Intel Hires Lobbying Firm
Intel Hires Lobbying Firm
MSN MoneyCentral - WASHINGTON (AP) - Computer chip maker Intel Corp. has hired FBA Inc. to lobby the federal government, according to a federal disclosure form. The firm will lobby on issues affecting the development of supercomputers, according to the form posted
Intel-powered classmate PC goes to S’ Africa
Intel-powered classmate PC goes to S’ Africa
Punch - Intel has said that it was extending the Classmate PC scheme to South Africa, following its successful test in Nigeria. According to the firm, a township school in Mabopane, Gauteng, South Africa will take the first tentative steps into this
Podcast: Teen finds success with MyYearbook.com
Podcast: Teen finds success with MyYearbook.com
Tech companies want FCC to open up unused wireless spectrum; MyYearbook.com co-founder is 17; and CNET Labs tests Windows applications on Intel-based Macs.
Tech stocks surge as Fed cuts key rate figure
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Technology stocks surged in early trading Friday as the entire market benefited from the U.S. Federal Reserve cutting the discount rate to 5.75%. Among leading tech stocks, Hewlett-Packard Co. shares rose 75 cents to $46.80 after the technology giant reported upbeat quarterly results on Thursday. Gains also came from Dell Inc. , Apple Inc. , Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. . The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 69 points, or almost 3%, to 2,520.
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Intel intros 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon, drops Pentiums
Intel intros 3.0 GHz quad-core Xeon, drops Pentiums
Sprint to spend $5 billion building high-speed wireless network
Sprint to spend $5 billion building high-speed wireless network
International Herald Tribune - Sprint Nextel forecast $2 billion to $2.5 billion in revenue from WiMax in its 2010 fiscal year. Separately, Sprint said it was in talks with Intel and computer makers about developing computers that have embedded connections to WiMax. “I’m expecting
Intel Cranks Xeon Quad-core Processor up to 3GHz
Intel Cranks Xeon Quad-core Processor up to 3GHz
Intel is giving its Xeon 5300 series a faster server processor and adding a second quad-core model with a 50watt thermal power envelope.
Apple Boot Camp runs to version 1.4
Unrecognized winners
Unrecognized winners
Stocks selected for the Sivy 70 have to meet a number of tests, including sizable annual revenues and market caps. As a result, most of the stocks on the list - from Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble to Intel and Pfizer - are quite well known.
Apple Boot Camp runs to version 1.4
Virtual worlds pose business risks, says Gartner
Virtual worlds pose business risks, says Gartner
Washington Post - Large companies are beginning to take virtual worlds seriously, with enterprises such as Intel, IBM and Sun setting up virtual offices in Second Life, and using it to hold press conferences and even internal meetings. Dell uses Second Life to allow
Unrecognized winners
Unrecognized winners
Stocks selected for the Sivy 70 have to meet a number of tests, including sizable annual revenues and market caps. As a result, most of the stocks on the list - from Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble to Intel and Pfizer - are quite well known.
Semiconductors Heading Higher
The Semiconductor HLDRs (AMEX: SMH) briefly popped above key near-term resistance at 38.00/05, but did not sustain that level — at least not yet. However, my near-term pattern and momentum work argue strongly that higher price will emerge in the upcoming hours that will propel the SMH towards 39.00/25. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), and Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) will be the big drivers of the next upleg in the semiconductors.
Taking the trade out of tradeshows - start-ups set for failure
Taking the trade out of tradeshows - start-ups set for failure
The Register - Intel’s Coming For You Another PR nightmare arrived in our inbox in response to this story about Dell shoving a hypervisor into the flash memory of a future server. As the story points out, Dell looks set to tap either VMware or XenSource into the