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MacSurfer's Archive: Saturday, August 10, 2019
 

 

Computer Industry
  • "How a giant Pentagon contract became a political test" ["It initially involved four bidders: Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle; the Pentagon winnowed the field to Amazon and Microsoft. However, 'White House officials in recent weeks have shown Trump a document that alleges a large conspiracy' to award the contract to Amazon that caught Trump's attention. The document 'is identical to one created by Oracle's top Washington lobbyist' and 'provides a visual representation of a narrative that Oracle has been pushing for months — that a web of individuals inside and outside the Defense Department were greasing the wheels.'"] The Week 7:52 AM
  • "Microsoft has finally found its smartphone: Why the Samsung Galaxy partnership is so promising" GeekWire 12:55 PM
  • "AMD Rumoured To Be Working on a Gen-2 Navi 'Nvidia Killer'" eTeknix 8:05 AM
  • "AMD Dismiss 'End-of-Life' 5700 & XT Rumours" eTeknix 8:05 AM
  • "Relentless AMD Completes Zen 3 Design To Take On Intel In 2020, Zen 4 Is Next" HotHardware 4:11 PM
  • "AMD ending sales of its Radeon RX 5700, RX 5700 XT already?!" TweakTown 8:06 AM
  • "IBM offers explainable AI toolkit, but it's open to interpretation" ZDNet 8:58 AM
  • "IBM-Ponemon Study Highlights Rising Cost of a Data Breach" CPO Magazine 7:55 AM
  • "IBM IP Ruling Changed Nothing, Priceline Tells Fed. Circ." Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 7:55 AM
  • "Ex-Autonomy CFO Must Post $20M Bond During HP Appeal" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 7:55 AM
  • "Comcast, Dell team up to help bridge Houston's digital divide" Houston Chronicle 7:53 AM
  • "Cisco's $8.6M Deal Shows Cost Of Ignoring Cyber Flaws" Law360 [Paid Membership Required] 7:50 AM
  • "Microsoft is at it too: workers are listening to your Skype and Cortana conversations" BetaNews 8/9
  • "Whistleblowers: James Glenn's battle with Cisco opens new front on cyber security" ComputerWeekly 8/9
  • "Cisco Is Making It More Difficult to Use Pre-Owned Hardware" iFixit 8/9
  • "Intel to Offer 8-Core Xeon NUC: Intel's tiny desktop PC solution is getting bigger to accomodate graphics cards, but also to help cool a Xeon E or Core i7 vPro chip." PC Magazine 8/9
  • "Intel Invests $6.5M in Enterprise Linux Security Startup Capsule8" ITPro Today 8/9
  • "AMD CEO Lisa Su discusses her company's resurgence" Axios 8/9
  • "For AMD Stock, the Dr. Lisa Su Departure Rumor Carries Weight" InvestorPlace 8/9
  • "A detailed look at AMD's new Epyc 'Rome' 7nm server CPUs: Epyc 'Rome' continues its little sibling the Ryzen 3000's mad dash forward." Ars Technica 8/9
  • "AMD's EPYC 2 Starts Epic Battle With Intel" Zacks 8/9
  • "At the AMD Epyc 2 launch, I saw the future of the PC: The Epyc/Ryzen-powered Microsoft Virtual PC solution demo was the first time I saw the Microsoft Virtual PC functioning – and it was awesome. Cloud-based virtual PC instances are the future of the PC, and apparently, it's coming faster than most of us think." Computerworld 8/9
  • "AMD Gains Google's Data Center Business in Another Blow to Intel: All the data center operations for major public companies now use AMD's chips alongside Intel's." Motley Fool 8/9
  • "AMD's EPYC 2 Starts Epic Battle With Intel" Zacks 8/9
  • "AMD to enjoy rising share in server market with new generation EPYC platform" DigiTimes [Subscription Required for Full Article] 8/9
  • "AMD launches second-generation EPYC platform" DigiTimes 8/9
  • "AMD Stock Rose Due to Earnings and EPYC Processor Boost" Market Realist 8/9
  • "The bar for Nvidia's data-center sales may not be low enough: Impressive growth slows considerably at chip maker's second-largest business" MarketWatch 8/9
  • "Oracle Romania CEO officially investigated for bribe taking" Romanian Insider 8/9
  • "Oracle ANZ public sector head Surend Dayal joins Perth-based Magia Solutions as CEO" CRN 8/9
  • "Warning As Dangerous Cybersecurity Risks Found In Mainstream Office Printers: Report" Forbes 8/9