In order to prove that it can recover from the Barcelona disaster with Shanghai, AMD recently demonstrated working Istanbul six-core silicon.

The company which had had three demos to show off showed the fist with four sockets, and the last with two. A different feature of the new CPUs, cores, virtualization and compatibility was showed off by each. Unfortunately, there were no announcements regarding the speed, prices, or availability.

In the first demo, the core count was demonstrated in which four sockets were presented, each running a six-core Istanbul CPU is 24 cores.

If adhered to the reports which have come to light recently, this week could see arrival of Yahoo's long-expected reorganization under new chief executive Carol Bartz.

The reports put forward by a well known newspaper which cited sources within the company claim that revamp will probably start Wednesday, though it's likely to be rolled out in stages.

A new significant marketing officer position is expected to be created by the reorganization. It will also persuade all senior executives to report directly to Bartz.

With the aim to prevent inventory build-up in the midst of ongoing slowdown in the domestic market, Honda, the Japanese car major would continue to cut its India output by over 45 per cent for the next six months.

It was confirmed by the company that its planned release of hatchback Jazz in the Indian market is on schedule. The company is also thinking to increase the prices of its various models.

A novel website dubbed Microsoft Elevate America was unveiled by Microsoft on Sunday, which basically is a portal developed to help consumers, students, and other interested parties with some basic computer skills.

The state governments, including Florida, Oregon, and Washington would be able to avail a complementary version of the site with discounted certifications.

It was confirmed by Adobe on Thursday that major security vulnerability is present in its Acrobat and Reader software.

In its security advisory, Adobe informed, "This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited."