October 16, 2009
IBM wrings more profits out of declining Q3
The Register
Timothy Prickett Morgan recaps IBM’s third quarter financial results.
“In the quarter ended in September, IBM posted revenue of $23.6 billion, down 6.9 per cent, a much smaller revenue decline than in the prior two quarters. And through cost cutting in sales, marketing, research, development and interest, the company was able to boost net income to $3.2 billion, an increase of 13.8 per cent.”
AMD bleeds less in Q3 than expected
The Register
Austin Modine shares AMD’s Q3 results.
“AMD lost $128 million in the third quarter ended June 27, an improvement from the loss of $134 million in the same period last year. But looking at Non-GAAP figures in Q3 (which essentially removes GlobalFoundries and gives a better view of AMD Product Company) net losses were only $2 million. Net revenue was $1.396 billion, a hefty 22 per cent decrease from $1.78 billion year-over-year but an 18 per cent jump from Q2 2009.”
Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
ZD Net
Dancho Danchev provides an answer to the question, “Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?”
“Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple – users relying on pirated copies of software also do not have access to the latest, often critical from a security perspective, updates issued by the vendors, and are therefore susceptible to client-side vulnerabilities.”
