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PATH: BS | Technology | Computers AMD Suing Intel Over Claim Their Compiler Sabotages AMD Software Posted by Pile (10382 views) [E-Mail link] AMD has filed suit against Intel claiming the company is employing monopolist-like powers in sabotaging AMDs efforts to be competitive. Among the many claims is that Intel's compiler which prepares software to run on both Intel and AMD machines, checks to see which CPU is being used and intentionally generates less-efficient and slower code for machines running a non-Intel/AMD CPU. IMO, considering how much faster and more-efficient AMD CPUs are over Intel, we may be looking at even more performance gains when using AMD CPUs if this claim is proven true and Intel has to correct their AMD-sabotaging code. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Dell Shuts Down Part Of Its Online Customer Service Posted by Pile (8346 views) [E-Mail link] Want to complain on Dell's website about its customer service? Too late - the Customer Support Forums, operational until last Friday, have been shut down, apparently to try to quell bad publicity there about Dell products and especially after-care service. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Online Gamer Murdered Over Theft of Virtual Sword Posted by Pile (9388 views) [E-Mail link] [Mean People] You know you're taking gaming too seriously when you go out and stab someone because they snatched a sword from your fictional role-playing-game character, but that's exactly what happened in China. Qiu Chengwei stabbed Zhu Caoyuan in the chest when he found out he had sold his virtual sword for 7,200 Yuan (~ $700). The sword, which Mr Qiu had lent to Mr Zhu, was won in the popular online game Legend of Mir 3. Qiu was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in China. I guess Zhu didn't have time to buff before the melee started. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article BSA Publishes Fantasy Figures on Software Piracy Posted by Pile (9585 views) [E-Mail link] [Dubious Research] The Business Software Alliance, a group dedicated towards controlling software piracy, has come under fire for releasing a report claiming that 35% of software installed on computers is pirated and costs companies more than $33 Billion a year in lost revenue. The Economist and others have blown the lid off the BSA's research methodology, which is apparently based on the illogical premise that any program someone would pirate, they would otherwise pay for. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Anti-Virus Update Wipes Out Hundreds Of Thousands of Computers Posted by Pile (9131 views) [E-Mail link] A faulty update to anti-virus software released over the weekend by Tokyo-based Trend Micro has caused PCs to slow down or stop working around the world. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Transparent Wallpaper Posted by Pile (9639 views) [E-Mail link] [Art] Is it an amazing new monitor technology, or just some nerds with a little too much time to kill? READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Java Flaw Exposes Firefox Users to IE Vulnerabilities Posted by Pile (9234 views) [E-Mail link] In an ironic technological twist, users who have switched from IE to Firefox for their browser may find they can still be infected by rogue Java programs that can spawn an instance of Internet Explorer to download a malicious program. However, the user will still need to approve via a dialogue box, the execution of the Java applet. In this day and age, I still don't understand why anybody would want to use Java. Most users should be *highly suspicious* of any Java application which needs any special permissions on your system to run. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Blow Yourself Up Posted by Pile (11191 views) [E-Mail link] [The "Buzz"] Are you feeling a little small? Maybe you want to blow yourself up? Maybe you and some friends or your favorite subject? READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Symantec's Antivirus Products Become Prey For Viruses Posted by Pile (8629 views) [E-Mail link] Symantec, makers of annoying mafia-ware anti-virus software was dealt a further blow when independent teams published a security advisory showing Symantec's products to have vulnerabilities that would allow viruses to compromise PCs. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article SCO's Days Are Numbered Posted by Pile (8912 views) [E-Mail link] SCO, the company suing IBM claiming that Linux infringes on their intellectual property, narrowly escaped a summary judgement in what most call a grossly bogus case brought by the ailing software company that is desperate to litigate itself back into solvency. "Despite the vast disparity between SCO's public accusations and its actual evidence - or complete lack thereof - and the resulting temptation to grant IBM's motion, the court has determined that it would be premature to grant summary judgment," Judge Kimball wrote. However, any time now, SCO's song-and-dance will end. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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