Apple embraces Intel and spurns PowerPC platform

Apple is to abandon the PowerPC platform and move all its Macs to Intel processors by 2007. The first Intel-based machines will be available a year from now. Apple embraces Intel and spurns PowerPC platform To move all its Macs to Intel processors by 2007, with the first Intel-based machines to be available a year from now Apple is to abandon the PowerPC platform and move all its Macs to Intel processors by 2007. ...more

SDRAM prices continue to surge

Market analysis website is reporting strong sales of SDRAMs. This has already led to a surge in SDRAM 4Mx16 and 8Mx16 prices which are up 70 per cent since September including another 4-5 per cent in the past week. The site attributes the price hikes to limited supply and strong demand from consumer electronics items such as DVD players and set top boxes. ...more

533 faster than 733 in Power Mac tests

In what must be, for Apple, a worrying set of speed tests for the 733 and 533MHz Power Macs, it has emerged that the supposedly slower 533 model actually outperforms its big brother in a number of comparisons. Bearfeats.com ran five comparisons of the 733, 533 and 533 dual processor models in which the dual processor Power Mac performed fastest on every occasion. ...more

Russia first government with Windows code

Russia has become the first government to reap the fruits of Microsoft's Government Security Program (GSP). Announced barely a week ago, the program is designed to put Microsoft's most valuable asset - the source code to its Windows operating system - into the hands of governments. It will allow national bodies to adapt their own software to make best use of operating system's security features. ...more

Virus Bulletin Conference: Industry unveils unified naming for virus threats

A new initiative set up to dispel confusion over virus-naming, the Common Malware Enumeration (CME), was launched on Wednesday. The industry group, backed by a string of global security companies, aims to provide a common name for high profile threats in the hope that customers will be able to protect their computers from malware attacks more effectively. The need for a more uniform approach to virus-naming has been a long-standing issue for users. ...more