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Intel Invests Billions In Building Super-Tiny Chips

Get ready for the next generation of computer guts. In practical terms, that means we can expect lightning-fast, extended-battery laptops that don't burn your crotch quite so quickly. READ»

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Silicon Wars: The Middle East Takes on Asia

Abu Dhabi is investing a whole lot of cash into a new chip manufacturing facility. Is this a sign of things to come?READ»

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Coming Soon: Mind-Reading Cell Phones

The cell phones of 10 years ago look like ancient relics compared to the smartphones of today. But our iPhones and Droids may be primitive compared to what's coming next. Justin Rattner, Intel's Vice President and Chief Technology ...READ»

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iFive: Intel's Atom and Apps, Verion's V-Cast, Google's Me, Social Apps are Bad For You, HTC Tablet

Welcome to Wednesday: Shake off those dregs of sleepiness, and learn about today's news.READ»

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HP Pulls an Intel, Buys Security Software Firm ArcSight for $1.5 Billion

Intel tried to sew up the "other" end of the computing business recently by buying McAfee. Now PC maker Hewlett Packard is doing something similar: It's buying ArcSight, a corporate-level PC security software firm.READ»

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Intel Spills Google TV Release Date, Says It Can Coexist With Apple TV

Intel CEO Paul Otellini accidentally announced the launch window for Google TV in an interview, along with who he expects the service will appeal to.READ»

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ARM's A15 Chip Means Your 2013 iPhone Will Be Astonishing

ARM only just revealed its Coretex A9 chips, it seems--dual-core madness that'll make next-year's smartphones and tablet PCs serious competitors to laptops. And now here's the A15. With four cores. And speeds up to 2.5GHz.READ»

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AMD's Chip Architect Brad Burgess on Mobile Computing's Future

AMD's Brad Burgess is the chief architect behind the company's future low-power/portable device Bobcat CPUs. We spoke to him about them, but also about the future. READ»

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Staci Palmer Helps Farmers Operate Tractors Remotely

Director of strategic market development, low-power embedded processing, Intel Chandler, Arizona Palmer, 44, works with equipment manufacturers to develop applications using Intel's Atom processors to lend intelligence and ...READ»

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Why Intel Is Buying Infineon

Official word is out that Intel is about to fork over $1.4 billion for the wireless products division of Infineon--partly to screw Apple, partly to cosy-up to its old mate Microsoft. READ»

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iFIve: Cisco, Google and Intel Go Shopping, IPCC in Spotlight, the State of the Gulf, Airline Innovation, Apple DNA Found

The Inn o'Vation. It's more than a cosy holiday getaway, you know.READ»

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Rumor: Intel to Buy Infineon, Maker of the iPhone's Baseband Chip

Intel's presence in the mobile world is close to nil. According to rumors, the company is planning to buy their way into the category by acquiring Infineon, makers of some internals inside the Apple iPhone.READ»

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America's Looming Tech Crunch: Blame Venture Capital, Immigration Law

The U.S. likes to think of itself as a cradle for the world's newest and cleverest tech. But Intel's CEO Paul Otellini is now foretelling a looming high-tech crunch, and the nation's venture capital association is equally worried.READ»

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Intel, Nokia Taking Smartphones Into A Whole New Dimension: The Third

Smartphones have only recently become powerful enough to deal with 3-D graphics, but Intel and Nokia have grand plans for the tech. To this end, they've just opened a new research lab dedicated to "immersive" experiences.READ»

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Qualcomm to Spend $2 Billion on E-ink-Busting Mirasol Display Plant

Qualcomm is about to invest some $2 billion in small change in a new plant for Mirasol displays--the half-LCD/half-e-ink screen tech that can play video in sunlight. It's all thanks to a "major client." Are we talking Amazon here?READ»

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Intel Expands its Empire: Buys McAfee for $7.7 Billion

Intel has just announced it's going to buy one of the most well-known PC security firms, McAfee. It's going to be handing over $7.68 billion to seal the deal, too.READ»

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Intel's Biggest Rival: ARM Chips in Servers and Smartphones

Forget Intel versus AMD--that was a chip-maker battle of yesteryear. Now the real CPU war is happening in smartphones and servers, where Intel is playing a desperate game of catch-up to ARM and a few new contenders.READ»

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FTC Settles Antitrust Case With Monopolistic Intel

Chip-making giant Intel has been a bad company during various parts of its life, waging an anticompetitive war against its rivals. The FTC's been investigating in the U.S. and has just settled with the company. READ»

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GE and Intel to the Old and Infirm: Stay Home!

GE and Intel want to keep sick people at home--instead of the hospital.READ»

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User Experience Whiz Traverses Technological Valleys, Gives Fast Company the Lowdown

Genevieve Bell knows your digital habits better than you do.READ»

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Intel's Silicon and Laser Hook-Up Means Speedier Data Transfer, Reliant on Fiber

Imagine a world where it takes just one second to download a terabyte of data. Well, that world just got a little bit closer, with Intel's breakthrough, known as silicon photonics, in data transfer methods. It works using a ...READ»

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Apple Rumors: New iMac, Mac Pro on Way, With Magic Slate Peripheral Tagging Along?

iPhone fuss be damned: Apple's pushing ahead with refreshing its other hardware, ready to bump up that revenues chart we showed you. Rumors say the Mac Pro and iMac line are getting a revamp, but will we see the Magic Slate too? iMac ...READ»

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Deconfusinator: Why Dell Agreed to Pay $100 Million to Settle SEC Fraud Case

The story: Texas-based Dell and its CEO, Michael Dell, have been under investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission for five years on a fraud case. During the recession, many (non-Apple) tech companies suffered, ...READ»

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Intel's Sales Jump 34%, Its Best Quarter Ever, Buoyed by Sales From the High- and Low-End

Intel posted a whopping 34% jump in sales in the second quarter of this year, which makes it the chip giant's most profitable quarter ever. Isn't this supposed to be a recession?READ»

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Intel Supercomputer Predicts Gulf Spill Atlantic Bound

BP may not know where oil from the Gulf gusher will go next, but Intel does. The Xeon-powered Encanto supercomputer, located at Intel's Rio Rancho campus, is one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. And all of its 3,500 ...READ»