Sebastian Rupley

Computer Associates has released its list of the top 10 viruses for 2001. The list appears at the end of each calendar year, and three of the top four viruses on the list for 2001 — as measured by frequency of system infection — were variations of the Badtrans and Sircam worms. Computer Associates annual […]

Microsoft is increasing its focus on the world of streaming media. Between now and mid-2002, the company plans to release a new suite of digital media technologies, dubbed Corona, designed to create home-theater level streaming media quality for broadband users. Will Poole, vice president of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft, announced the Corona […]

The end of 2001 is turning out to be a banner period for semiconductor technologies. On the heels of an announcement from Intel that it has perfected a promising new manufacturing process for transistors, Adavanced Micro Devices Inc. and IBM have also announced chip-manufacturing breakthroughs. AMD has built a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) transistor […]

Times are shaky for ISPs, as many of them–especially those specializing in business access services–face consolidation. A new report from analysts at Cahners In-Stat Group predicts that economic challenges will lead many providers to merge or go out of business altogether. The report, titled “2001 Business ISPs–Service, Size, and Share,” found that the top 10 […]

October 25–this Thursday–is the day that Microsofts much-hyped Windows XP operating system makes its debut. Microsoft is hosting a two-day launch event in New York, and–despite the fact that the event will take place in a city still reeling from recent terrorist attacks–XPs launch is slated to feature celebrities, glitz, lots of demonstrations of the […]

In a move that will affect many of its product lines, IBM is implementing a company-wide initiative to optimize the energy efficiency of computing products–especially microprocessors. As a first step in the effort, the company is launching a low-power-computing research center at its research facilities in Austin, Texas. In addition to creating new chips designed […]