Source: Intel announces plans to buy McAfee - Latest - News - Fudzilla

$7.68 billion
Intel has announced plans to acquire insecurity outfit McAfee for $7.68 billion. The chipmaker believes the move will provide it with an edge in the security market and the ability to blend security features into new devices.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced that the integration will improve security for internet users and their devices and the first results of the new partnership will be released in 2011.

Some analysts were surprised by the announcement, as McAfee and Intel don’t seem like a match made in heaven. The fact that Intel is primarily a chipmaker also raised questions on how it could directly benefit from such a deal, as it’s not heavily involved in software development. Others believe the deal makes sense, but that Intel overpaid for McAfee.

In related and somewhat more entertaining news McAfee has identified actress Cameron Diaz as the celebrity most likely to lead users to a malicious site in search results. Well it all depends on what users are searching for, but we can see where this is going.

How bizarre, quite amazed at that ... I always search for Ginger Lynne or Nina Hartley ;)

I don't know what the point was for Intel buy McAfee. Bloatware? No thanks.

Originally Posted by Soulzz

I don't know what the point was for Intel buy McAfee. Bloatware? No thanks.

Cloud is coming Soulzz

yes bloatware - the pc as we know it is finished

Originally Posted by Arturo_Fuente

Cloud is coming Soulzz

yes bloatware - the pc as we know it is finished

Just because it's bloatware, and that Cloud is becoming bigger, does not mean that the PC is finished. Far from it.

NOOOOOO!!!! do you know what this means? I like Intel but if they go through with this deal i'm never buying Intel again, because this will mean that there planning to develop a virus that detects the users hardware to see if the user does or does not have McAfee integrated and guess what, if you don't, you'll get a virus! this is exactly what Microsoft did in the nineteen nighties and what Apple did with there hardware so that Microsoft applications were not compatible. this is retarded..... i'm so pissed..... >.>

AMD SAVE US!!

bloatware is a retail PC issue - done regardles - moot point

Imagine if processing was remote, as in, on a network. You might want to own the security guys.

PC is a goner

I used to use McAfee but not anymore...I now use this program http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/...It works pretty well for me...

McAfee is terrible and honestly security essentials is just as bad. Both of them take over your computer and cause mad lag. I installed Security essentials one time and it activated every auto update on my computer. Took me weeks to turn it all off again.......McAfee is the same crap. On a Better note I prefer AMD so no loss to me. Intel is starting the beginning of the end for them if they decide to buy this dead software. I just use Malwarebytes and a few other scanners. they dont "hijack" your computer.

I use Malware Bytes all the time at work. Very useful tool, along with CCleaner.

Originally Posted by xxXRayzorXxx

Intel is starting the beginning of the end for them if they decide to buy this dead software.

You guys are still talking desktop home PC. That business is done for the most part.

1 Trillion microprocessors will be connected to the internet by 2013 plus the remote processing server applications in the cloud. Intel is paying the premium for the intellectual and human capital value of McAfee.

Not even the beginning.

We are talking about Home, Business, and Corporate. No one likes McAfee.

No one can predict the future.

How are desktops done for...Oh and rayzor not sure what your talking bout man...I haven't had any issues with mine...I haven't had lag issues either...I ahd some issues with mcafee though when I used it...Comcast the internet company I use used to use mcafee and it was free through their service then they went to norton...But I absolutely hate norton with a passion...Norton let's more viruses and spyware crap through then mcafee doe's...Only one thing has came up since I have had security essentials and it was a trojan and I took care of it...I think I got it from limewire...