(TS) – Intel’s long-awaited 8-core Xeon processors are planned to finally make their debut this month and take on AMD’s 12-core Opterons. Manufactured on 45nm technology, the octo-core server chips feature 16 threads, integrated DDR3 memory controllers, 4 QPI (Quick Path Interconnects) links, Turbo Boost support and 24MB of (shared) L3 cache. The upcoming Nehalem-EX [...]

(TS) – Back in August, I wrote a blog post about how Internet Explorer 8 offers the best protection against socially engineered malware threats. This week, NSS Labs released a new study that continues to show Internet Explorer 8 to be the #1 browser in blocking malware! When the first study was revealed, the Internet [...]

Microsoft has announced its first application for the Google Android platform, and has told TechRadar it’s glad to be there. The Tag application, which lets users scan barcodes and then visit online retailers to purchase the goods, has finally been added to Android Market. While it seems similar to Google’s own barcode scanner app, Tag [...]

(TS) – MSI introduced mATX (micro ATX) mainboard for AMD users based on the 890GX chipset and SB850 southbridge, all packed in small size. The board offers both USB 3.0 support and supports new SATA 3.0 HDDs. MSI is aiming the mainboard at HTPC user and the board supports the latest Phenom II processors. Both [...]

(TS) – Shuttle recently unveiled their latest nettop, the XS35 powered by a dual-core Intel Atom D510 processor and a new NVidia ION 2-based graphics technology, the GeForce GT218. Shuttle XS35 PC will be shown off at the CeBIT 2010 exhibition which will be held on the next month, ultra-compact PC platform which, at just [...]