{mosimage}Rumors of a full-on switch from AMD to Intel chips have forced Google to emerge from its warm, creepy secrecy cocoon. Contrary to claims from Intel, Google has not experienced Xeonmania and elevated Intel to favored supplier status. Rather, it’s just got a few Xeons laying around its data centers.

“We bought a small number of chips from Intel recently, but we continue to be supplied by more than one vendor,” spokesman Barry Schnitt told us in a statement and then returned to his cocoon.

 Google’s displeasure with Intel’s blog gossip making its way to the press is evident in the company’s terse statement. Such PR rumblings between the two companies are sure to make things uncomfortable next time Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows up for a Google board meeting.

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Source: Google did not boot AMD for Intel

Morgantown, WV, Jan 24, 2007 — MEPIS has announced Beta4 of SimplyMEPIS-32 and SimplyMEPIS-64 Version 6.0-4. This release introduces several improvements in wireless support and the introduction of MEPIS live on a USB key.

Warren Woodford of MEPIS reports “A big change is in the kernel. Updating to 2.6.17-20 is a lot more difficult than it sounds. MEPIS is meant for everybody, not just the Linux users on the bleeding edge. The fact is, kernels after 2.6.16 have introduced many changes that are good for some, but that break the system for others. We’ve stuck with 2.6.15 because it’s stable and works with the packages already in the MEPIS and Dapper package pools.”

“But we had reports of problems with wireless support, especially with Centrino wireless chips. So we’ve updated the Intel drivers and improved some of the network configuration options. I’m happy to report that we are getting feedback from users that wireless, especially with wpa, is working the best ever.”

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MONTREAL (CP) – Con artists, terrorists, pedophiles as well as 14-year-old hackers recruited by eastern European mobsters fill Frederick Gaudreau’s day.

Source: Yahoo Tech News

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) – Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, said Saturday that the wildly successful site plans to start sharing revenue with its millions of users.

Source: Yahoo Tech News

An anonymous reader writes “Google organized a flyover of Sydney, Australia last Friday for Australia Day. The images taken on the day will be posted to Google Maps in a few weeks. A number of dotcoms spent hours making huge signs that would be visible from the air. It will be interesting to see whether Google will repeat the event in other cities. If they do, get prepared early. What sign would you make?”

Proof that there is a Australia Day. For the Moron that mailed me and said I made it up last week, Baldy

Source: Spamming Google Maps

XorNand writes “With the explosive growth of the Web in the previous decade, many predicted the birth of a new, well-paying, and in-demand profession: the Webmaster. Yet in 2007, this person has somehow vanished; even the term is scarcely mentioned. What happened? A decade later I’m left wondering: Who killed the Webmaster?”

Source: Who Killed the Webmaster?

VoIP is susceptible to the same types of attacks that threaten other network applications, but there are some potential new ones that focus directly on VoIP. David Endler, chairman and founder of the VOIP Security Alliance as well as director of security research for TippingPoint spoke with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene about VoIP security issues and what you can do to protect your assets.

Source: Expert: Phishing and other social attacks threaten VoIP