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Microsoft Updates Vista in Latest Piracy Crackdown

no@spam.com (PC World Magazine) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Software giant battles activation of unauthorized copies of its new Vista OS.

Microsoft today released an update to Windows Vista that will shut down unauthorized versions of the OS that allow users to skip the product's activation system.

The move comes as pirated copies of Vista are already making the rounds, mere weeks after the product was released to business customers.

Firefox Continues To Struggle With Vista Incompatibility

no@spam.com (All Headlines News) — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Seattle, WA - Mozilla released Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Wednesday, as a precaution against security problems and to improve overall compatibility with the soon-to-hit-retail Windows Vista.

However, 100 percent compatibility with Vista appears to be more of an issue than previously thought.

Vista Crack Means Big Trouble

no@spam.com (Microsoft Watch) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

In a somewhat deja vu circumstance, crackers may have put the kibosh on Windows Vista product activation, as they did before Microsoft made Windows XP's widely available.

The exploit doesn't break Microsoft's anti-piracy mechanism, but falsely activates some Windows Vista versions.

The Windows Vista crack, if definitely proven effective, is rather ingenious. Because I haven't personally tried it out and Microsoft is confirming nothing--absolutely nothing--I can't definitely say it works.

Experts Say Cybercrime Will Become More Sophisticated

no@spam.com (All Headlines News) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

London, England-A new report from computer security company McAfee suggests that organized "cybercrime" gangs are recruiting IT students to join their illegal operations-and are even helping finance the would-be hackers.

Papers battle online news sites

no@spam.com (BBC News) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Fewer people seem inclined to pay for their news

"All the news that's fit to print" was once the newspaper man's slogan. Now, with news-junkies turning increasingly to the net for their daily fix of world events, papers are beginning to feel the pinch. Not since the internet began has there been so much free quality newspaper content on the web.

AMD promotes Rivas as chip leader

no@spam.com (CNET News.com) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Advanced Micro Devices has named Mario Rivas as the new head of the company's Computation Products Group, which designs and makes AMD's processors. Current President and Chief Operating Officer Dirk Meyer had continued to hold on to that role after he was kicked upstairs earlier this year.

IBM POWER5(TM) Systems Surpass HP With World-Record Performance Results

no@spam.com (IBM Press Release) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

IBM System p5(TM) Servers With Linux(R) Operating System Achieve Top Spot for Eight SPEC Benchmarks(1)

ARMONK, NY - 11 Dec 2006: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that IBM System p5 servers, running the Linux OS, have achieved industry-leading benchmark results that beat HP servers in important measurements of business and scientific performance.

The IBM System p5 servers using the Linux OS surpassed HP Integrity and ProLiant systems in server speed according to recent SPECcpu performance benchmarks. SPECcpu, a software benchmark product produced by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC), contains two benchmark suites: SPECint for measuring and comparing compute-intensive integer performance and SPECfp for measuring and comparing compute-intensive floating point performance.

IBM and Infosys Set New Global Benchmark For Core Banking Transaction Processing, Promising Lower Total Cost of Ownership For Banks Worldwide

no@spam.com (IBM Press Release) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Finacle Core Banking Solution on IBM System p Unix Servers Sets a New Unparalleled Scalability Record

BANGALORE, India: IBM and Infosys today announced record-setting results of a performance benchmark for Infosys' Finacle Core Banking Solution running on IBM's System p Servers that far outperform all such published benchmarks by a wide margin. As a result, banks worldwide will be able to process rapidly growing volumes of transactions faster and more reliably at an even lower cost per transaction.

In the recent scalability benchmark, reviewed by Ernst & Young, Finacle on IBM System p servers surpassed its own previous record as the most scalable core banking solution in the world. The Finacle on IBM System p benchmark performed on a base of over 52 million accounts, delivering a transaction throughput on delivery channels at 29,010*1 effective transactions per second (ETPS) beating its own previous best of 11,180*4 ETPS. The new delivery channels transaction processing benchmark translates to a business transaction throughput of 19,288*1 business transactions per second (TPS).

HP and Cingular Wireless Introduce First Global Mobile Broadband Notebook PC in U.S.

no@spam.com (IBM Press Release) — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

HP and Cingular Wireless Introduce First Global Mobile Broadband Notebook PC in U.S.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - HP and Cingular Wireless today announced availability of the first notebook PC in the United States to feature built-in global mobile broadband capabilities.

The HP Compaq nc6400 Notebook PC with integrated Cingular Wireless UMTS/HSDPA-based technology allows business professionals to connect in more areas at broadband speeds to corporate networks, email and the Internet without being tied to a wireless hotspot.(1)

Customers can now enjoy the benefits of mobile broadband both in the United States – either with Cingular Wireless BroadbandConnect or high-speed EDGE services – and abroad in more than 115 countries in which there are UMTS or GPRS/EDGE networks available.(1) The HP Compaq nc6400 is the first notebook with a tri-band UMTS modem supporting data rates of up to 3.6 megabits per second in the United States and in many countries around the world.(2)

Pirates work around Vista's activation feature

no@spam.com (InfoWorld TechWatch) — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

Hackers are distributing a file that spoofs the KMS activation tool process

Hackers are distributing a file that they say lets users of the corporate version of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system get around the software's anti-piracy mechanisms.

Windows Vista must be "activated," or authorized by Microsoft, before it will work on a particular machine.