Tukwila, the next Itanium chip - which was just delayed this past February until some time around the middle of this year - has been delayed yet again, this time until the first quarter of 2010. Intel is mumbling something about final system-level testing turning up the chance to further enhance the application scalability needed in high-end systems. Perhaps, but context is missing. The real reason is supposedly Sun's Sparc chip. Supposedly the thought of Sparc going to IBM - which would have surely killed the thing in the name of its Sparc-competitive Power chip - put the fear ... (more)

Fujitsu Reportedly Thinking Acquisitions

With nowhere for it to go at home, Fujitsu, Japan's number one server vendor and number two PC supplier, is thinking about making software acquisitions to compete better internationally against IBM and HP. Richard Christou, the head of Fujitsu's global operations, told Reuters that the company needs to boost its software and solutions business outside of Japan and could do it through acq... (more)

Netbooks: Take Two

Intel has been talking up its next Atom processor, code named Pineview, and due out in Q4. Intel says it's shrunk the number of chips it takes to make an Atom netbook or nettop from three to two. Throw in the Tiger Point I/O hub and - poof! - the Pine Trail platform. By putting the memory controller and graphics on the same piece of silicon it should produce smaller, cheaper, faster devi... (more)

The IT Security Flowchart

Let me ‘splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up… This week has been full of interesting announcements: Microsoft warns of new server vulnerability McAfee blasted for having holes in its Web sites ‘Gumblar’ attacks spreading quickly There just aren’t enough words. But as they say, a picture is worth at least a thousand words, so I give you a pictoral response to this week’s interestin... (more)