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Intel's weird TV play, a more-square Lenovo tab, and ceramic Galaxy SIII?

Posted March 14, 2012 - 11:02 am

Some interesting stuff has bubbled up this week, including an Intel rumor that makes no sense! Please to enjoy this week’s mobile-ish roundup.
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Silicon Valley anti-poaching pact lawsuit goes forward

Posted January 27, 2012 - 10:35 am

Apple, Google and five other tech companies must face a class-action suit filed on behalf of employees who claim the firms illegally agreed not to recruit each other's employees.
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When a 'gentleman's agreement' looks like collusion

Posted January 20, 2012 - 1:37 pm

Recently released Justice Department evidence shows a half-dozen Silicon Valley tech firms had 'no-poaching' deals, despite a 2010 settlement in which the companies admitted no wrongdoing.
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Intel's Ashlee Simpson moment at CES

Posted January 12, 2012 - 12:44 pm

An Intel executive demonstrated a "live" game on the company's Ivy Bridge ultranotebook to an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But it wasn't quite live.
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Your cheat sheet to CES' notable mobile happenings

Posted January 11, 2012 - 12:30 pm

Here’s a short list of the things worth talking about at CES in 2012, at least in the mobile realm.
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Intel fakes demo of graphics-star IvyBridge with video instead of 3D game

Posted January 10, 2012 - 4:24 pm

The newish ultrabook category of laptops -- ultralight, powerful enough to run video and video games well -- took a body blow yesterday when Intel demonstrated the Ivy Bridge CPU/GPU chip combination not with a live demo, but with a video. Why? Is there no middle to that bridge?
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Intel is entering the Android market, for better or worse

Posted December 21, 2011 - 6:47 pm

Intel is ready to show off a more efficient mobile processor in Android phones and tablets. Will that help or confuse the Android ecosystem?
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Life without microprocessors would suck, Intel says

Posted December 12, 2011 - 4:02 pm

The microprocessor has been around for more than 40 years now, and to help celebrate this, Intel has produced a fun video showing what life would be like without this key invention.
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The creepiest video ever about data centers

Posted November 29, 2011 - 3:02 am

Intel wants to create a video about data center cooling efficiency, but in a fun and eye-catching way. What do they do? Show a bunch of half-naked guys walking into the "Intel steam room". OK.
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After long search, AMD hires a new chief executive

Posted August 25, 2011 - 4:28 pm

Advanced Micro Devices has named former Lenovo Group COO Rory Read as its new chief executive.
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A data center in a boiler room. Cool, no?

Posted August 24, 2011 - 9:42 pm

Is it cool to put a data center in a boiler room? The folks in Lincoln, Nebraska think so.
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Wintel is now Apptel

Posted August 15, 2011 - 4:12 pm

Apple's enormous market cap now means that its chip use is no longer subject to the wagging tail of the big dog. Apple has become the big dog. This also means that Intel is now in a race with the consortium of ARM vendors for a potential fight for its life. In the background, AMD sits, doing its nails and biding time.
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Intel Labs invests $30 million in the cloud, embedded computing

Posted August 3, 2011 - 2:36 pm

With a goal of pushing development of cloud computing and embedded computing, Intel Labs is spending $30 million to open two new Intel Science and Technology Centers at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Gartner joins IDC in revising down PC sales forecast

Posted June 8, 2011 - 1:41 pm

Like IDC on Monday, fellow research firm Gartner is paring back its forecast for 2011 PC shipments.
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Why investors have no faith in big tech stocks

Posted May 26, 2011 - 3:55 pm

Older technology companies such as Microsoft, HP and Cisco aren't getting any love from Wall Street.
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Intel: Win8 on ARM won't support current PC apps; Microsoft: Shut up!

Posted May 19, 2011 - 10:07 am

The sniping between Microsoft and Intel got more serious this week, as Intel accused its erstwhile partner of planning Win8 versions that won't run current apps
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IBM, HP demonstrate fidelity problem with 'open' virtualization; KVM? Really?

Posted May 19, 2011 - 12:00 am

OVA is the latest in a long string of vendor consortia designed to back any kind of cloud or virtualization technology that will give IBM, HP and others a chance against VMware.
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Morning links: Intel starts to panic over Windows on ARM

Posted May 18, 2011 - 10:00 am

Plus: Facebook photos secured legally if not actually.
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Morning wrap: Microsoft's Skype buy was stupid, or maybe not

Posted May 10, 2011 - 10:01 am

Is the move all about mobile?
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Class-action suit accuses major tech firms of pay collusion

Posted May 5, 2011 - 1:52 pm

Less than eight months after the U.S. Justice Department settled allegations against six tech companies accused of engaging in anti-poaching agreements, the charges are being rekindled in a class-action lawsuit.
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Is Intel's 3-D transistor a game changer?

Posted May 4, 2011 - 5:48 pm

The real significance of Intel's Ivy Bridge technology, which should be seen in consumer devices early next year, is long-term.
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Intel to make iPad chips (and make itself a commodity?)

Posted May 3, 2011 - 6:37 pm

It's better to make money than not, but it's also better to be a partner than a hired hand.
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Americans' misguided trust in corporations on rise

Posted May 2, 2011 - 4:58 pm

Search giant Google has the top corporate reputation among Americans, according to the 12th Harris Interactive RQ Study.
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Microsoft confusion implies (wrongly) that Sandy Bridge won't support Hyper-V

Posted April 28, 2011 - 3:17 pm

Lacking someone else to do the dirty deed, Microsoft raises false doubts about whether its Hyper-V will run on Intel's Sandy Bridge. (It will; just install the service pack.)
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Facebook open sources hardware specs? Not really.

Posted April 8, 2011 - 1:44 pm

Facebook released the hardware specs and layout for its Prineville, OR data center in an effort to "open source" the specs and release a disruptive force in the hardware vendor/data center sector. But is it really open source?
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