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1. Nvidia taunts Intel with cartoon parody site

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   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 ...

2. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... 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 ...

3. USB 3 turns into handbag fight between Intel and Nvidia

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Intel and Nvidia might not be the best of chums at the moment, but it seems that the USB3  standard is turning into a handbags at dawn fight between them. Intel and Nvidia might not be the best of chums ...

4. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... The GPU gives the best performance per watt per dollar, he said. “We’re totally focused on the platform now and we have all the essentials.” Intel and Nvidia don’t give Bergman any nightmares, or if they ...

5. AMD: The netbook category is all a bit of a blur

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... buy off a term.” The cynical might suggest that the reason AMD isn’t particularly enthused about the netbook category, which Intel essentially owns. The point is, AMD says, that people should buy machines ...

6. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... ATI graphics not working properly, Compiz performance very poor, wireless dropping out, wireless not always picked up." "I liked Intrepid, I was annoyed at the Intel fiasco in Jaunty, and now it seems ...

7. Asus introduces Superspeed USB 3.0 mobo

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... P7DP55DE-E uses Intel's P55 Express chipset, and even though this chipset does not support USB 3.0, Asus has added in support from an unknown third party manufacturer. Intel is rumored not to be ready ...

8. Intel sues news service over Intel name

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Chip giant Intel filed a case in a California district court alleging that a news service specializing in news about Mexico has infringed its trademark. Chip giant Intel filed a case in a California ...

9. 10 reasons why analog is better than digital

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   ... it was wearing seven league boots. But quite often, it doesn't seem to quite grasp the nuances of the analog voice. 7. Artificial intelligence is the realm of the digital. But it's also analog too. So ...

10. Intel: Windows 7 offers "improved" performance and stability

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    An Intel spokesperson recently told TG Daily that Microsoft Windows 7 offers "improved performance and stability" compared to Vista and the veteran, yet aging XP operating system.An Intel spokesperson ...

11. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... those consumers, wizened by the experiences of the past year, will spend a bit more and “buy up” but cautiously and intelligently. This is a good thing for the consumer, for the industry, and for the ...

12. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    ... stupid, we'll point it out. When it does something good, we might even praise them a bit. And so it is that, unlike most IT sites, we don't have a news agenda. We're not pro Intel or AMD, for Microsoft ...

13. Intel optimizes Windows 7 SSD performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Intel has introduced a solid-state drive toolbox that optimizes 34nm X25-M SATA SSD performance in Windows 7. According to company spokesperson Pete Hazen, both the optimizer and accompanying firmware update ...

14. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tilera has launched an advanced line of TILE-Gx processors that reportedly offer "ten times better" compute efficiency than Intel's next-generation Westmere chip. The processors - fabricated in TSMC's ...

15. Nokia, Apple suit reeks of desperation

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... talking about redefining what's happening."A law suit could certainly redefine what's happening but as watchers of the continual litigation between Intel and AMD know, these kind of court cases take years ...

16. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... benchmarks - and offered savings of $400 compared to the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400. Similarly, the AMD Athlon II X3 435 processor offers savings of over $1005 while providing up to 75 percent better media ...

17. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... be easily overlooked include Intel's Craig Barrett and Paul Otellini, whose tenure at the top of the microprocessor giant overlapped during the decade. Even their combined genius was not enough to lead ...

18. Acer claims it will knock Dell off pole position

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Taiwanese manufacturer Acer claims that in the next two quarters it will beat Dell and become the world's biggest PC manufacturer.Taiwanese manufacturer Acer claims that in the next two quarters it will ...

19. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    News Analysis Microsoft's future begins next week. That's when the company ships Windows 7, its latest operating system. If Microsoft stumbles with Windows 7 as it did with Vista, people will start ...

20. HP takes on Apple with music notebook

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... a PC. There are two stereo outputs plus an ultraloud output level. Based around an Intel Core i7 mobile processor, it weighs 5.19 pounds and is just an inch thick. There's a choice of two 15.6-inch ...

21. Apple threatens Woolworths over new logo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... organisation tasked with regulating intellectual property, bans Woolworths' trademark on the grounds that ‘consumers may not be able to differentiate between the two brands’ and claims the grocery chain ...

22. Intel sues Silicon Valley partner

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Chip giant Intel started a law suit in a California district court alleging that Intelop - an IP developer and engineering design services firm in Silicon Valley breaches its trademark name.Chip giant ...

23. Ballmer: Windows 7 is a better Windows than any Windows

    (Software/Software Features)

    The CEO of Microsoft came out with an astonishing statement today - he said that Windows 7 is a better Windows than any other Windows.The CEO of Microsoft came out with an astonishing statement today ...

24. Intel Developer Forum was a bishop’s egg

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) – let us rather describe it as a bishop’s egg – the only bad part about it being the shell that covers the interior. Or maybe IDF was an onion – there are many different ...

25. Microsoft confirms no Windows 7 restrictions for netbooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... or business features. The three application limit isn’t there anymore." Microsoft's reassurance follows heavy hints dropped earlier this week at Intel's Developer Forum in San Francisco. The Starter ...

26. Intel and Apple are at the crossroads

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... be the last truly great Intel CEO. It is amazing how companies seem to lose their way once a founder that has been so instrumental in driving the company to success departs.  Microsoft just ...

27. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Opinion Intel really seems to believe that the Atom is the CPU of the future. As we reported earlier today, it showed off future iterations of the Atom and has ambitious plans for the future too. Intel ...

28. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    A senior Intel executive opened up this year's Intel Developer Forum this morning. Usually it's Pat Gelsinger who opens the show. Intel has thoughtfully provided white boards for people to write messages ...

29. EU says Google AdWords are fair game

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    While the EU is content to slam Intel and Microsoft for billions in antitrust suits, it takes a rather more relaxed view on fellow US giant Google, presumably on the grounds that it's not evil. While ...

30. SuperSpeed controller to boost adoption of USB 3.0

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Intel Developer Forum. Demonstrations will include an Asus X58 motherboard exchanging data with a LucidPort USB mass storage device, the latter running the USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP). There will ...

31. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... It is very thin and can be had with AMD or Intel processors, LED backlit screen, and discrete graphics.   Less than an inch thick and with a 4.2 pound carry weight this isn’t the thinnest or ...

32. Activision unshackles platform gaming with untethered systems

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... consoles and PCs have been around since the early 2000's. "Namco, Intellivision, and Atari have all released 'Plug and Play' gaming devices that allow consumers to play some of our industry's classics ...

33. Intel's Pat Gelsinger leaves for EMC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    UPDATED: A report said that Pat Gelsinger, a senior vice president at the Intel Corporation, is to leave the company after 30 years in harness to join storage company EMC.A report said that Pat Gelsinger, ...

34. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... about what the speed of a CPU is, nor do they particularly need to know about the number of cores a processor has. What they do need to know is what a machine does. Intel, she thinks, still concentrates ...

35. Microsoft reckons Win7 beats Linux as the Best Buy

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... can be described as misleading, but that's what marketing is all about. Intel produces stuff like this knocking AMD and AMD does the same in reverse, so why everyone is feigning shock and amazement that ...

36. Windows 7 may be fab but it's pure marketing bamboozle

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... sparkling "ring of confidence" and Intel had a bash at it in the 1990s by applying Intel Inside to a component and attempting to fool us all into thinking that a CPU was the "brain of a computer".When ...

37. Intel boss confident of market upturn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Intel CEO Paul Otellini reckons he can see light at the end of the tunnel for the IT industry. London, England - Intel CEO Paul Otellini reckons he can see light at the end of the tunnel for the IT ...

38. AMD launches 40W six-core Opteron processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... manufactured by the competition [Intel Xeon], our six-core EE Opteron retains certain, much-loved features that are consistent with AMD's HE iteration. For example, we have not reduced the memory speed, ...

39. Humbled Psystar hopes to 'coexist' with Apple

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... along with a keyboard and mouse. The entry level Rebel 19" - which includes a 2.33 GHz Intel Quad Core processor and 500 GB hard drive - is priced at $900. The higher-end 22" is priced at $1300 and offers ...

40. Semi market stutters all the way through this year

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... players like TSMC. Rank Company CEO 1 Intel Corporation Paul Otellini 2 Samsung Electronics Kim-Hee Lee 3 Toshiba Semiconductors Shozo Saito 4 Texas Instruments ...

41. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of Compaq, just turned straight round to his Intel German compatriot and accused the chip giant of competing against its customers with the Intel Inside programme.There are many other tales from Etre which ...

42. Snapdragons snap at Intel's heels

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Analysis - Intel may not be too happy about this, but if reports are true, a large number of Taiwanese manufacturers are set to introduce smartbooks based on ARM Snapdragon and ARM Tegra technology.Analysis ...

43. Google's Schmidt quits Apple board

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and Google have mutually decided to call it a day. Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini, is a member of Google's board, but so far there doesn't seem to be any conflict over his position there. Indeed, Intel recently ...

44. Intel confirms problem with solid state drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Chip giant Intel has confirmed that it is "pausing shipments" of SSD drives because of a password problem on its 34 nanometer NAND flash based drives. Chip giant Intel has confirmed that it is ...

45. Engineers rewrite Asimov's three laws

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... in IEEE Intelligent Systems.  ...

46. Intel finds itself in Daniel's Den over battery life

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      A class action started in a San Jose district court alleging that chip giant Intel is misleading people about the battery life of a laptop. A class action started in a San Jose district court alleging ...

47. Global Foundries wants firms to delay moving to larger wafers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ...  The over-cynical might say that the reason it had to move so fast is because its competitor, Intel, had already started manufacturing using the 45 nanometer process and is already preparing to move its ...

48. Netbooks start to flatten notebook sales

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Intel had better hope it gets sufficient volumes from its Atom CPUs because according to a major research company, sales of notebooks are starting to flatten while netbook shipments will double this ...

49. Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... and down and demanding that Google backs off. If Microsoft and Intel are bogeymen, Google is the devil incarnate. If you're not very worried indeed about Google, you probably suffer from learning difficulties. ...

50. Firefox, IE. Tech journalists are a disgrace

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... think it's big and clever to write MS with a dollar sign instead of an S. Might have been funny the first time, but not 20 years on. It's terribly big and clever to criticise Intel, but where are the ...