Nvidia has claimed that its nForce chipsets are “better” than Intel’s. A company spokesperson also criticized the chip manufacturer for allegedly postponing USB 3 introduction until 2011.
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Nintendo is planning a large-screen DSi, according to Japanese news service Nikkei.

The four-inch dual-screen screen version will have all the same features. Nikkei says it will launch in Japan by the end of the year. It will cost Y18,900 - around $200 - which is the same price as the standard version.

It apparently comes in reasponse to requests fronm older users in Japan, and is presumably targeted at people desperately trying to fend off Alzheimer’s by playing Brain Training.

The standard model has a 3.25-inch screen. A four-inch version would put it on a par with the Playstation Portable.
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A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers.

The attack, which began Monday afternoon, according to e-mail security vendor Cloudmark, targets Facebook users with a spoofed message that claims recipients’ Facebook passwords have been reset as a security measure. The messages, which come bearing subject lines such as “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation,” include a file attachment that supposedly contains the new password.

In fact, the attached .zip file includes a Trojan downloader, dubbed “Bredlab” by some antivirus companies, “Bredolab” by others. The downloader grabs a variety of malware from hacker servers, including fake security software, or “scareware,” and installs attack code and rogue antivirus applications on the compromised PCs.
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VMWare has rolled out its Fusion 3 virtualization platform for Mac OS X. The $80 Fusion 3 - which offers 50 new features - allows users to run native Windows applications with “Mac simplicity.”

According to VMWare, Fusion 3 is fully optimized for Snow Leopard with a 64-bit core engine that was specifically designed to function alongside Windows 7’s 64-bit kernel.

Fusion 3 also supports Windows Aero, Flip 3D, OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 for 3D gaming.

In addition, the virtualization platform uses four way SMP to maximize performance on the latest iMac and Mac Pro models by lowering overhead and facilitating up to 2X faster resume time for a suspended virtual machine.
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Mio Technology will launch a new version of its MiBuddy 4.7-inch touchscreen Internet and navigation device next year running Google’s Android mobile software, a company representative said Tuesday.

The next generation MiBuddy will be a mobile Internet navigation device (MIND), complete with Internet browsing and a keypad that slides out from the underside for real touch typing.

The MiBuddy aims to fill a few roles. It fits onto a car dashboard mount so it can perform all the functions of a car GPS (global positioning system) navigation device, and it’s also made to be carried around as a personal navigation device as well as used for comfortable Internet browsing on a screen bigger than most smartphones, the representative said.
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For many, the official release of a new Microsoft operating system–such as Windows 7–is just the starting of a clock. They will not buy the new OS until Service Pack 1 is released.

Why? Microsoft has a reputation for releasing buggy software. While Windows 7 has been widely tested by real customers, history presents the likelihood that one or more major “gotcha’s” will appear.

With previous operating systems, these were usually fixed in a service pack that followed the release of the new OS. Windows Vista, for example, is currently on Service Pack 2 (SP2), while Windows XP is on SP3.

In the case of Windows 7, Microsoft has said the first service pack is likely to be issued about 12 months after introduction, meaning a year from now, in October 2010.
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Everybody loves some funny news in life, so it’s actually quite interesting to see Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, on The Today Show to unveil Windows 7, which he does, but the laptop with the “Windows 7” in the background sure looks a lot like a first-gen MacBook Pro.
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