25th July 2005 Archive

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Intel pushes 'East Fork' home PC 'back to Q1 2006'

Whither Anchor Creek?

Intel's bid to put its processors at the heart of future living room PCs will not take place until early next year, motherboard-maker moles have claimed. The unnamed sources, cited by Taiwan's DigiTimes, allege Intel's home PC platform, 'East Fork', was originally planned to ship in H2 2005 but will now debut in Q1 2006. The …

PC Builder 25 Jul 2005, 09:22
MS faces court over Vista

Trademark owner gets retaliation in first

Microsoft's decision to call the next version of its OS Vista might have a raised a few smiles last week but one Redmond resident is less than impressed. The boss of Vista, a software and services company for small businesses is considering taking legal action against the software giant. John Wall is the founder of Wall Data …

Software & Security 25 Jul 2005, 09:25
Intel dual-core Celerons to sport 5xx model numbers?

And what's all this about a Pentium D 805?

Intel may be preparing a low-end version of its dual-core Pentium D processor. Or - more likely - the upcoming dual-core Celeron line will take the 5xx model number series. The suggestion comes from a post on Asian hardware site HKEPC, which claims the part has the usual 1MB of L2 cache per core, but is clocked to just 2.66GHz …

PC Builder 25 Jul 2005, 09:36
Biostar pitches Nvidia C51-based barebones

'Integrated GeForce 6 graphics'

Biostar has begun touting an upcoming iDEQ small form-factor PC barebones system based on Nvidia's as-yet-unannounced C51 integrated chipset. The iDEQ 330N is aimed at Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 and 64-FX processors. The chipset is Nvidia's two-part C51, Biostar makes clear on the system's specification, which integrates a …

PC Builder 25 Jul 2005, 10:14
Intel Pentium M 780 pops up in Japan

Price cuts to older models imminent?

Intel hasn't announced its Pentium M 780 mobile processor, but the part has already started to appear on Japanese computer retailers' price lists. The 2.26GHz chip contains 2MB of L2 cache and operates across a 533MHz frontside bus, according to pictures of the boxed processor's label posted by Japanese language site PC Watch. …

PC Builder 25 Jul 2005, 10:33
AMD's 3GHz Athlon 64-FX 'due Q1 2006'

Roadmap New Semprons, Opterons, Athlons coming this quarter

AMD will upgrade its Athlon 64 X2 and 64-FX processor lines early next year - potentially the chips' final Socket 939 incarnations before the company debuts its M2 interconnect in Q2 2006. The FX-59, clocked to 3GHz, will ship in Q1 2006. So will a 2.6GHz dual-core Athlon X2, possibly with a 5000+ rating, according to AMD …

PC Builder 25 Jul 2005, 13:28
3Com puts a bounty on vulns

Report security bugs, get paid

TippingPoint, a division of networking giant 3Com, plans to pay researchers for information about unannounced vulnerabilities in major systems and software and will add bonuses for prolific flaw finders, the company announced on Monday. Under the program, dubbed the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), researchers will submit details of …

Software & Security 25 Jul 2005, 14:25
Yahoo! buys! bloated! widgets!

Konfabulous - 200MB of dancing Hula girl

Just when you thought Yahoo! was showing signs that it knew it was doing, comes some news to suggest otherwise. The competition between Google and Yahoo! has seen each company scrambling to make quality software available for download for little or no cost. And each company has, more often than not, brought home best-of-breed …

Software & Security 25 Jul 2005, 19:53