Intel Slashes PC Power-up Time
Intel has unveiled a new technology on Monday that significantly reduces the time it takes for a notebook PC to power up or access programs, while improving battery life to boot.
Intel's new Robson cache technology ensured an almost immediate start-up of a Centrino-based notebook PC during a live demonstration at the Intel Developer Forum in Taipei on Monday. A laptop with identical hardware but without Robson took several seconds to boot up.
The laptop with Robson also opened Adobe Reader in 0.4 seconds, while the other notebook required 5.4 seconds. It opened Quicken in 2.9 seconds, while the laptop without Robson technology needed 8 seconds to do the job.


Cisco adds security to switches, wireless devices
Cisco Systems Inc. is adding security features to its network switches and wireless products, in the networking gear maker's latest push to sell software to help corporations combat spyware, worms and viruses.
Cisco already sells security software for its routers, which allows businesses to add a layer of security to their Web-based networks, which are often used by far-flung workforces. On Monday, Cisco said it is now selling the software for its switches, which companies often use in simpler local area networks within their own buildings.
The expansion of the security features to business' internal networks also includes wireless access points, which corporations are increasingly installing on their campuses.
The software is designed to protect corporations from computers and mobile devices which may have been infected through use outside of the office, as well as from outside attacks against the network itself.


OSDL pushes Linux phones
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) have unfolded an initiative to accelerate the adoption of Linux on mobile devices.
Device manufactures hope that the open source operating system will allow them to lower development costs while create new devices at a faster rate. Linux also is expected to offer more flexibility in developing new devices and deliver more capable mobile phones.