The CRN Test Center pits quad-core chips from Intel and AMD against each other, to see how each performs in a head-to-head matchup.

Customers are drowning in unsolicited mail. Estimates of the amount of spam sent vary, but vendor estimates for 2007 range from 79 percent of messages to as high as 95 percent. Regardless, having a good spam filter in place is essential.

The Test Center takes a look at the Research In Motion BlackBerry Pearl 8120, and finds some neat improvements.

"The Fedora Project attracts a lot of interest from the Linux faithful. While there are perhaps more newbie-friendly, corporate-friendly, or special-interest-focused distributions, Fedora continutes to wear the innovation hat."

Circuit City has been letting its competitors grab all of the industry's growth, and its executives want to change that by focusing more on services.

Linus Torvalds is known for blunt language when debating code and technology, and he doesn't show signs of pulling back.

Doesn't look like it would have taken a huge investment to prevent millions of credit card numbers from being stolen.

How hard is it to fry a processor built for overclocking?

It looks like they can if they want.

The economy and markets may be making some very skittish of late, but a look at gaming retailer GameStop shows a formula for great success is still out there.