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Intel Trying to Help Stephen Hawking Speak

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:24:20 CST

Computer chip-maker Intel is hunting for a new technology to help Stephen Hawking communicate better, reports AP . The 70-year-old scientist currently uses a device that runs pulses in his right cheek through a voice synthesizer, but his facial nerves have deteriorated to the point where he can speak only about...

Apple Debuts Intel Port Designed to Kill USB

Kevin Spak — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:34:05 CST

Apple quietly announced a refresh in its MacBook Pros this week, but the little-heralded machines might bring a big change with them. The computers will be the first to have a Thunderbolt port and protocol, a data system so blazingly fast it might just finally resign USB to the dustbin...

New Intel Chips Will Block Would-Be Pirates

Kevin Spak — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:54:58 CST

Intel has added a surprise new feature to its next generation of Core microprocessors—an anti-piracy feature that it hopes will convince studios to stream true 1080p videos. Until now, studios have offered “HD” streaming content, but they’ve held back on the true 1080p resolution out of fear of pirates,...

Intel's Purchase of McAfee Baffles Analysts

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:00 CDT

Intel agreed to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion today, leaving analysts slack-jawed with disbelief. “I would love to be wrong, but I think we may all look back five years from now and say, 'Wow. That was a big mistake,’” one Forrester analyst tells PC World , while another...

Google Unveils 'GoogleTV'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:34:00 CDT

Google is hoping to succeed where Apple and so many others have failed with GoogleTV, its attempt to bring the Internet to your television set. Google unveiled the software today, at what the Wall Street Journal called a “glitch-plagued demonstration” in San Francisco. The software will allow you to search...

Jobs Surge Back for Techies

Kevin Spak — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:06:35 CDT

If you went to MIT, the economy shouldn’t look half bad. Tech companies are hiring again, often even fighting over top recruits, the Wall Street Journal reports. Yesterday, Google announced that it had hired 786 employees in the first quarter, and said it expected to “continue hiring aggressively throughout the...

Tech Companies' Hiring Practices Under Scrutiny

John Johnson — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:45:39 CDT

Some of the nation's biggest tech companies have a gentleman's agreement on hiring: Generally speaking, they don't try to steal each other's best employees. After a yearlong investigation, the Justice Department is poised to challenge the practice on the notion that it violates antitrust laws and deprives computer engineers of...

Google TV Wants to Take Over Your Living Room

Rob Quinn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:16:00 CDT

Google is scrambling for a piece of the action as more and more people use their TVs to access web content. The search giant has teamed up with Intel and Sony to build a new generation of TVs and set-top boxes using its Chrome browser and Android cell phone system,...

Dow Up 85; Alcoa, Intel Rally

Nick McMaster — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:19:34 CST

Stocks saw broad gains today as analysts upgraded blue chips Alcoa and Intel and big mergers were announced in the mining and health-care sectors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow rose 85.25 points to close at 10,414.14. The Nasdaq added 25.97, ending the session at...