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Submission + - What is the best Firewall/ AV software

Submitted by Stevecrox on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:59PM

Stevecrox writes: With the recent scandals in america and the seeming rise in Bot nets I have to ask what anti virus software and firewall software do you use? I've tried a lot of the larger ones like kasperly, avast, norton, bullguard and stopped using them either they caused a huge drain on my system recources (like mcafee and avast) or they simplied lied. There have been times when I've been without the net for weeks and yet norton, kasperly and bullguard have imformed me that I was being attacked through the internet from IP adress 205/207.xxx.... when I had no network connection and my router was unplugged from the phone line(my home network is wired and all addresses are 192.xxx.) None of the AV software I've tried has ever shown my machine to have a virus and I'm using spybot but know I should be using alot more, where do I spend my money?

Submission + - Intel to launch cheaper quad core

Submitted by

Tommy Kino

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:59PM

Tommy Kino writes: ""On January 21st, Intel will launch their first mainstream quad-core processor — the Core 2 Quad Q6600. Like the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, it is made up of two Conroe dies sitting on a single package.

As such, its 8MB Level 2 cache is not completely shareable between all four cores. Rather, it's split into two separate 4MB caches, each of which is shareable between their respective core pairs.

According to Intel, we will not see a true quad-core (four cores on a die) processor until the second half of this year. Codenamed Yorkfield, it will debut in the new 45nm process and come with a fully-shared 8MB L2 cache."

Full report at http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=379& pgno=0"

Submission + - Outsourcing Recruiters and Headhunters?

Submitted by

fury88

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:58PM

fury88 writes: "I've recently begun the long and tedious job search for a Senior Software Engineer. It's been a few years since I've really looked at the market and what makes it more difficult is I need to relocate to another city and state. To my surprise, I've been getting dozens of calls from Indian recruiters. Of course they are going by "Justin" or "Ashley" but I can't understand a word they are saying. Here's what gets me that I thought I'd like to share. Do these companies really know who they are using to staff positions? I am all for listening to anyone that has a good offer for me no matter who they are but if I can't understand what they are saying, how does that help? I literally had to hang up on one of them because they weren't listening to me. It seems to me that if I was a company who hired a staffing agency, I would sure as hell want the recruiters to be able to communicate effectively, otherwise you risk losing qualified candidates. Am I wrong here and how long has this been going on?"

Submission + - Google's FUSE Port Brings NTFS Support to OS X

Submitted by

sciurus0

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:49PM

sciurus0 writes: "In his session at Macworld on OS X filesytems, Google's Amit Singh announced that he has ported Linux's FUSE module to OS X. The port is called MacFUSE and is available in source form and as a precompiled kernel extension with associated tools. Many FUSE filesystems such as sshfs and ntfs-3g are reported to work."

Submission + - Google Removes Yahoo! Maps and Mapquest Maps

Submitted by

fed0up

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:22PM

fed0up writes: "The "Do no evil" company removes Yahoo! maps and Mapquest maps from address search result. http://techcrunch.blogspot.com/2007/01/google-stop s-showing-yahoo-maps-in-one.html Test link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGGL%2C GGGL%3A2006-23%2CGGGL%3Aen&q=1600+Pennsylvania+ave %2C+washington+dc&btnG=Search"

Apple Charges For 802.11n, Blames Accounting Law 471

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:18PM from the don't-release-early-or-often dept.

If you have a Core 2 Duo Macintosh, the built-in WLAN card is capable of networking using (draft 2) 802.11n. This capability can be unlocked via an update Apple distributes with the new AirPort Extreme Base Station. Or, they will sell it to you for $4.99. Why don't they give it away for free, say with Software Update? Because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (which was passed in the wake of the Enron scandal). iLounge quotes an Apple representative: "It's about accounting. Because of the Act, the company believes that if it sells a product, then later adds a feature to that product, it can be held liable for improper accounting if it recognizes revenue from the product at the time of sale, given that it hasn't finished delivering the product at that point."

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