Monthly Archives: March 2010

Organizations with top executives who aren’t involved in cybersecurity decisions face a serious problem — a major hit to their bottom lines, according to a report released Wednesday. Continue reading →

Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) grabbed a bigger piece of the global market in the fourth quarter of 2009. Continue reading →

PC Tools Internet Security 2010 ($50 for three users as of 3/30/2009) ranks fourth in our 2010 roundup of security suites. It is a good bare-bones suite with strong malware detection, and is a big improvement over previous versions, but it lacks the pa… Continue reading →

Intel’s new Nehalem-EX CPU for SMP servers brings eight cores, massive memory support, mainframe-like RAS features, and huge performance gains to large-scale workloads Continue reading →

AMD is closing out the month of March with the introduction of a new line of 12-core Opteron 6000 series processors, previously code-named Magny-Cours. The processor architecture not only raises the bar for server CPUs, but also doubles the number of c… Continue reading →

The New York man who sued Symantec two months ago for automatically renewing his subscription to that company’s antivirus software has doubled down by suing rival McAfee over the same practice. Continue reading →

Advanced Micro Devices released its 12-core chip, doubling the number of cores in the previous-generation chip in its Opteron line. Continue reading →

Cybercriminals are most likely to attack computer users in Seattle, Boston and Washington D.C., according to a report from security vendor Symantec. Continue reading →

Although some like to say “antivirus is dead” because of the explosion in malware that makes signature-based desktop protection harder than ever, start-up Immunet wants to bring new life to antivirus scanning through cloud computing. Continue reading →

InfoWorld tests the Intel Westmere-packing Dell PowerEdge M1000e, HP BladeSystem c7000, and IBM BladeCenter H blade server systems Continue reading →