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Techware Labs has prepared a memory timings analysis article, using Crucial's PC2700 DDR RAM as a reference.

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Open relay mail servers are the target in a crackdown against junk mail launched by the Federal Trade Commission and a band of U.S. and foreign law enforcement allies.

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CNET News has posted two news stories on the DVD-copying case

Court zeros in on DVD copying
Software maker 321 Studios faces Hollywood's wrath and a judge's questioning in a case to determine whether technology from the company violates copyright protections.
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Judge mulls DVD-copying case
The judge in the closely watched 321 Studios case says she's "substantially persuaded" by past court rulings favoring copyright holders.
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Intel Corp. has discovered a bug in its "McKinley" Itanium 2 processor that could cause instability, an unexpected system shutdown, and potentially loss of data, company officials said Monday morning.

Intel has identified and fixed the bug, and new shipments of Itanium 2s are not affected, an Intel spokeswoman said.

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VR-Zone has recieved some latest info that the memory clock was improved from 425Mhz to 450Mhz on the latest NV35 card samples so it is now running at 450/450 core/memory clock.

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The biggest problem with the cutting-edge world of 64-bit CPU architecture is that it doesn't play nicely with the prevailing world of 32-bit computing. AMD hopes to change that with the Opteron, the first processor in the company's AMD64 (code-named Hammer) family of chips.

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday is releasing the latest of its Athlon MP processors, the 2800+, designed for one- and two-way servers and workstations.

The 2800+, with increased Level 2 cache, could be the last of the Athlon MP upgrades, a company spokesman said, as AMD, of Sunnyvale, Calif., moves forward with its Opteron chip, which was launched last month.

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We were mildly surprised when SiteOfTheWeek@ziffdavis.com received an e-mail asking for confirmation of its password, credit card number, and other PayPal account details.

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