Patch Tuesday Will Tie MS Record Free Add-On Software for Windows 7 Microsoft Will Issue Patch for IE6 Germany Warns Users Against IE Oracle, Adobe Patch Vulnerabilities Microsoft Sets Office 2010 Prices After a light start to the year, Microsoft is getting ready to dump a heavy load on the shoulders of IT administrators. On Patch Tuesday next week, Microsoft will release 13 patches. You can run most existing commercial applications under Windows 7. But finding free programs that work well with Microsoft's newest OS can be a bit more challenging. They're out there, though. Microsoft will release an out-of-band patch for Internet Explorer 6 that addresses the so-called Aurora exploit used in the China-based cyberattacks against Google and other companies. Microsoft has rejected a German government warning against using Internet Explorer until a patch can be developed to fix a security flaw, saying the problem is not a threat to general users. Microsoft issued a single security bulletin on Patch Tuesday that is critical for Windows 2000. But Oracle and Adobe made up for the light day by issuing patches to keep IT administrators busy. Microsoft has revealed pricing details on the next version of its Microsoft Office productivity suite. Office 2010 will be offered in four versions, with retail prices ranging from $69 to $499. FULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORYFULL STORY
Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU To Save Battery Life Nvidia has taken the wraps off a notebook technology that chooses the best graphics processor for any given application and automatically routes the workload to Nvidia or Intel processors.
Microsoft Says Battery Woes Not Caused By Windows 7 Battery problems on Windows 7 machines are not caused by the operating system. That's the position of Stephen Sinofsky, head of the Windows division, in a long posting on the Windows engineering blog.
IBM's New POWER7 Servers Save Energy with Big Loads IBM has unveiled high-capacity servers that are the first to be based on its new, multi-core POWER7 chip. It said the new line is designed "to manage the most demanding emerging applications."
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Intel Launches Quad-Core Itanium 9300 Series Processor After two unexpected delays, Intel has launched the Itanium 9300 series, a 64-bit, quad-core processor code-named Tukwila that is expected to double the performance of its predecessor.
Google May Add Facebook, Twitter Links to Gmail Google will reportedly roll more social-networking features into Gmail, the fastest-growing e-mail service. The new features could save users the trouble of switching to Facebook or Twitter.
IBM's New POWER7 Servers Save Energy with Big Loads IBM has unveiled high-capacity servers that are the first to be based on its new, multi-core POWER7 chip. It said the new line is designed "to manage the most demanding emerging applications."