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What's Behind Intel's Expensive Ultrabook Push?

The continuing storm of mobile devices is changing the way people compute on the move and at home--and that's forcing Intel to innovate. READ»

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Rumor Patrol: Apple's Juicy 2012 Plans

2012 has barely begun, and forget Steve Ballmer's CES keynote: The tech world is already abuzz with Apple intrigue. Here's our take:READ»

Microsoft's Windows Tablets Of Next Year...Or Never

What powerful features will Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablets have for us in 2012? How much more clever will iOS get? The sky seems to be the limit in both cases. Unfortunately, we can't say the same for Microsoft.READ»

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Facebook Settles FTC Privacy Complaints, Battlefield 3 Banned In Iran, Buyers Circle Yahoo

Breaking bits of innovation from the vigilant Fast Company staff. Check back for updates all day.READ»

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Crazy Sexy Windows 8 Has Scorching Hot New Looks ... But It's What's Inside That Counts

Microsoft teased Windows 8 for tablets late last night, giving us a sexy peep at its UI. The tech world has since gone aflutter, despite big questions about Microsoft's approach. And the real innovation is behind the scenes: ARM chip support.READ»

Why Intel Tapped Two Quirky Chinese Wedding Photogs For Its Latest Ad Campaign

Kitty and Lala are Chinese wedding photographers and bloggers who are introducing a playful, modern angle into fuddy-duddy Chinese wedding photos. They're also part of Intel's global campaign to promote its new-gen Core 2 CPUs. The pairing makes sense on a number of levels--but will it resonate with American audiences? READ»

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iFive: Twitter's Own Pics, Samsung's Million Sales, Pentagon Defines Cyber War, ARM's Tablet Plans, VoIP Beating Phones

The long weekend is now over--it's time to get caught up on the biggest news. To help, here's iFive, our daily summary of what's happening:READ»

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Hot Apple Rumor Of The Day: An ARM A5-Powered MacBook

There are whispers from a pretty reliable source that the House of Jobs is testing a MacBook computer powered by one of its own ARM A5 chips, straight from an iPad. It may be the Mac of the future. Should Intel worry?READ»

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iFive: PayPal Sues Google, Intel Making Peer Chips?, Windows Phone App Price, Twitter Adds "Shuffle" Button, Google Gives Us $10

On this day in history the first transatlantic flight finally landed in Lisbon, the Model-T Ford was discontinued, the Chrysler building opened and the Golden Gate bridge had its first pedestrians. But for what's happening right now, read on:READ»

Microsoft's Tablet Misstep: No Legacy Apps On ARM

When Windows 8 arrives it'll come in several flavors, supporting both Intel and ARM processors...but on ARM, no legacy-code support will be possible. Microsoft may be shooting itself in the foot.READ»

Dreams Of Macs With All-Day Batteries May Come True, If Apple Ditches Intel For ARM

Rumors are flying that Apple might pull the old chip switcheroo again and embrace ARM CPUs instead of Intel's silicon. That would make your MacBook lasts pretty much all day on a charge. And a million graphic designers' Mac-loving hearts just started racing...READ»

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iFive: iPhone 5 In September, Intel's Record Income, Future ARM Tablet Chips, Windows 8's Cloud Sync, YouTube Goes WebM

Get your morning off to a flying start with iFive--our summary of the early news:READ»

Apple Teaches Google About Product Synergy (Lesson Learned?)

Google's Android OS has made great strides in seizing marketshare among smartphones, but the fragmentation of devices has finally caught Google's attention--for its Honeycomb tablet OS, hardware specs will be much tighter. It's a lesson from Apple.READ»

TI's Chips Will Make 2012's Tablets Real-Time 3-D Supercomputers

Texas Instruments has just outed a chip well ahead of its 2012 availability date, but it's such a hot ticket item it's worth knowing about--because it may enable your tablet PCs of next year to surpass your laptops of this year, with whizbang features like real-time 3-D video.READ»

Sony's PSP2 Is a Game-Changer--But You Can't Have It for Months

Sony revealed its PSP2 handheld games console this morning, and among the incredible innovations is the secret to its success--a chipset that beats almost everything else out there this year. The problem is, you can't get your hands on it until late this year.READ»

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iPhone 5 to Use Apple A8 Chip and Qualcomm Silicon? (Hint: Yes--and No)

There's a rumor that Apple's planning on the tech for its next-gen iPhone. Here, an examination of what will really happen.READ»

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iPad 2 Rumor Round-Up: This Time It's Thinner, Quicker, More Photo-Friendly

We know the iPad 2 is coming--be it a feeling in your bones, a sign in the wind, or because it's typical of Apple's normal update patterns. But now we have enough rumors to give us a shape to the idea, and hints about what its tech'll be like.READ»

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iFive: FCC Bars Paid Priority Net Traffic, Kindle Sells Millions, Windows Going on ARM, Red Hat Profit, Avatar Tops Pirate List

Wednesday's here, so to help you get over the hump here's the early tech news digested down to small, delicious nuggets for easy reading:READ»

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Why Doesn't Steve Jobs Care About USB 3.0?

Intel's 2012 CPUs will have baked-in support for super-speed USB 3.0, the tech that Steve Jobs just noted isn't taking off due to...lack of Intel support. What's going on?READ»

Marvell's Triple-Core Mobile Chip Could Make 2011 Smartphones Smokin'

The smartphone and tablet revolution is propelled along by clever designs, but also by clever hardware, and Marvell's just revealed a 1.5GHz, triple-core mobile CPU that delivers the kind of processing power your current-gen phone merely dreams of.READ»