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CinemaNow and Intel team up to offer 1080p video to 2011 Core users

Published on: 30th October, 2011

CinemaNow is currently offering 1080p HD movies for rental and purchase with Intel’s help. The company has added various HD titles to their catalog. The division of Best Buy had previously only offered standard-definition media. CinemaNow and Intel have worked together to make sure that any computer running on a second generation (Sandy Bridge) Core [...]

Dell opens up R&D near Intel and Apple

Published on: 13th April, 2011

Dell has announced the opening of a new research and development center in Silicon Valley, in proximity of Apple and Intel’s headquarters. Dell’s headquarter will remain in Texas, but the new space is meant to keep intellectual talent coming from the company’s acquisitions of Scalent, Zing, Ocarina and Everdream under a single roof. Dell’s workforce [...]

New netbook dual-core Atom chip announced by Intel

Published on: 10th March, 2011

Intel has officially announced the new dual-core Atom N570 netbook processor through CeBIT. The company’s new processor has been built on a 45nm process and it runs at 1.66GHz, which makes the processor a little bit faster than the N550, the first netbook dual-core Atom. Intel’s processor includes 1MB of L2 cache and supports DDR3 [...]

Apple to unveil Light Peak but under a new name

Published on: 23rd February, 2011

Apple is expected to unveil the use of Light Peak soon, according to recent rumors. The 10Gbps peripheral interface of Intel would be made public after a short time but would have a different name for the Mac. CNET did not confirm whether or not the interface would be also part of the MacBook Pros [...]

Intel builds a $5 billion factory in Arizona

Published on: 23rd February, 2011

Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO, has announced the company’s plans to build a new factory in Arizona, which is expected to cost over $5 billion. The expansion strategy, unveiled during Barack Obama’s tour of the research and manufacturing facilities of the company in Portland, is part of a larger plan which involves bringing 4,000 new employees [...]

MacBook Air will still have Core 2 but a lower price

Published on: 19th October, 2010

The 11.6-inch MacBook Air of Apple is believed to have a modest update of its processor but will compensate in other aspects. It will still have a Core 2 Duo processor, most probably like the existing S series in current Air, but there will certainly be an upgrade to the GeForce 320M (MCP89) for improved [...]

Intel accepts iPad might affect PC sales

Published on: 18th October, 2010

During a call dedicated to the discussion of its summer results, Intel admitted that the iPad cold impact on computer sales but minimized the idea of a long-term effect. Intel’s officials said that the iPad was taking away sales situated “at the margin” because customers who do not have a large income always hat to [...]

Apple, Google and others have agreed to cease anti-poaching deals

Published on: 29th September, 2010

A settlement has been established between the Department of Justice and several technology firms to cease anti-poaching job deals. Apple, Adobe, Intel, Google, Pixar and Intuit have all agreed to end anti-competitive deals meant to prevent them to recruit each other’s staff. The companies agreed to allow both “cold calls” and other active hiring tries [...]

Google, Apple and others trying to settle poaching case

Published on: 20th September, 2010

Several companies are in talks with the Department of Justice and try to avoid an investigation related to anti-competitive hiring deals. Among these companies, Adobe, Apple, Google, Intuit, Intel and Pixar are trying to forefend an antitrust case. They are supposed to stop any pacts they have to prevent poaching each other’s employees. The Wall [...]

Child-sensing remote from Intel and Arizona State

Published on: 14th July, 2010

Remote controls for TVs which can detect the user and customize access to content according to necessities may be possible thanks to a project leaded by Magdiel Galan at the Arizona State University, together with several colleagues at Intel Labs. Researchers have used volunteers to determine how a certain individual holds the specially designed remote, [...]

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