Entries from February 2010

BMW develops ultimate Windows driving machine

Comment 25th February

Speaking at an Intel sponsored event promoting the latest range of Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, a BMW IT Manager said the car giant had begun migrating its 85,000 Windows desktops from XP to Windows 7. The fact that anyone is upgrading XP to anything is somewhat remarkable. Windows XP was launched 10 years […]

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Intel’s latest chips hit with gamers

Comment 25th February

In January Intel launched its flagship Core i5-5xx and i7-6xx series processors. Based on the new 32nm Nehalem architecture, these chips are Intel’s current state of the art products. No doubt the Core i7-6xx series will be a popular choice in server systems and with people looking for the very highest performance workstations for video […]

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Facebook hit by spam

News 15th February

An increasing number of spammers are using fake Facebook email addresses to bypass spam filters and clog up recipients’ mailboxes. The spammers’ trick works because many mail systems don’t verify the sender’s email address. The Hypervisor estimates that in recent weeks around half the spam hitting our mailboxes claimed to be from Facebook. Of course, […]

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