Intel Xeon CPU Battle Royale: Eight-Core E5-2600s Vs. 5600 Series

Today on Tom's IT Pro: Review: Intel Xeon E5-2600 Eight-Core CPUs and Android Security: Third-Party Options.

Chris Angelini, Worldwide Editor-in-Chief of Tom's Hardware, compares Intel's new eight-core Xeon E5-2687W CPUs against the older Xeon 5600 and 5500 series. Originally published on Tom's Hardware, this review runs both processor families through the site's rigorous suite of benchmark tests.

As Chris notes, with the E5-2600 series, Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture has finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable Xeon processors. He comes away impressed by how much  E5-2600s improve efficiency and performance.

Intel has indeed replaced the best with something better. See the article here to learn more.

Also on Tom's IT Pro today, security expert Mikhael Felker examines some of the major third-party vendors who have raced to provide security and privacy capabilities to help IT pros and users manage Android smartphones. The combination of Android's openness as a platform and the relative laxness in the vetting of apps distributed via the Android Market (at least compared to Apple and the iOS through the App Store), has created a security void for the likes of Lookout, Norton, McAfee, Webroot and others to fill.

Core features of these various products include basic security (AntiVirus, AntiMalware, AntiPhishing, SMS/call blocking, Application Advice); remote lock, wipe, and locate; and the backup and restoration of personal data. Click here to learn more about these solutions.

James Alan Miller is Managing Editor of Tom's IT Pro. He is a veteran technology journalist with over seventeen years of experience creating and developing magazine and online content. Founding editor of numerous business and enterprise computing sites at the internet.com network, James headed up the After Hours section at PC Magazine, as well as hardware and software sections of various Windows publications.