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News (10)

• Sun makes Niagara an open-source chip

  In a bid to increase the relevance of its processor line, Sun Microsystems pledged Tuesday to make the underlying designs of its new UltraSparc T1 an open-source project.

• Sun: 'Microprocessors are dead'

  Today's microprocessors will become extinct by the end of the decade, to be replaced by computers built onto a single chip, Sun Microsystems Chief Technology Officer Greg Papadopoulos said Tuesday.

• Sun, Compaq support smart-card push

  Facing declining profits from traditional credit cards, financial institutions are once again pushing microchip-equipped credit cards. But now they have new allies: Sun Microsystems and Compaq Computer.

• Intel squares up to ARM in mobile market?

  Intel could not have signalled its target for the next five years any more clearly than it did at last week's Intel Developer Forum. It wants to make gains in mobile phones, where competition is stiffer.

• Transmeta eyes Taiwan foundries

  Transmeta is testing the waters with Taiwan-based manufacturing plants, in a move that could eventually boost the chip startup's capacity to manufacture its Intel-compatible chips for the featherweight laptop market.

Features and Case Studies (7)

• Are sharks circling HP?

  Competitors will try to use uncertainty to win customers from HP, analysts predict. It's not yet clear whether they will succeed.

• Who's riding your wireless network?

  Wi-Fi security tools and sound fundamental practices can help safeguard your wireless transmissions from a growing band of hi-tech thieves known as war drivers. Additional reading: Wireless computing 101

• Locking out wireless intruders

  Wireless networks are particularly vulnerable to security breaches and attacks because the signal is wide open so how to keep an eye on your wireless network? Also, is Wireless computing your IT priority?

• Finding the perfect teleworking tools

  Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

• Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?

  They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?

Reviews (1)

• Apple Mac Mini Core Duo (1.67GHz)

  It looks great, it's easy to use, and it executes the home-theatre PC concept better than perhaps any other vendor's product. The only problem with Apple's Mac Mini Core Duo is that we're not sure there's enough big-screen TV-worthy content available via iTunes to justify the expense.

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