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AMD Puts New Graphics Card Sandwich on the Menu

AMD announced the release of its Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics card Monday. The company's latest offering, courtesy of its 2006 ATI acquisition, combines two ATI Radeon 3870 chips on a single graphics board, connected via an integrated CrossFire technology. The double-barreled approach makes AMD the fi...

Microsoft Extends Reach Into Home With PC-TV Hookups

Microsoft, along with several partners, has launched a bundle of new methods for connecting household PCs to the living room entertainment center. Collectively called "Extenders for Microsoft Windows Media Center," the solutions are WiFi hardware devices that deliver video, high-definition TV, music...

Fail-Safe System Fails in Alaska’s Data Debacle

One of the most astounding IT stories of the week comes courtesy of a computer technician from the Alaska Department of Revenue who reportedly wiped out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion. The unnamed computer technician, while reportedly doing routine maintenance work, accidentall...

Intel Equips Amazon River Outpost With Wireless

The Internet, a ubiquitous and essential fixture in just about every developed nation, is slowly but surely reaching into some of the world's most remote outposts -- courtesy of such companies as Intel, Cisco and Embratel. As part of World Ahead, a new initiative established earlier this year to bri...

SOFTWARE TOOLBOX

Give Me a Sidebar, Hold the Search

When Google recently released its re-vamped desktop search engine, a central element of the new offering was a sidebar. This clever device gives keyboard jocks quick access to a bundle of useful features. You can read e-mail as soon as it arrives without opening your e-mail program, for instance, or...

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

Something Happened on the Way to Wireless Broadband

Cingular and AT&T Wireless recently announced plans to merge, resulting in a bigger, more reliable network for customers. Not long after, Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America filed a petition to block the merger. Once again, so-called consumer groups are opposing market develop...

OPINION

Avoiding Internal and External IT Scams

The topic of IT scams, both those done to IT folks and those done by IT folks, has come up several times in conversations over the last month. Since internal audit organizations are receiving massive increases in funding, staffing and provisioning, I thought it would be good to review some of the mo...

LOOKING FORWARD

Federated Identity Standards: Confused?

Business is becoming increasingly virtual and decentralized, while real-time relationship management with employees, contractors, partners, suppliers and customers is becoming ever more crucial. Even within a single company, password-protected applications reside on different platforms, in separate ...

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