FIXES COMING FOR FAULTY SEAGATE HARD DRIVES
Seagate will issue fixes soon for faulty firmware that's causing several models of the company's hard drives to freeze. The models due for a fix are the Barracuda 7200.11, DiamondMax 22 and the SV35, said company spokesman Ian D. O'Leary. Last week, Seagate posted new firmware for the Barracuda ES.2, another model also affected by the problems. However, that firmware will not repair drives that have become inoperable.
PANDA SECURITY: DOWNADUP WORM NOW INFECTS 1 IN EVERY 16 PCS
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least 1 out of every 16 PCs worldwide, a security company said, and may have managed to compromise as many as nearly 1 in 3. According to Panda Security, almost 6% of the Windows systems scanned with its antivirus technology were found to be infected with "Downadup," a worm that began aggressive attacks just over a week ago.
WINDOWS VISTA SP2 RELEASE DATE SLIPS
Microsoft has delayed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) by at least a month, and will now ship it to manufacturing sometime in May or June, according to a website that has accurately predicted Windows release dates in the past. TechARP.com, a Malaysian website that correctly predicted the release dates for Windows Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in 2008, said that Microsoft will deliver a release candidate - the final test version - of Vista SP2 in March.
INTEL ATOM 2 'PINEVIEW' DETAILS EMERGE
Details are emerging of Intel's upcoming Pineview CPU, the next iteration of the popular Intel Atom chip found in almost all low-cost netbooks and nettop PCs. The Intel Atom 2 chip is expected to launch in the second half of this year. There will be both a single core Intel Atom 2 and a more powerful dual-core chip aimed at low-power desktop PCs, or 'nettops'. Pineview chips will be manufactured using a 45nm (nanometer) process.
APPLE LOOSENS ANTI-PIRACY PROTECTION IN IWORK '09
Buyers of the latest version of Apple's rising iWork productivity suite -- iWork '09 -- no longer need to type in a serial number when installing from a CD, according to a note on Apple's Web site posted Monday.That allows owners of the boxed, retail version of iWork '09 to install the software on as many Macs as they want. They can apparently even share the software, which costs $79( Rs. 3900) for a single user version ($49 (Rs. 2,400) if bought at same time with Mac OS
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SUPERSPEED USB 3.0: MORE DETAILS EMERGE
The focus of the new spec is three-fold: Retain backward compatibility, increase speed, and provide better power handling. USB has been the most successful interface in history of personal computing. Over 6 billion products are in the market, and over 2 billion ship a year now. SuperSpeed USB 3.0's 5Gbps data rate (compared with Hi-Speed USB 2.0's 480Mbps) should help--and with very clear real-world advantages.
OLYMPUS: ONCE AGAIN THE MEGAZOOM MASTER
No sooner did Kodak announce the record-setting 24x optical zoom Kodak Z980 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas than Olympus swooped in and took the crown back with a 26x optical zoom camera. The Olympus SP-590 UZ, a follow-up to the 20x optical zoom SP-570 UZ megazoom camera boasts a 26x optical zoom that ranges from 26mm on the wide-angle end to 676mm on the telephoto end.
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