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Intel Buys McAfee

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-virus-scanners dept.

Several readers have noted that Intel has agreed to buy McAfee, the computer antivirus software maker, for about $7.7 billion in cash. There is also a press release available if you are into that sort of thing.

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  1. Re:first by morari · · Score: -1, Troll

    So now McAfee is going to suck even more?

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    "He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
  2. Re:Perfect match by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And who is better at slowing Windows down to the point of uselessness then Mcafee?

    Microsoft.

  3. Re:Why? by Surt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Intel's cpus are so much faster than anything anyone actually needs to do, they need to understand how to make MORE programs like McAfee, not put them out of their misery.

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    "Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking