AMD aims for a quiet revolution

AMD has set out a new range of its desktop processors with the emphasis on low power consumption. The company has announced new energy efficient AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core, AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron processors, based on the new socket AM2 design. Two new types of lower power design are being introduced - a standard 'energy efficient' range and an 'energy efficient small form factor' series. ...more

FBI 'confirms theft of Cisco code'

According to Infoworld, the FBI has confirmed that it is working with Cisco Systems to track down the person who has stolen source code for the company's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) The theft was reported on the Russian site securitylab.ru and was said to involve some 800Mb of code taken by hacking into Cisco's internal network. A portion, of 2. ...more

shuffle shortage slows shipments

Demand for the new iPod shuffle is already outstripping supply, with at least one retailer in the US adding a $30 premium to the price of the portable music player. Apple's UK online store currently gives a five-day wait for shuffle shipments, but major e-retailers are completely out of supplies. The shuffle is the top-seller on the US online Apple Store, although it has yet to register on the list of bestsellers this side of the Atlantic. ...more

Workers cost companies ?300 million on gambling

New survey finds that internet gambling at work costs firms in the UK more than ?300m each year in lost productivity. Over ?300 million is being lost in productivity as employees indulge in an online flutter at work. According to new figures released by business and technology consultancy Morse, online gambling is costing businesses ?306,236,140 each year. ...more

Apple drops TIL, KidSafe

Apple's online services continue to be restructured and the two latest casualties are the Technical Info Library (TIL) and KidSafe, part of the iTools suite. The TIL has now been absorbed into the new "Knowledge Base" system and you would be entitled to think that this would lead to improvements in the way the information is served. However, the general feeling is that the new system is less useful than the old, with up-to-date information harder to come by. ...more