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

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   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 ...

2. Windows 7 sales outpace Vista adoption

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Prosthetic hand gives sensation of touch

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   ... 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... She said that focus groups show that there’s a delicate balance between explaining technology and reassuring people they don’t have to fully understand that technology. She continued: “Intel has made ...

7. 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 ...

8. Apple drops Atom bomb on Hackintosh netbook rebels

   (Software/Software Features)

   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 ...

9. The NSA's Latest Listening Post

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Utah. Once completed it will store trillions of phone conversations, e-mail messages and whatever other private communications the secret intelligence agency can snag from around the world. And, if history ...

10. 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 ...

11. Intel, Numonyx trumpet phase change memory breakthrough

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Intel and Numonyx say they've achieved a breakthrough in the research of phase change memory (PCM), a non-volatile memory technology bringing together the benefits of a range of different memory types. ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. Geeks Are Losers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... grateful he'll never be able to rule the world. Another frightening example comes from Rick Hodgin's exceptional essay on this site last year on Intel's vPro technology, a microprocessor system that ...

18. Nokia sues Apple over alleged iPhone patent infringement

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for," Nokia spokesperson ...

19. Acer introduces Aspire 3D laptop

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... price point of $800, also offers an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600 (2 MB L2 cache, 2.2GHz, 800 MHz FSB), Dolby surround sound and Windows 7 Home Premium. Additional specs include: ATI Mobility Radeon ...

20. 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 ...

21. 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 ...

22. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"  ...

23. HP rolls out notebooks: Hails Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... PC is the HP Elite 7000, equipped with Windows 7, DDR3 memory support, an Intel P55 Express chipset and a choice of either i5 or i7 CPUs. Up to eight gigabytes of memory can be installed, and the machines ...

24. WiMAX has failed, industry guru claims

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... has its place, however. He said he was in Kazan, the capital of former Soviet state Tata, and he was greeted by the president who showed off his  BlackBerry, powered by WiMAX.Intel responded swiftly ...

25. Government anti-leak document leaked

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... scandal over expenses claims. According to  the Daily Mail, the security manual which sets out tactics for preventing Chinese and Russian intelligence services from using blackmail or hi-tech gadgets ...

26. High tech won't save the economy this time

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... Stagnation and recession were global conditions. But in Silicon Valley unemployment was only 7.5 percent. At the time mid-size companies there like Intel, AMD, Apple, and countless others who have since ...

27. Uniloc prepares to fight for its $388 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Uniloc will continue to protect its intellectual property and appeal the Judge's decision to override the jury's verdict to the US Court of Appeals. We are confident that Uniloc will ultimately prevail." ...

28. 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 ...

29. ARM changes name of the netbook game

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    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: ...

30. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Intel P55-based (Lynnfield) system features 3 PCIe slots for graphic cards and uses the SoC's real-time distributed processing engine to serve as an intelligent graphic load balancer for custom GPU combinations. ...

31. 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 ...

32. Settlement looks likely in AMD-Intel civil case

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    The word on the chip strasse is that Intel and AMD may well reach a settlement before the long-running civil case between the companies comes to court in spring 2010.The word on the chip strasse is ...

33. Intel will soon have real reasons to fear ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... world, is getting a little rattled. A GlobalFoundries deal with ARM would bring an awful lot to the party. During this week's Intel Developer Forum, senior executives at the chip company outlined their ...

34. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... foundries. Compelling evidence emerged at this week's Intel Developer Forum that there's certainly no smoke without fire. Because Apple has recruited not just one chief technology officer formerly with ...

35. 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 ...

36. 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 ...

37. MCCI showcases 270MB/s USB 3.0 system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... - 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 ...

38. 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 ...

39. SGI introduces Octane III 'personal' supercomputer

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... a "new era" of innovation in strategic science, research, development and visualization. Intel Developer Forum 2009 - SGI has introduced a "personal" supercomputer capable of accommodating up to 80 high-performance ...

40. EU publishes lurid details of Intel antitrust ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    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 ...

41. TracFone sues "Intel Wireless" for reselling phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... illegally resold TracFone wireless phones and services. Tracfone sued defendants Idel Ravelo, Intel Wireless Corp, Lee E Scarborough, Wireless Track Inc, Arshad Ahmad, Hassan Soueidan and Farooq Hussain. ...

42. Apple snaps up top Intel lawyer

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    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 ...

43. HP debuts aluminum notebooks - at a price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... head of PC notebook design for HP. "Notebooks have become a status symbol for users, who are looking for high-quality materials and simple designs." The ProBook range features Intel Celeron or Core ...

44. To lose one Gelsinger is careless. To lose three is an Intel catastrophe

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... decided to tidy up his desk and move his caravanserai to storage company EMC. But we can certainly make some educated guesses. Gelsinger was an Intel man through and through - Intel ran through him as ...

45. 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, ...

46. Channel thinks Windows 7 won't help a lot

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... include TSMC, Samsung and Intel. ...

47. Western Digital intros 640GB notebook drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... drives include technology with fancy names - WhisperDrive uses algorithms to cut down noise; ShockGuard is intended to offer the best shock tolerance specification; while IntelliSeek calculates the optimum ...

48. Server sales continue to plummet

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... waiting for the latest AMD Istanbul and Intel Nehalem server CPUs to ship.  ...

49. Desseret Funderburk starts fresh Bapco, Intel class action

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    We reported a month ago that Intel and benchmarking firm Bapco faced a class action alleging that the use of the MobileMark 2007 benchmark misled people on the battery life of a notebook.We reported ...

50. In July, chips bursting out all over

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... 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 ...