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VMware piles up...Lots of new code coming in 2009

VMware is stepping it up... maybe. I don't know what the benefit of dropping to just one ESX server will be. The build teams think they can get the virtual server to span across 8 processing cores with up to 256 GB (not MB) per virtual machine. The only problem, if I am understanding this correctly, is that Vmware cannot see the threads in many Opteron CPU's. So if you want to take advantage of VMware's multi-threading capabilities, you have to stick with Intel for the time being. The upcoming releases of 2009 will enable users to add virtual memory or CPU's to a VM instance without having to reboot the VM.

Sun's Virtualbox-ose is making its own changes as well

MSI no longer uses BIOS, switch to UEFI

So I guess BIOS has now become obsolete and is on it's way to extinction. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is suppose to be its successor. It has a fancy GUI with the ability to point and click with your mouse! You can even play games in it! Lastly, they plan to bring LAN capabilities to UEFI in the new future.

Attack of the open redirects

Old news becoming new news because the problem of internet virus scams are getting worse with millions of trusted sites getting infiltrated.

Notebook sales exceed desktop sales for the first time in history

Recent Internet Explorer vulnerability explained

World Bank bans India outsourcer Satyam for 8 years

Spying on the banks you do business with is a no-no. I wonder if Devils_Casper has heard of this already.

Nintendo Wii gets its first video features... but there's no hard drive??

Verizon awarded $33.15 million, "the largest cybersquatting judgment ever"

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Here's some more news for anyone interested.

Researcher warns about security vulnerability in MAC os x

Why you don't forward chain text messages - it's rude!

Virus writer signs off in cordial trojan message to MS

Sun making reluctant changes to compensate for low demand of Solaris

Apple getting Ion Innards - Atom's Apple?

Apple moves to unify OS and Interface

Firefox delays 3.1 release

Worm infects 3.5m PC's

Future of multicore computing is "troubled," according to the horse's mouth