
Intel’s Itanium 2 9000 series processor is undoubtedly built for the mission-critical enterprise computing environment. The new dual-core chip is said to offer double the performance and up to 20 per cent lower power consumption compared to the existing Itanium 2 single-core chip.
Itanium 2 9000 series features 1.72 billion transistors that allow Intel designers to deliver new features such as Intel’s cache safe technology, enhanced machine check architecture and error correction mode (ECC) memory with mirroring and redundancy capabilities.
The dual-core Itanium 2 9000 series, which ships next month, includes the 9050 1.6-gigahertz 24M 533/400-megahertz (US$3,692), 9040 1.6GHz 18M 533/400 MHz (US$1,980), 9030 1.6GHz 8M 533/400MHz (US$1,552), 9020 1.42GHz 12M 533/400MHz (US$910) and 9015 1.4GHz 12M 400MHz (US$749).

Computer hackers built a fake Google Tool Bar website to trick people into downloading a malicious program that could turn machines into “zombies”. Email messages containing Internet links to the bogus website and invitations to download Google tool bar software began circulating last week, according to SurfControl of California. The phony website was a replica of the real one provided by internet search juggernaut based in Mountain View, California.
Samsung has yet another list of goodies for music lovers – the YP-Z5F, YP-U2 and YP-F2 portable digital audio players. Weighing only 58 grams, the YP-Z5F comes with an aluminium chassis that Samsung claims prevents scratches and smudges to the player’s 1.8 inches LCD screen.


