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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... (ORNL) - features six-core AMD Opteron processors that deliver 2.3 petaflop/s theoretical peak performance and 1.75 petaflop/s performance on the Linpack benchmark. As expected, Intel responded to AMD's ...

2. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five AMD claims TV couch potatoes are dead  ...

3. Microsoft: No backdoor in Windows 7

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... director of the Electronics Privacy Information Center (EPIC). "The key problem is that NSA has a dual mission, COMPUSEC, computer security, now called cyber security, and SIGINT, signals intelligence, ...

4. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards in SLI, Nvidia 3D Vision glasses and a Samsung 2233RZ 3D Vision Ready Display," said Burke. "[The machine also boasts] an Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition CPU, 12GB ...

5. Auto roti maker wins Intel prize

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And the biodegradable bone The Intel+Berkeley cooperative attempt to promote fresh ideas has announced the three winners of its entrepreneurial push. But we'll start with the third prizewinner as that ...

6. Dell disappoints despite chip up-tick

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... players in the PC sector, Dell's results were disappointing. Chip giant Intel, software giant Microsoft and PC rival Hewlett Packard have all shown recent signs of growth. That poses questions about whether ...

7. China has free reign over US computers

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... Army. "China's peacetime computer exploitation efforts are primarily focused on intelligence collection against US targets and Chinese dissident groups abroad," it said. The committee did not say how ...

8. Google rolls out Chrome OS source code

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... with speed goes all the way down to the metal. We are specifying reference hardware components to create the fastest experience for Google Chrome OS." See Also Intel collaborated with Google on Chrome ...

9. Nvidia remains "committed" to gaming industry

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... reports 3Q revenue jump 
Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's  ...

10. Intel throws millions of Euro into Exascale center

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    Supercomputers a thousand times more powerful Semiconductor company Intel said it will invest many millions of Euro into the Exascale Computing Research Center, in collaboration with the French Commissariat ...

11. Chinese court halts Microsoft OS sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    ... ironically, this is largely because, thanks to piracy, its legitimate sales in the country are tiny. Microsoft says it is appealing the ruling. It says it "respects intellectual property rights" and believes ...

12. AMD to use Intel cash to pay off debt

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 November 2009

    $1.25 billion should keep the wolf from the door for a bit AMD says it plans to reduce its level of debt by $1.4 billion, using a large wedge of the $1.25 billion it received from Intel in exchange for ...

13. Nvidia and Asus tout 3D Vision notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... jump 
Nvidia may be moving into X86 market 
Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's  ...

14. IBM simulates cat, maps human brain to improve chip tech

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... approaching mammalian scale intelligence.  ...

15. EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    'Procedural maladministration' The European Ombudsman has found maladministration in the way the European Commission handled its antitrust investigation into Intel on the grounds that the Commission failed ...

16. Tiny brain is no bar to intelligence, say scientists

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    There's hope for us yet Insects could be as bright as much bigger animals, despite their teeny-tiny brains, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London. Insects can show some pretty intelligent ...

17. Six rules are laid down for Intel to obey

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    AMD files Settlement Agreement The terms of the agreement between AMD and Intel were published as an SEC 8K filing last night. Apart from the patent cross license agreement, lasting five years, licenses ...

18. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 November 2009

    ... help keep it in the lead and ahead of the competition."

 See Also
 Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or ...

19. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ... into X86 market Nvidia: Our nForce chipsets are "better" than Intel's Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance  ...

20. Adobe upgrades Flash player with improved HD support

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    ...  Microsoft takes on Adobe with Silverlight 3 AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five  ...

21. Otellini, Barrett others sued by shareholder over antitrust

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 17 November 2009

    Alleges fiduciary failures A case started in a Delaware district court alleging that senior executives at the Intel Corporation failed in their fiduciary duties to review policy on antitrust activities. ...

22. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... and there are many more memorable and magical moments to experience." See Also AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD AMD says Fusion will knock ...

23. Intel would like to give AMD a Glaswegian kiss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    Opinion Nothing's really changed When AMD and Intel held their journalist conference calls last week, the contrast between the two companies could not be greater. AMD talked as though the $1.25 billion ...

24. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    And announces Nehalem-EX Chip firm AMD is blowing its own trumpet by saying its Jaguar system is the world's supreme supercomputer. But AMD's new friend Intel is not going to take that lying down. It ...

25. Michael Arrington resurrects enigmatic CrunchPad tablet

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... the CrunchPad will carry a $300-$400 price tag and feature an Intel Atom processor along with a 12 inch screen. In addition, the nascent device is expected to include a browser capable of displaying graphic-intensive ...

26. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 November 2009

    ... capabilities and multi-threading capacity with up to 16 dedicated cores. The complete Top500 list can be viewed here. See Also AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five AMD claims TV couch ...

27. Weekly hardware roundup

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 14 November 2009

    ... for Intel's Atom processor in the latest version of Snow Leopard. AMD: Fusion is the future AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri: "Fusion is the combination of many decades of computing. It's the ...

28. Nvidia CEO says he is "all" Apple

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 November 2009

    ... for you with the exception of what Intel allows us to use. That’s not their promise. And that's why I'm all Apple! At home it's just Macs everywhere. It's Nvidia's technology in all of them, but I use ...

29. Intel maintains innocence despite $1.25 billion cash payoff

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Convictions have not "wavered" Intel has agreed to pay AMD $1.25 billion to settle a number of anti-trust and patent cross-licensing disputes. However, the Santa Clara-based company continues to insist ...

30. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Analysis: Broad agreement to establish industry ground rules Updated: God alone knows how much lawyers have benefited from the latest spat between AMD and Intel. Today the two companies announced a settlement ...

31. Intel settles antitrust dispute with AMD

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    Breaking Intel pays AMD $1.25 billion Intel said that it and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have settled all outstanding legal disputes between them - including litigation and patent disputes. A joint ...

32. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... So what do top execs earn? Intel's Paul Otellini earns $1,000,000 a year and also collected a bonus of $3,873,300.  Steve Ballmer, the successor to Gates as CEO, has a salary of $665,833 and a bonus ...

33. How TG Daily is put together

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... to Win7, Aero Peek would let people see through them while you were in the shower [10:05:11] Evil Spinola: Which would obviously be horrible. For them. [10:05:42] Good Spinola: do you have an intelligent ...

34. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... and we've made it faster and slimmed down the code to make it more effective." See Also Opinion: Ditching Windows has never felt so good Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption Intel: Windows 7 offers ...

35. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    The graphics bone connected to the CPU zone At a reviewers’ day at the Lone Star facility in Austin TX last week, AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri waxed large on Fusion and the potential it has ...

36. Marvell employee accused of profiting in Galleon case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... not been charged, and declined to comment on Far's allegations. See Also Wall Street Journal (subscription needed) Ruiz quits Global Foundries Otellini: Intel knew nothing about Galleon insider trading ...

37. 55 inch B&O TV a snip at $18,700

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... by one-touch operation from a Bang & Olufsen remote control, presumably operated by the owner's butler. "BeoVision 7-55 is the cornerstone in the intelligent home as it is a fantastic hub for combining ...

38. Intel Reader gizmo will read text to you

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Using the Atom Semiconductor giant Intel said it has created a Reader that will convert printed text to digital text and read it out aloud. The Reader is aimed at helping around 55 million people in the ...

39. Atom Hackintosh netbooks crash and burn

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    Snow Leopard infinity loop
 Apple has apparently struck a deadly blow against the burgeoning Hackintosh community by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest version of Snow Leopard.  ...

40. Nvidia: Fermi production schedule remains on track

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... on track. "Nothing's changed on this since the (October 2009) GPU Technology Conference," said the spokesperson. "We'll be in production in the next couple of months."See AlsoNvidia taunts Intel with cartoon ...

41. Microprocessor sales aided by Atom smasher

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... the pack with sales of Intel's Atom increasing by 35.7 percent in Q3, compared to Q2 2009. But desktop PC CPUs also rose by 11.4 percent, and X86 server processor sales rose by 12.2 percent quarter on ...

42. Nvidia taunts Intel with cartoon parody site

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Quick. Draw! Graphics firm Nvidia appears to have decided to develop a sense of humor and mock the mighty Intel with a web site it appears to sponsor called intelsinsides. If it is an Nvidia site, that ...

43. Global Foundries will bash up Intel's process lead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Strides'r'us The chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has claimed that the spun-off division that makes its microprocessors will outpace Intel in the foreseeable future. Joe Macri ...

44. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... of total revenue. Sales of chipsets designed for Intel- based desktop and notebook PCs were up 33 percent sequentially. However, sales of chipsets for AMD desktop PCs were down 27 percent due to an AMD ...

45. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... week," added Baker. 
 See Also Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability Windows 7 upgrades crash and burn Is Windows 7 too good for Apple to FUD? How Microsoft blindsided vulnerable ...

46. Apple reverses Atom Snow Leopard ban

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    OS X on a netbook Hackintosh Apple has reportedly restored support for Intel's Atom processor in the latest Snow Leopard build. "Atom appears to have resurrected itself zombie style in 10C535," confirmed ...

47. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... it had made of customers at a local Best Buy store just a few days earlier. They were asked if they had heard of SysMark, BAPCO and the like and it’s obvious that although these were intelligent users ...

48. Prosthetic hand gives sensation of touch

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... I don't have them anymore. It's amazing." With the help of the TAU team, the SmartHand project was able to integrate recent advances in today's 'intelligent' prosthetic hands with the basic features of ...

49. New York sues Intel for antitrust behavior

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    The Attorney General of New York accused Intel of antitrust behavior today. The Attorney General of New York accused Intel of antitrust behavior today Andrew Cuomo alleged that the Santa Clara company ...

50. Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... outfit needs to preserve both GPU and chipset revenue and pushing into the x86 market is the best way forward. Nvidia is involved in a spat with Intel over rights to develop chipsets for future Intel ...