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Friday August 30, 2002

[H]ardNews 5th Edition

Motorola, STMicro And Philips:

Well, Motorola is claiming they have a new partnership with STMicroelectronics and Philips that will help them get smaller and faster. They are also claiming to be able to beat AMD and Intel to the punch…god knows Motorola needs it…what are they still at…1GHz or something like that?

Motorola asserts that its partnership with two other chipmakers will probably be the first to produce a new generation of semiconductors, beating Intel by at least six months. Earlier this week, Motorola, STMicroelectronics and Philips jointly unveiled a design for chips based on 90-nanometer circuitry, compared with the current 130-nanometer standard. Thinner circuitry makes each separate chip cheaper to produce, faster and more energy-efficient.

Most Secure Windows Yet:

BAH! I just wanted to remind everyone of that statement made by MS before I point out this weeks security flaw in Windows. UGH…don’t get me wrong, I am loving XP, and this latest flaw isn’t XP specific…I’m just saying that reporting weekly holes in my browser & OS has me ready to kick Bill Gates in his baby nuts.

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that a security flaw in all versions of its flagship Windows operating system software released since Windows 98 ( news - web sites) could allow attackers to delete digital certificates. The world's top software maker said that an infiltrator could use an e-mail or a Web site to gain entry into a system and delete the pieces of data that are used to encrypt other data, such as e-mail messages. Microsoft labeled the security flaw as "critical" and said a patch was available on its technical Web site ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet). Microsoft said that its Internet Explorer software could be configured to defend against an attack.

SPAM Rules:

I think this estimate is a little conservative judging only from the amount of viagra enhanced, inch adding, working at home, hair growing inkjet cartridge offers I get. But they say SPAM is up to about 36% of all mail, and we still haven’t done anything about it.

Corporate networks are becoming increasingly clogged by e-mail pitches for pornography, money-making schemes and health products, and there's little relief on the horizon Once a mild annoyance, unsolicited bulk e-mail--also known as spam--could make up the majority of message traffic on the Internet by the end of 2002, according to data from three e-mail service providers. Businesses "are seeing an enormous increase in spam," said Enrique Salem, CEO of anti-spam service provider Brightmail. "It's become a huge problem."

Posted by Steve 1:25 PM (CST)