, un auditorium virtuale per Universal - Il produttore discografico ha lanciato un progetto ambizioso che sfrutta la celebre simulazione di vita virtuale Second Life per creare uno spazio d'incontro tra artisti e fan |
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16/06/2006 - The Broadband, musica per la neutralita` della Rete - Tre cantautrici del comitato Save The Internet hanno formato una band per promuovere le idee dell'associazione. Il loro primo singolo, God Save the Internet, e' un assalto ai big delle telecomunicazioni |
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16/06/2006 - RIAA canta vittoria contro il P2P - Il CEO dell'associazione ritiene di essere riuscito a mettere sotto controllo la pirateria. Scettici gli analisti: il numero complessivo degli utenti P2P e' cresciuto del 12,4% rispetto al 2005 |
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16/06/2006 - Torna Netscape.com, con un vestito Web 2.0 - AOL ristruttura il portale: ora permette l'invio di news da parte degli utenti, che possono votare e commentare gli articoli. Non mancano le polemiche: e' una copia di Digg.com, dicono molti |
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16/06/2006 - Porno online, negli USA si prepara la stretta - Le spallate del procuratore generale al business delle luci rosse su Internet si concretizzano in una proposta di legge che introduce una serie di obblighi per i webmaster |
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16/06/2006 - Cina: fuori i giovani dai netcafe` - I cafe' sono l'arteria principale della rete cinese, eppure vengono spesso chiusi dalle autorita'. Parte ora una 90 giorni per istruire i gestori a rimanere in regola |
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16/06/2006 - Occhio al call center aggressivo - Ne parla un lettore che evita per un soffio, grazie ai suoi pronti riflessi, l'attivazione di un nuovo contratto telefonico. Una questione mai risolta che continua a ripresentarsi |
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16/06/2006 - Cassandra Crossing/ Chi si straccia le vesti? - di Marco Calamari - Un pezzo di Cina ha attecchito a Washington ma anche a Roma e nella UE, quel pezzetto che parla di monitoraggio totale delle comunicazioni private. Ma la rete non corre rischi. Li ha gia' corsi e l'hanno gia' cambiata |
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16/06/2006 - La spesa online? Ci pensa Amazon - Dalle lasagne al filetto: il piu' grande negozio al dettaglio di tutta la Rete inizia a vendere online una serie di prodotti alimentari. Una piccola (r)evolution |
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16/06/2006 - New York, torna il cellulare a scuola? - Un'audizione pubblica indetta dalle autorita' cittadine potrebbe farlo tornare in mano agli studenti. E in Italia? Il cellulare puo' essere causa di bocciatura. Ma solo se portato alla Maturita' |
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16/06/2006 - Reati informatici, il Convegno - Annuncio |
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15/06/2006 - Bill Gates Leaving Daily Role at Microsoft, Remains Chairman - Bill Gates will be transitioning out of a day-to-day role in the running of Microsoft by July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft Corp. today announced. The two-year transition period will ensure a smooth and orderly transfer of responsibilities.
The Redmond-based company announced that Gates will continue in his role as Chairman, with Ray Ozzie (currently Chief Technical Officer) taking over the Chief Software Architect post with immediate effect. Craig Mundie, also a Chief Technical officer, will assume the newly-created role of Chief Research and Strategy Officer.
“This was a hard decision for me,” Gates said. “I’m very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever.”
 News source: Microsoft Press Release
 Link: Neowin Forum Discussion
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15/06/2006 - Inside Microsoft's new Driver Quality Rating system - It has long been said that one of Microsoft's greatest challenges has been to support the wild and unpredictable PC hardware market, stemming from the fact that unlike Apple, Microsoft has little control over the hardware that its OS comes to reside upon. True or not, one thing is certain: a bad driver can turn an otherwise stable system into a nightmare. To help put an end to this, Microsoft is turning to a Driver Quality Rating (DQR) system that it hopes will motivate both OEMs and device manufacturers to increase their commitments to driver quality.
The DQR system relies on scores to indicate a driver's quality level, and it derives those scores from user-submitted crash reports. Microsoft's Online Crash Analysis Team will analyze crash reports to determine the ratio of crashing systems to non-crashing systems. Drivers that rarely cause crashes will be rated "Green," while moderately problematic drivers will be rated "Yellow." The horrid stuff gets a big, fat "Red" rating. (Microsoft has not revealed the exact methodology for determining these scores, only that "Green" maps to 7-9 points, "Yellow" 4-6, and "Red" 1-3.)
 View: Full Article @ ArsTechnica
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15/06/2006 - Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-side - Parallels, a start-up whose software enables Macs to run Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at the same time, says it is ready with a final version of its product.
Apple Computer made headlines back in April when it said it would offer its own software--Boot Camp--for loading Windows onto Macs. However, Boot Camp permits people to run only one operating system at a time, meaning either Windows or the Mac OS can be in use, but not both at once.
Around the same time, Parallels started testing for its Parallels Desktop program, which uses virtualization technology to have Windows programs operate alongside Mac applications. The Windows programs open in a separate window within the Mac OS.
Unlike past software that allowed Windows programs to run on a Mac, Parallels Desktop does not need to emulate the hardware that's inside a PC. That's because Macs and PCs now use the same Intel-based chips. As a result, the speed of Parallels is far better than past efforts at bringing together the two operating systems, the software start-up said. In fact, Parallels says Windows programs can run nearly as fast through its virtualization as running natively on a Windows PC.
 News source: C|Net for Full Article
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15/06/2006 - Attack code comes on heels of Microsoft patches - Just a day after Microsoft released patches for vulnerabilities in some of its software, code designed to take advantage of those weaknesses appeared on the Internet. Most of the patches that Microsoft issued were for flaws that were widely known.
But at least two flaws were made public for the first time on Tuesday as part of the company's monthly security update. Security firms reported finding the code in Wednesday. The exploit code for previously unknown flaws means hackers could use the code to pounce on computer systems where managers are slow to apply patches.
"Microsoft is aware that detailed exploit code was published on the Internet for some of the vulnerabilities," the software maker said in a statement. "With the exception of MS06-027 (the Word malware that began circulating last month), Microsoft is not currently aware of any active attacks utilizing this exploit code...the exploit code does not affect users who have installed all June security updates."
In all, Microsoft issued patches for 21 flaws in its security update, saying all but two of them could let an intruder run malicious code on a compromised computer. Some of the exploits that appear on the Web are for "critical" flaws in Windows Media Player and for "routing and remote access."
View: Full Article @ C|Net
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15/06/2006 - Longhorn Server Follows Earlier Windows Server 200x Naming - Naming a baby is always difficult, let alone a new operating system. Many of us have heard the litany of names which were bandied about for Windows Longhorn, and most guessed something along the lines of previous Windows: 95, 98, Me, XP, nice and simple. Just a two letter/number combination, or the year. Many had guessed Windows 2006 (or 7). Alas, this was not to be, as Windows 'Codename' Longhorn became what is now lovingly known as Windows Vista.
Aye, matey, but that's just the "client" -- the operating system most users know. There is also the server edition, which until now has still been called Longhorn Server. Conventional wisdom said that Microsoft would simply keep this name, thereby keeping the "Longhorn" bloodline alive. But alas, there will be no "Longhorn" heir to the throne.
It was announced today at TechED 2006 that Longhorn Server would retain the year naming convention, that is, Windows Server 200x. This would place it in the footsteps of Windows Server 2000 and Windows Server 2003. Depending on when it makes its way out the door, that would be Windows Server 2007 or Windows Server 2008.
Longhorn Server Beta 2 was released to WinHEC attendees in May, concurrent with Windows Vista Beta 2. But although Windows Vista Beta 2 has now been released to the public through the CPP (Customer Preview Program), Longhorn Server Beta 2 is still only available to the tester community. However, sometime early next year a Beta 3 will be distributed to the public.
News source: Pro-Networks
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15/06/2006 - Microsoft puts a cap on Vista beta downloads - Microsoft has defended its decision to cut back on the amount of users who can download the beta version of Windows Vista. The software giant claimed that the pre-release versions of Vista are not appropriate for use by a broad, non-technical audience. "As such, we want to limit the availability of the code to a technical audience, while also keeping the program manageable from a logistical standpoint," said Microsoft spokesman Richard Saunders.
According to an official Microsoft blog post, the Windows Vista beta was originally restricted because of fears that the huge downloads could cripple the internet. However, the company now claims that the cap on the number of downloads is designed to help it manage the beta test. "Our goal, especially at this point in the development process, is to make the feedback process as efficient as possible, and we are confident that we will get a high level of quality feedback regardless of the cap," said Saunders.
 News Source: VNU.net
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15/06/2006 - Dell to Offer AMD Desktop by September - While Dell and AMD started their partnership a while back when Dell announced it would release multiprocessor servers with AMD's Opteron chip inside, new reports state that Dell may extend their AMD support to include desktop computers by September of this year. Glen Young, an analyst for Citigroup Investment Research, states that while configuration options are not yet known, the AMD offering from Dell is definitely going to happen. He also believes that it is this very deal that made AMD confident enough to guarantee an increase in market share by the end of the year.
While this is good news for AMD and Dell, Yeung does advise that Dell's profits could be hurt this year by continued weak sales in the PC world and price cuts designed to attract more customers.
News source: MSN Money
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14/06/2006 - Apple Investigate iPod "Slave" Factories - Apple have launched an investigation after British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claimed that some of its Chinese iPod factories force employees to work long hours in squalid conditions.
Steve Jobs' now prestigious brand has said it will not tolerate its supplier code-of-conduct being broken, and vowed to fully investigate the claims. The Mail's article accused the factories of enforcing 15-hour shifts and paying as little as £27 (around US$50) per month.
The worst factories alledgedly house and employ 100 people per dormitory and ban outsiders. Another, said to specialise in production of the iPod Shuffle pays only £54 (around US$100) per month with half of that earned spent on accomodation and food within the complex.
A brief glance at Apple's own supplier code-of-conduct reveals that the company are indeed very concerned about the rights of their labourers, but is this enough? Apple say 60 hours of work per-week is the maximum expected, yet this still adds up to 10-a-day based on the allowed 6 day working week.
Despite human rights and health and safety precautions the document does not specify a minimum wage for the workers.
Apple have reacted to the claims, and are investigating but surely it is entirely down to Apple to ensure that the measures they put in place are not breached in the first place. Until the investigation is complete, it is still unknown whether the paper's claims were true or not.
View: Apple Supplier Code of Conduct
 Link: Neowin Forum Topic
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14/06/2006 - Hybrid Drives to Become Vista Premium Logo Requirement - At a discussion of flash memory technologies to be included in Windows Vista and "Longhorn" here at TechEd 2006 this morning, Microsoft's program manager for Windows Client Performance Matt Ayres confirmed that inclusion of hybrid hard drives will be a requirement for mobile systems that carry the Vista Premium logo, beginning in June 2007.
In the Windows Logo Device Program Requirements document, version 3.01, quietly released by Microsoft last Friday, storage requirement #0005, whose description has typically read, "Hybrid disk drives or systems that implement a hybrid disk drive must meet the requirements outlined here," is now followed by this phrase: "This requirement will go into effect for premium mobile systems in June 1 2007."
News source: TG Daily
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14/06/2006 - New Xeon 'Woodcrest' Core on June 26 - Consider it official. Intel will be officially introducing the Xeon 5100 processor, the first version of a new generation of CPU's built on the firm's "Core" micro architecture on 26 June.
The company is currently notifying analysts and journalists about an event to be held in San Francisco that date, where the company plans to announce "game-changing news about its server business and products..."
"Forget what you thought you knew about hybrid technology. Intel now delivers the best of both worlds: high performance and energy efficiency without compromise," the invitation reads.
While the company has not yet confirmed that it will be launching the Xeon 5100 (Woodcrest core) during that even, sources have told TG Daily that the processor will be introduced in six different versions, ranging 1.6 to 3.0 GHz and carrying FSB1066 and FSB1333. All Woodcrest version will integrates 4 MB L2 cache.
Pricing ranges from $209 for the entry-level 5110 (1.6 GHz, FSB1066) to $851 for the high-end 5160 (3.0 GHZ, FSB1333).
The desktop version of the Xeon 5100, called Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 series (Conroe) core is rumored to launch on 23 July. The mobile variant (Core 2 Duo T5000/T7000), which is the foundation for the Xeon 5100 and the Core 2 Duo E series, will follow in August or September.
News source: TG Daily
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