Monday, August 30, 2010

Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)

Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)

Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken July 12, 2010, the exterior of Intel Corp. headquarters is shown, in Santa Clara, Calif. German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is selling a unit that makes products for wireless telephones to California's Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal, the companies said Monday, Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - As the world's biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can't afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.

Google tool tries to cut through e-mail clutter (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:06 PM PDT

AP - Google Inc. can sift through more than a trillion Web links in a matter of seconds, but can the Internet search leader help people wade through their overflowing e-mailboxes?

Intel buying German chip-maker's wireless unit (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken July 12, 2010, the exterior of Intel Corp. headquarters is shown, in Santa Clara, Calif. German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG is selling a unit that makes products for wireless telephones to California's Intel Corp. in a $1.4 billion cash deal, the companies said Monday, Aug. 30. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Intel Corp. is buying the wireless communications unit of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG for $1.4 billion in cash, the second deal in as many weeks that allows the chip-maker to expand beyond the struggling personal computer market.

Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT

Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.

Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT

Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.

Apple iPad supply catching up to demand (AFP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:26 PM PDT

Customers try out Apple's new iPad in a shop in May 2010. Apple on Monday promised that US orders for its iPad tablet computers would ship within 24 hours, in a sign that supply of the hot-selling devices was catching up to demand.(AFP/File/Josep Lago)AFP - Apple on Monday promised that US orders for its iPad tablet computers would ship within 24 hours, in a sign that supply of the hot-selling devices was catching up to demand.

3M to acquire Cogent for about $943 million (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo made Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, the 3M Co. logo is seen on some of their products in Philadelphia. Technology company 3M Co. said Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, it has agreed to acquire Cogent Inc. in a deal worth about $933 million. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - 3M Co., the conglomerate whose products range from Post-Its to respirators, computer arms and films for LCD TV screens, is trying to expand into the security market by buying Cogent Inc. for about $943 million.

At a glance: Top mobile-phone processor makers (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:26 PM PDT

AP - Intel Corp. is re-entering the market for mobile-phone chips with the proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of the wireless-chip division of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG. Below are the rankings of the top makers of processors and other communications chips for mobile phones, as ranked by Gartner Inc. based on worldwide figures in 2009.

Intel buys Infineon unit and expands wireless offer (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:28 PM PDT

Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul S. Otellini walks off the stage following his keynote address at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, California in this September 23, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp unveiled a deal on Monday to buy German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG's wireless unit for $1.4 billion, as it claws its way into the booming smartphone market and cuts its reliance on personal computers.

Foursquare, MTV to reward STD checkups with badge (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 09:03 PM PDT

AP - You can "check in" to restaurants and bars, so how about health clinics while you get tested for sexually transmitted diseases?

'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future (AP)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:37 PM PDT

AP - Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation.

Gmail Priority Inbox Launches: Your E-mail Will Never Be the Same (Mashable)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Mashable - Today, Google will begin rolling out Priority Inbox for Gmail, a new feature for managing massive amounts of e-mail. Your inbox will never be the same again.

Putting Google’s game-changing in perspective (Appolicious)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 07:17 AM PDT

Appolicious - In its September issue, Wired provocatively declares: "The Web is dead." It was a take off of Time 1966 magazine cover: "Is God dead?"

Scam Preys on Required TweetDeck Update (PC World)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:20 PM PDT

PC World - Scammers are trying to take advantage of the fact that many users will soon have to update their version of the TweetDeck Twitter software.

Oracle's Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source (NewsFactor)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:00 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Oracle's suit against Google for the use of Java in its Android portable operating system continues to reverberate through the open-source movement. In the newest development, Google has declined to participate in the upcoming JavaOne conference, an event formerly hosted by Java creator Sun Microsystems and now run by Sun's new owner, Oracle.

Red Hat Board Gets Military Leadership (PC World)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT

PC World - The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.

Canada's small Internet providers get higher speed (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's established telecom carriers must allow smaller Internet providers access to their high-speed fiber networks at the same speed they offer to their own customers, the telecom and broadcast regulator ruled on Monday, but it said they can charge a 10 percent mark-up for doing so.
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