With Apple distancing itself from Intel chips marks a significant shift for its Mac lineup. The strategic initiative should be seen in the light of Apple designing its processors for the iPhone 4 in 2010 and has steadily increased the number of chip it handles directly. In a strategic initiative, code-named Kalamata, aimed at backward…
Affected users should manually download the security update from the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Software giant, Microsoft Corp has issued an emergency security update that plugs bugs in Intel Corp’s buggy Spectre firmware patch. Microsoft’s update comes nearly after a month following Intel’s confirmation that its chips had exploitable vulnerabilities, now known as Meltdown and…
These questions by the U.S. lawmakers underscores the fact that the U.S. Congress is sensitive to these critical vulnerabilities which can be exploited by state backed hackers to gain access to virtually any modern computing device. A Democratic U.S. lawmaker has requested a briefing on the recently disclosed critical vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, that hackers…
This report is of particular importance to admins of data centers and cloud computing customers. For the IT Admins rushing to update their device drivers for Intel chips, Intel has let it be known that its recently issued patches can potentially cause computers with older Haswell and Broadwell processors to reboot more often than normal.…
In an increasingly digital world, cyber criminals exploit vulnerabilities to gain access to critical resources to carry out their nefarious deeds. A Oregonian newspaper reported citing a memo sent by Intel Corp to its employees, that the chipmaker plans on creating a new internal cybersecurity group in the wake of recently disclosed vulnerabilities in its…
Samsung’s brilliant strategy had outflanked Qualcomm’s when it designed Qualcomm out of its smartphone without Qualcomm even knowing it until it was close to shipping time. According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Apple Inc’s upcoming iPads and iPhones are not set to feature chips from Qualcomm Inc. Sources preferred the cover…
With an estimated market value of $14.4 billion for 2017’s third quarter, here is how the cloud computing is making a difference and becoming a phenomenon that is driving business growth. With the majority of big U.S. tech companies, including Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Intel, sinking in big money in the cloud computing business,…
The coming age of autonomous self-driving vehicles have necessitate close collaboration between tech companies and automakers. Toyota Motor Corp along with Intel and other tech and auto companies have formed a consortium to create an ecosystem that will cater to big data for the upcoming connected car market. The Japanese carmaker also mentioned that…
The siding is just pressure tactics in a battle of who will blink first. In a significant development a group representing major technology companies has sided with Apple in its legal dispute with Qualcomm. The industry body has called on regulators to reject Qualcomm’s bid to ban the import of iPhones. The lobby group representing…
It’s been some time now that Israel has been a mecca (pun intended) for cybersecurity and fintech startups. But with foreign companies most reaping this benefit, the country is now gearing up to harvest its tech talents. The Israeli government has let it be known that it is looking for companies to manage four of…
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