Dothan is expected to give a "nice performance boost", compared with existing Pentium M processors running at the same frequency, Chandrasekher said. Chipmaker Intel has given details of new initiatives aimed at reducing the power consumption of...
Basic security software can be installed on all PCs and set to update itself; this will help prevent operational failure of PCs. For many this use of old software is neither something they can or want to change - 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' is...
Sony BMG itself has also provided a patch to fix the security problem and still allow CDs to be played on PCs. On Friday, Sony said it had halted production of CDs with the controversial technology, which is designed to limit the number of copies...
Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen have teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute, computer hardware maker NEC and Siemens to investigate ways that cars could talk directly to one another using wi-fi and other short-range wireless...
One of the new Oracle fixes repairs a database vulnerability the company accidentally detailed in April. Wiles said: "We fix flaws in severity order. This is only the second time since Oracle started releasing its Critical Patch Update, or CPU, in...
The update repairs a flaw in a Windows component called 'vgx.dll'. Microsoft issued a "critical" security fix for Windows on Tuesday, two weeks before its scheduled release date. Miscreants had been using the VML flaw to load malicious software...