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Smartphone Battery Life Would Suck If It Weren’t For These Guys

John Hennessy and David Patterson’s 1980s breakthrough made mobile gadgets possible. Now their gaze is on a new computing revolution.

Computing’s highest award goes to guys who made smartphones possible

We’d all like more battery life from our phones, but the situation could have been much worse without John Hennessy and David Patterson. In the 1980s, as mainframes were yielding ground to microcomputers, the computer scientists invented a new way for software to talk to the CPU, allowing chips to run much faster and use … Continue reading “Computing’s highest award goes to guys who made smartphones possible”

Windows RT: Mission Accomplished

Microsoft’s dumbed-down operating system was a flop with consumers and developers, but it succeeded in pushing the boundaries of the PC.

Intel Goes Hobbyist

The company has partnered with Arduino to create a Quark-based custom board.

Meet The 17-Year-Old Who Created A Brain-Powered Prosthetic Arm

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Is Intel Making Apple’s Next iPhone, iPad Chips?

The next chapter for an already beautiful union could be written soon.

Apple Looks Beyond Intel For Future Mac Chips

Cupertino’s desktop and laptop computer chips may be boldly going where mobile devices have gone before.

AMD To Arm Processors With ARM Chips

ARM Reports Profit Rise Of 23%, Bucking Industry Trend

Microsoft Names Windows 8 Versions (You Might Want To Get Comfortable)

PC Deathwatch: In Which Intel Begins to Sweat

Intel execs just gave an interview talking up the Ultrabook as better than MacBook Airs or iPads. Here’s why:

Follow-Up: Smartphone Desperation (And Innovation?) At MWC

Most Innovative Alumni

It was a year of IPOs, product launches, breakthroughs, and, yes, notable missteps for the class of 2011’s Most Innovative Companies.

What’s Behind Intel’s Expensive Ultrabook Push?

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:

Microsoft’s Windows Tablets Of Next Year…Or Never

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

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

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