Andy Patrizio

PC maker Everex has announced a low-cost Linux PC for the masses that it hopes will succeed where others have failed. The $198 price tag might help. The Everex gPC will hit Wal-Mart shelves tomorrow and is designed to attract new PC users. Running on Ubuntu Linux 7.1, the gPC is a mini-tower system that […]

Microprocessor vendors were not the only semiconductor vendors to enjoy a bang-up third quarter. Graphics processor units, or GPU sales were also excellent, according to numbers from Jon Peddie Research. Traditionally, the third quarter has decent growth during back-to-school and Christmas ramp ups, but this year sales saw their biggest sequential jump over the previous […]

For all of the success it has been enjoying, Apple seems to be on a mission to alienate more and more of its supporters. iPhone early adopters are still in a huff over the price cut that came so soon after its launch; NBC dumped iTunes altogether; and the music industry has openly complained about […]

UPDATED: The first in Intel’s new Penryn line of processors is due in just three weeks, and the initial tests show that, while performance isn’t making any great leaps, it will be much less volatile than older, high-end Intel chips. That’s the conclusion of tests performed by Sharky Extreme, which does hardware evaluation and testing […]

It’s been a busy month for antivirus software, and ESET is the latest vendor to offer a comprehensive security product with the release of ESET Smart Security. This integrated security product expands the company’s NOD32 antivirus product to add antispyware, antispam and firewall security. NOD32 remains at the core of the product, and will be […]

Last month, InternetNews.com reported that a white hat programmer had discovered a particularly nasty exploit in Adobe’s PDF format, and that Adobe was in the process of fixing it. Adobe issued a patch this past week and the first thing Russian criminals did was examine it, extract the problem it fixes, and have now unleashed […]

Some preliminary details on AMD’s planned tri-core processor have emerged, thanks to loose lips at motherboard manufacturers. The tri-core chip, first announced in September, is based on the same design as AMD’s upcoming Phenom line of processors, which will come in dual and quad core configurations. Phenom itself is based on the same quad core […]

The third quarter was a good one for chip makers, as worldwide sales grew 14.3 percent and worldwide PC microprocessor revenue rose 14.8 percent to $7.95 billion in the quarter, according to a new report by IDC. Mobile continues to be the most energetic of the market segments, and emerging nations are outpacing established markets, […]

What better gift could Apple ask for with the launch of its “Leopard” Mac OS X v. 10.5? How about a PR disaster surrounding Windows? That’s what Microsoft could have on its hands thanks to the second incident in as many months involving Windows Update. Last month, Windows bloggers and news sites began reporting that […]

NetSuite is having a little fun with the popular SaaS acronym and rearranging its meaning. The company is referring to an initiative around its new SuiteBundler tool for building vertical business applications as a Service-as-a-Software strategy. SuiteBundler will allow value-added resellers to customize NetSuite’s on-demand ERP , CRM and e-commerce software into a ready-to-install bundle […]

As the medical profession struggles with “superbugs” and drug-resistant bacteria, the computer world has a superbug of its own that it can’t seem to eradicate: the Storm worm. This polymorphic monster is mutating faster than staphylococcus in a hospital and is the launch pad for many of the recent spam floods and denial of service […]

Mainframes aren’t exactly in need of antivirus programs (yet), but they still have security concerns more closely related to compliance issues. CA today announced upgrades to five of its security products, for IBM mainframes running the z/OS operating system, with an emphasis on legal and regulatory compliance. These updated products provide enhanced security analysis, compliance, […]