Thursday, November 09, 2006

Motherboard sales slide further ahead of Vista ... PS3 to get software update on launch day

HIGHLIGHTS
News: PC motherboard sales slide further ahead of Vista
News: Lenovo reports slimmer profit as sales rise
News: PlayStation 3 to get software update on launch day
News: Google filing reveals video lawsuit
Security Tip: Three steps toward enclave computing
Podcast: Today's IT news audio update
ITwhirled: The interface of a cheeseburger


NEWS UPDATES

PC motherboard sales slide further ahead of Vista
Sales of motherboards used in desktop PCs continue to decline ahead of the launch of Microsoft's new Windows Vista OS, a sign that could foretell bargains for users in coming months.

Lenovo reports slimmer profit as sales rise
Lenovo Group Ltd. reported a 10 percent year-on-year increase in the volume of shipments for the second fiscal quarter, but pricing pressure meant that revenue for the quarter increased just 1 percent year on year, to $3.7 billion.

PlayStation 3 to get software update on launch day
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will offer the first software update for its PlayStation 3 games console on Saturday simultaneously with the start of sales of the device.

Google filing reveals video lawsuit
Google revealed that its own online video-sharing service is the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit, adding to worries that the company may become the subject of expensive lawsuits related to the YouTube Inc. video-sharing service it is buying.

Cisco profit, revenue surge ahead in Q1
Cisco Systems Inc. kept growing fast in its fiscal first quarter, posting revenue of $8.2 billion and net income of $1.6 billion or $0.26 per share.

Firefox 1.5 support ending April 24
On April 24, 2007, developers plan to stop issuing security and stability fixes for the open-source browser, Mozilla said Wednesday in a note posted on the Mozilla.com Web site.

Gartner: Consumers to lose $2.8B to phishers in 2006
Browser makers may have added new antiphishing features to their products in recent months, but the criminals are still gaining ground in their efforts to defraud U.S. consumers, according to the Gartner Inc. research firm.

Ozzie: Vista fulfills fundamental OS role
Vista, the next version of Windows' client-side operating system, is designed to fulfill the fundamental role of an operating system today: provide users with a safe environment when they are on the Web, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Wednesday.

AOL wanted to buy YouTube, CEO says
AOL LLC wanted to acquire YouTube Inc. but Google Inc. was the only company in a position to put together the $1.65 billion all-stock offer that landed it the deal with the video sharing maverick, AOL's chief executive officer said Wednesday.

Ask, Microsoft brainstorm ways to topple Google
Plenty of opportunities exist in the search engine sector to make a run at leader Google Inc., executives from Ask.com and Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday. Among the arguments they shared with attendees at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco is that much potential exists for improvement in the search user experience.


SECURITY TIP

Three steps toward enclave computing
By Brent Huston, MicroSolved, Inc.

Many organizations have identified the move to enclave computing as a viable and logical strategy for their future security architectures. To prepare for this transition, organizations and security teams must start by doing three things.


PODCAST

Daily IT News Audio Update
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ITWHIRLED

The interface of a cheeseburger
One western information architect in Japan had an epiphany while waiting in line at McDonald's. Check out this funny but informative piece on why the Golden Arches has one of the easiest-to-use interfaces you'll ever encounter -- and why the iPod's logo is on the back, not the front.

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