Thursday, April 7, 2011

AMD Ships 32nm Llano APUs at Long Last

AMD Ships 32nm Llano APUs at Long Last

AMD Ships 32nm Llano APUs at Long Last

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:05 PM PDT

AMD has begun shipping production units of its 32nm quad-core "Llano" A-series accelerated processor units (APUs) with discrete-level graphics, it announced Wednesday. That's well behind Intel, which began working on the 32nm process in 2009 and began shipping 32nm processors in 2010. "Once again, AMD's late," said Jim McGregor, chief technology strategist at In-Stat. AMD views its positioning differently. "Customers don't buy nanometers," said AMD spokesperson Phil Hughes. "Our goal at AMD is to deliver the best APU every year. Visual computing technologies drive the AMD pace of innovation."

Online Security: Very Bad and Getting Worse

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT

The state of Web security has never been pretty, and a new report from Symantec discussing current and future threats only highlights just how risky the Internet environment has become. The daily volume of Web-based attacks increased an eye-popping 93 percent from 2009 to 2010, the report says -- and that's a particularly significant increase given the high level of attacks prior to 2009. Many of the latest attacks were targeted, Symantec noted -- in fact, targeted attacks were an overriding theme for the year.

Road to Curation Nation a Bumpy One

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Last week, several media giants sent a cease-and-desist letter targeting the iPad app Zite, which aggregates news based on a user's Twitter and Google Reader activity. It may not be legal or fair for apps like Zite to collect content and present it absent the originator's advertisements, but many observers argue that this is where the industry is headed, whether anyone likes it or not. "Readers are looking for better ways of consuming content, and they aren't getting it from traditional publishers," says GigaOm's Mathew Ingram. "Why not learn from Zite and others like it instead of threatening to sue them?"

Banshee: A Howling Good Media Player

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Occasionally listening to music files or watching videos with lightweight media apps the likes of Gzine, Alsaplayer or Gnome Player is fine if you are not ultra demanding of your listening environment. If you do not fall into that category, Banshee is a much better multimedia option. The Banshee Media Player's listening and viewing pleasures are in many ways similar to those that Amarok and Rythmbox provide. All three of these media apps have a similar interface with a browser-like design for creating playlists and managing more than just your music libraries.
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