Hardware: Bidding adieu to Pentium 4, otherwise known as Netburst, Tom Yager calls on IT buyers to maintain a vigilant skepticism. “While Intel seems to have come to its technological senses, it has not mended its marketecture. The ‘Core’ brand confusingly refers to two unrelated, incompatible architectures; Core Duo and Core Solo are not 64-bit Core Microarchitecture CPUs, but are fairly minor enhancements to the 32-bit Pentium M.” Podcasts: Jon Udell discusses search analytics, information architecture and designing for usability, in this conversation with Lou Rosenfeld. Columnists’ corner: When your boss is setting you up for a fall, think written documentation, suggests our Off The Record author. And when a controller at first seems unconcerned with a delay, only to turn around and blame it on you, plus a VP jumps on that wagon, such documentation may be your only protection. “Afterward, my boss summoned me to his office to acknowledge a job well done and to reassign me to a project that would put some distance between me and the financial department.” The news beat: IBM expands its Irish operation with a software development arm and a Business Incubation Center in Dublin. Targeted Trojan attacks are on the rise with hackers gunning to steal intellectual property. And the time may have come to stop comparing China and India, at least according to Steven Schwankert of the IDG News Service. Technology Industry