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Intel Will Showcase Dual Core Android Smartphones At The Mobile World Congress

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU Intel has announced that it will showcase Android devices running a new dual core, dual graphics platform at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 25 to 28.  “Specifically, Intel will showcase its latest smartphone technologies and devices running the Android* platform, including a new dual core, dual graphics platform, as well as OEM- and service provider-supported devices based on the company’s new Intel® AtomTM Z2420 platform targeted at emerging markets,”…

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Welcome to IBM’s Supercomputer Waterworld of the Future

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As reported on Wired. BY ROBERT MCMILLAN Computers are just too damned hot. It’s becoming a real problem. Big internet companies like Facebook have taken Intel to task over the issue and — sensing a real opportunity — other companies have started to build new systems using the same kinds of low-power processors you’ll find in your mobile phone. In fact, 2013 is likely to be the year that we get an inkling of how far…

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Cellphone Chips Will Remake the Server World. Period.

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As reported on Wired. BY CADE METZ Facebook’s Frank Frankovsky. Photo: Wired/Bryan Frank   Facebook recently ran an experiment. Inside a test lab, somewhere behind the scenes at the world’s most popular network, engineers sidled up to a computer server loaded with software that typically drives the Facebook website and started messing with the CPU. Every processor includes something called a cache — a place to temporarily store data without sending it all the way back to…

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Intel will discontinue desktop motherboards following Haswell release

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As reported on Engadget. By Zachary Lutz  The decline in desktop PC sales is beginning to ripple throughout the industry, asIntel has revealed plans to wind down its desktop motherboard division over the next three years. According to AnandTech, the company will release boards that are based on the Haswell architecture before completely suspending development. Moving forward, Intel will instead focus its efforts on creating form factor reference designs for the Ultrabook, tablet and desktop markets. Curiously, one product that’s currently immune…

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Sergey Brin Dons Google Glass, Dresses Like An International Jewel Thief For NYC Subway Ride

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Google co-founder Sergey Brin rides the subway, just like the rest of us, but when he does, he’swearing Google Glass and presumably seeing much more about the dreary downtown 3 train interior than his fellow passengers thanks to his magic augmented reality powers. Brin wasphotographed and chatted up by Noah Zerkin, an AR blogger, who posted the encounter to Twitter. Brin looked ready to infiltrate any high-security bank vault in…

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AMD hires chip experts from Qualcomm and Apple, aims to move beyond the PC

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith Even more transfer news from chipmakers, although this one isn’t quite as litigious.AMD has hired two senior engineers “with experience” at Qualcomm and Apple. The hires have been confirmed by AMD, which added that the new recruits would help the chipmaker expand into new markets — though the spokesperson didn’t specify what these markets would be. Charles Matar, with expertise in low-power and embedded chip design will join from Qualcomm as…

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You’ve Got to See This Curved OLED TV

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As reported on Wired. BY MAT HONAN   I’d love to have this curved OLED TV from Samsung in my living room. No, I haven’t reversed myself. Samsung says this TV “won’t be available to the American market in the near future.” So. You’re just going to have to wait. And me, too. But this looks to be a TV that may finally get you to trade in your current flat panel for something curvier. The gently…

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Ultrabook, round two: can Intel control the future of the laptop?

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister All-day battery life? “We really mean it this time.” There aren’t many companies that can set a new direction for the entire computer industry. Right now, three come to mind: PC manufacturers march to the beat of Microsoft’s Windows drum, and many follow Apple’s design. The third is Intel, which influences the market behind the scenes with ever more powerful processors and aggressive marketing campaigns. In 2011, Intel…

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Fusion-io brings Fusion ioScale SSD to small, speedy server clusters

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Fusion-io has made a name for its Fusion ioDrive solid-state drives by selling them to the largest of enterprises — the sort that crave thousands of servers. Not everyone wants that level of computing muscle, though, which is why the pro-grade storage firm is now selling the Fusion ioScale to a much wider audience. Cloud service hosts and other, smaller companies just have to buy a (relatively) paltry 100 or…

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Samsung’s next-gen Exynos 5 Octa rumored to have only current-gen PowerVR graphics

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr There’s nothing we can concretely do or say about the Exynos 5 Octa until it’s in a device and in our hands. It’s all just educated guesswork in the meantime, but that happens to be something AnandTech is rather good at. That site has reached the conclusion, based on “numerous sources,” that the Octa probably uses a PowerVR 544MP3 GPU clocked at 533MHz. If true, this implies that the ARM Mali T-604used in Exynos Dual devices…

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