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The future of hypervisors

February 4th, 2012

The world of hypervisors is complicated by the fact that there are proprietary and open source tools, each with different strengths and weaknesses. One expert says the difference between the two is that innovation is coming out of the open source products at a quicker pace. But another expert doesn’t quite believe that first to market is the key to success. He says this market is too important to be downloading open source bits frequently. With that dilemma, enterprises instead turn to commercially supported products.
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Facebook malware scam takes hold

February 4th, 2012

A “worrying number” of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.
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Symantec warns of Android Trojans that mutate with every download

February 3rd, 2012

Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection. This technique is known as server-side polymorphism and has already existed in the world of desktop malware for many years, but mobile malware creators have only now begun to adopt it.
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H-1B workers are better paid, more educated, study finds

February 3rd, 2012

H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group. The report by two economists at the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California, also found that, on average, H-1B workers are about 10 years younger than U.S. born workers.
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AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
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AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
Courtesy: Infoworld News

AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
Courtesy: Infoworld News

AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
Courtesy: Infoworld News

AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
Courtesy: Infoworld News

AMD fundamentally shifts chip design methodology

February 3rd, 2012

AMD will take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips as it tries to move away from playing second fiddle to Intel. The company will blur the lines between CPUs and graphics processors in future chip design cycles, with both units sharing a memory pool and running common software applications, said AMD CTO Mark Papermaster Thursday during a financial analyst conference speech that was webcast.
Courtesy: Infoworld News