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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

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

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

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

13. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... 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 ...

14. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against Hackintosh rebels by disabling support for Intel's Atom processor in the next version of Snow Leopard. Apple has stepped up its war of attrition against ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    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 ...

16. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

17. Ubuntu bug subjects TG Daily hack to wrath of fanbois

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    ... side" radio button line was missing entirely, and the manual option didn't show either the sda or the sdb SATA disk drives (intel chipset). It looked normal on a system with only 1 SATA drive." So there ...

18. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Monday, 26 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

19. Psystar bootlegs Snow Leopard for the masses

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    Psystar has introduced a $50 software suite that allows OS X Snow Leopard to run on generic Intel-based hardware. The suite - known as Rebel EFI - is reportedly compatible with Intel Core 2 Duo, Core ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... 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 ...

21. Intel, ASML bring cheer to the chip market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    Unexpectedly good results for Intel's third quarter combined with ASML turning in a profit for its third quarter is bound to bring some hope that the semiconductor industry is on the turn.Unexpectedly ...

22. Windows 7 won't be successful until 2011

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    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 ...

23. Gateway takes on Apple's iMac

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... MSRPWindows 7 Home OS20-inch HD widescreen Ultrabright LCDResolution: 1600 x 900 resolutionIntel Pentium Dual Core Processor T4300 (2.1GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)Intel GL40 Express ChipsetIntel GMA ...

24. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger once predicted that Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers would act as "cash machines" for the IT industry. Although Pat recently left the company to pursue other opportunities ...

25. ARM changes name of the netbook game

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Analysis: While GlobalFoundries and ARM are not yet ready to discuss the full deal between them, the news is significant, not just for those two companies, but for the Intel Corporation too.Analysis: ...

26. ARM confirms it's chatting to GlobalFoundries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... are in deep congress over cooperating on semiconductor production.Bloomberg chatted to an ARM vice president of marketing who confirmed the company has Intel in its sights and wants 15 percent of the mini-notebook ...

27. Intel Developer Forum was a bishop’s egg

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

28. Asetek liquid cooling chills Alienware's Area 51

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... drove our decision to make Asetek Liquid Cooling standard on our newest Alienware Aurora and Area-51 systems. "With Asetek liquid cooling we are able to push Intel's Core i7 performance further, giving ...

29. GameTree ports PC-based content to HD television sets

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    GameTree has partnered with Intel to offer an on-demand gaming platform for HD TV. The platform - known as GameTree.tv - is expected to run on Intel CE media processor powered set-top boxes and other ...

30. Dell unveils five Alienware gaming rigs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 23 September 2009

    ... ALX – The Aurora line features the new Intel Core i7 processor, including an optional Extreme Edition overclocked to 3.6GHz. According to Dell, the Aurora line of desktops are designed for hardcore gaming, ...

31. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... - is capable of achieving a blazingly fast transfer rate of 270MB per second. Intel Developer Forum - MCCI and Symwave are showcasing the world's "highest performing" USB 3.0 system at IDF 2009. The next-generation ...

32. Is Intel's Atom really the future?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    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 ...

33. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 21 September 2009

    The European Commission has finally gotten around to publishing a non-confidential version of its Intel Decision, dating back to 13 May 2009 that found Intel broke EC Treaty antitrust rules by engaging ...

34. Word is, Windows 7 for Netbooks won't be crippled

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    ... to be decided, but the sources indicated that pressure from Intel - and to a lesser extent the poor ODMs (original design manufacturers) that build the machines were all in a tizzy over their machines ...

35. Apple snaps up top Intel lawyer

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 September 2009

    The second high profile casualty of yesterday's Intel management reshuffle, ex-General Counsel Bruce Sewell, is moving down the road to Cupertino to take on the same role at Apple. The second high profile ...

36. Captchas show machines just don't have warped minds

    (Security/Security Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... on an accurate picture, while humans were able to tell what the picture was even though it was distorted. But watch this space. "We are seeing more intelligently designed computer programs that can ...

37. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

38. Intel boss confident of market upturn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    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 ...

39. In July, chips bursting out all over

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 30 August 2009

    ... of the biggest monthly jumps in 10 years. Last week Intel said that sales in its financial quarter would be better than expected and figures from the WSTS point to sales of memory chips, PCs and automotive ...

40. Nefarious Donbot spews URL-shortened spam

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    ... However, it only took Cutwail a matter of days to recover, demonstrating just how powerful and intelligent this botnet has become," said Sergeant. "The almost immediate recovery of Cutwail seems to suggest ...

41. Intel forecasts better times ahead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 28 August 2009

    On the back of better-than-expected demand, Intel says it now expects third quarter revenue to hit $9 billion, half a billion more than expected.Santa Clara, CA - On the back of better-than-expected demand, ...

42. Diagnostic tool could save traders a packet

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    ... to tuning their algorithmic trading programs to make more intelligent investments, instead of worrying about delays through obscure routers,” said Varghese. The full paper is available here.  ...

43. Intel Corporation sues Harris Corporation over Centrino mark

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    Giant chip firm Intel took issue with Harris Corporation and filed a trademark infringement case in a Northern California district court at the end of last week.Giant chip firm Intel took issue with ...

44. Desktop PCs are not quite dead yet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 August 2009

    ... casts serious doubt on the future of the desktop PC. According to the report, chip giant Intel recently held a summit in mainland China in an attempt to form a strategy that will revive the market. It ...

45. Chip market rebounds in Q2, but IDC cautious on Q3

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    Worldwide PC microprocessor shipments in the second quarter rose significantly, says IDC. While the increase is 'unusually positive' for the second quarter, IDC reckons that Intel and OEM inventory ...

46. Etre reaches a 20 year milestone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 05 August 2009

    ... 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 ...

47. Intel lets Facebook users put spare time to good use

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 03 August 2009

    As if Facebook users didn't already have far too much time on their hands, Intel has teamed up with GridRepublic to launch a Facebook application that allows the spare processing power in their PCs ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

      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 ...

49. Updated: Intel formally appeals $1.45 billion antitrust fine

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 22 July 2009

    Intel has formally appealed a $1.45 billion fine imposed by the EU (European Union) in response to various antitrust violations. The EU leveled the hefty fine in May after ruling that the Santa Clara-based ...

50. Graphics market has worst ever year

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    ... Intel, Nvidia and AMD-ATI will upset the status quo. Growth will come in 2010 because of Microsoft and Apple's new operating systems. And the graphics processing unit (GPU) will become a seriously ...