Intel Demonstrates Sandy Bridge Processor

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Monday revealed several significant design features for the company's 2011 next-generation processor family at the Intel Developer Forum. The new and enhanced features will further extend Intel's chip performance and battery life leadership, and add a...

Dell: Enterprise Strategy Doesn't Depend on 3Par Bid

From PC World: Dell may have lost out to Hewlett-Packard in the bidding war for storage vendor 3Par earlier this month, but the computer maker wasn't pained by the decision to walk away.

"At some point, winning is losing. You get [the company], but it's way too expensive," said...

HP to acquire ArcSight for $1.5 billion

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard said Monday it will acquire ArcSight, a security and compliance management company, for $43.50 per share, or a total of $1.5 billion.

The technology giant said that ArcSight's "superior technology" is complementary to HP's own existing security...

Microsoft, Intel tout faster IE9 graphics

From CNET News.com: Recent Microsoft and Intel primers on Internet Explorer 9's accelerated graphics point to snappier Web browsing.

Microsoft will launch the beta of the upcoming Internet Explorer browser on Wednesday at an event in San Francisco as competition from Chrome, Firefox...

New Trojan Hits Android, Study Suggests Better Smartphone Security

From DailyTech: While viruses are not nearly as common on mobile devices as they are on personal computers, security firms have warned about the possibility of app attacks in the past, and we've seen it in the form of an SMS Trojan on the Android platform. Now, a second Trojan has...

Facebook New Internet Super Power; Surpasses Google

From DailyTech: Americans prefer socializing on Facebook to searching for information on Google or looking up videos on YouTube. For the first time since its inception, Facebook beat out Google for a full week as the most visited site in the U.S. That is the word from online...

Slates Are Not Immediate Target, Says AMD

From X-bit Labs: Leslie Sobon, a vice president of Advanced Micro Devices, said that the company had no immediate plans to target the market of slate-type computers. Earlier Ms. Sobon said hybrid chips that feature both x86 and graphics engines would revolutionize tablets.

"I think...

AMD: High-Performance Hybrid Chips Will Be Available in Summer 2011

From X-bit Labs: A high-ranking official for Advanced Micro Devices said that the company would initiate mass shipments of its code-named Llano products in the first half of next year. Partners of AMD would start sales of systems featuring Llano - the hybrid processor that features...

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