[H]ardNews 9th Edition

AMD & MS Pair Up:

AMD and Microsoft have paired up to fight virus and worms. A feature in the AMD Athlon64, when paired up with a special feature in the upcoming Service Pack 2 from MS, will kick buffer overrun exploits right in the nuts. I’m not sure if "right in the nuts" was a direct quote or not, but it does seem to sum up the situation quite nicely.

The chipmaker on Wednesday announced that it has included a feature inside its Athlon 64 and Opteron processors for PCs and servers that will help combat certain computer viruses and worms. The feature, which will work in concert with Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, will be switched on later this year when Microsoft releases its Service Pack 2 update for the OS.