Mobility

It is often said that the adult industry is at the forefront of new technologies. It was credited with driving initial consumer acceptance of VHS and DVD and was a pioneer in online video streaming. But in the battle over disc formats for high-definition video, its voice has yet to be heard.

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Samsung Corp. is set to introduce the world's fastest memory for multimedia applications. The company claimed that workstations and servers using its 256MB XDR DRAM would cut through applications faster than existing RAM. It said that XDR (eXtreme Data Rate) memory is ten times faster than DDR 400 memory and five times faster than RDRAM (PC800).

Cisco Systems Inc. this week warned of several vulnerabilities in its IOS software that could be used by attackers to bring down routers in enterprise and service provider networks. The three separate software flaws are related to Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and IPv6. Two of the three bugs present the opportunity for an outside attacker to send a specially crafted packet, which would disrupt the router and cause it to reload. Attackers could use this technique repeatedly to mount a denial-of-service attack on the router.

The worldwide PC market finished 2004 on a strong note, with double-digit percentage growth for the year, according to research released Tuesday by IDC and Gartner Inc. But growth will slow in 2005 as consumers pull back from their frantic purchasing of the last few years, the companies said.

Google Inc. provides the best overall consumer experience among major Web search engines, but Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN have made significant gains in popularity since May 2004, according to a study by Keynote Systems Inc. Participants in the survey also chose Google as the search engine they would most likely use in the future.

Google Inc. is developing a desktop search tool designed for corporate use, several months after launching a similar tool for personal use.