By Todd Haselton |
Intel’s current chief executive officer Paul Otellini announced in November that he had plans to retire this month. The company has been searching for a new CEO since then and, as of Thursday, it appears Intel has settled on its new leadership. In a recent…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry is in a sharp decline as consumers gravitate more towards smartphones and tablets. Intel hopes to change that trend, largely blamed on Windows 8 itself, by introducing its new Bay Trail processors that will enable low cost Windows 8 machines. How cheap?…
By Ron Duwell |
I’m not quite sure if we are to be offended by the name or not, but ZTE recently revealed a new phone called the “GEEK” at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. With a name like that, it will have to back up the phone…
By Brandon Russell |
Intel on Monday announced an upgraded version of its Thunderbolt tech, with 20Gbps throughput instead of the current 10Gbps. With that, the new technology, which is expected to arrive in 2014, will support 4K resolutions, possibly pointing to even higher resolution Mac displays. Most notably,…
By Brandon Russell |
Intel is quietly working out content deals for a subscription-based streaming service with some of the industry’s top companies, including Time Warner, NBC Universal and Viacom, Bloomberg said on Tuesday. The news follows a previous report from last month saying Intel would introduce a set-top…
By Sean P. Aune |
According to a new report, Apple and Intel have once again discussed a potential deal that would see the chipmaker building processors for the iPhone and iPad product lines. As PC sales continue to contract, Intel is looking to other revenue streams to keep itself…
By Brandon Russell |
Every single company wants to dominate the living room—smart TVs, set top boxes and video game consoles are all example of how one might achieve that—and Intel is seemingly no different. During an AllThingsD conference today, Intel’s media boss Erik Huggers confirmed the company will…
By Todd Haselton |
Intel’s move into the smartphone market has been fairly slow, even though phones such as the Motorola RAZR i are already equipped with its processors. The company may finally be putting some extra muscle behind its chips, however; it announced recently that it’s going to…
By Adriana Lee |
One of the most fascinating bits of future tech on the radar is mid-air gesture control. (Think Kinect. Or Minority Report‘s computing gestures.) Leap Motion made a splash in 2012 by introducing an extremely accurate accessory that can read users’ motions within an interactive 3D space…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung confirmed recently that it has plans to sell smartphones running the open-source Tizen operating system this year. Get ready folks, because that means that we’re going to have iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry 10, Ubuntu and Tizen smartphones hitting the market in 2013. Oh boy.…
By Todd Haselton |
We already know that Apple has intentions to begin manufacturing one line of its Mac computers in the United States next year, but a new report suggests it may also be interested in opening a chip factory in New York state. New York Governor Andrew…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is reportedly in talks with Intel to replace Samsung as the provider of processors for its iPhone, RBC Capital analyst Doug Freedman said in a recent report. “We believe Intel has the upper-hand due to the limitations of capacity at alternative sources,” Freedman said,…
By Killian Bell |
Nokia has formed a great partnership with Microsoft, and it’s been producing some terrific smartphones powered by the Windows Phone platform. But there are indications that the Finnish firm could be gearing up to dip its feet into the Android market, too. It has posted…
By Killian Bell |
Asus has confirmed that U.S. shipments of its upcoming dual-screen Taichi ultrabooks have been delayed. The devices have been available to pre-order from retailers like Amazon and Newegg since early October, and they were originally expected to begin shipping this month. Now Asus expects the…
By Todd Haselton |
Intel’s chief executive officer Paul Otellini will retire in May, the chip maker announced on Monday. “I’ve been privileged to lead one of the world’s greatest companies,” Otellini said. “After almost four decades with the company and eight years as CEO, it’s time to move…
By Sean P. Aune |
Jon R is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It appears that the rumored HTC Droid DNA (or DLX) will be coming soon to Verizon. The Americanized version of the Japanese HTC J Butterfly has been spotted in Verizon’s support pages.…
By Todd Haselton |
Quad-core processors from Qualcomm, Samsung and NVIDIA are all the rage these days in tablets and smartphones, but Intel wants to shake up the market by adding, well, just a few more cores. 48 cores, in fact. Typically, cores are used to divide a complicated…
By Killian Bell |
LG announced a duo of new devices this morning, including a sliding tablet that incorporates a full keyboard, and a multitouch all-in-one desktop. Both devices run Microsoft’s new Windows 8 operating system, and they’ll be released in LG’s homeland of Korea on October 26 —…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday, AT&T announced that it will offer the Samsung ATIV Smart PC later this year. Shortly after the announcement, we met up with AT&T and Samsung for a brief hands-on with the tablet. We saw several Windows 8 devices at IFA in Berlin last…
By Killian Bell |
Acer has unveiled its first Windows 8 tablet this morning called the Iconia W700, which promises to deliver a “first-rate touch and typing experience for productivity-focused PC users.” The device boasts an 11.6-inch full HD 1080p display (1920 x 1080), and comes with a choice…
By Jon Rettinger |
In the immortal words of the band Europe, “It’s the Final Countdown.” After 6 grueling weeks of coding, testing, and writing, the Intel Ultrabook Challenge is coming to a close. After two months of interacting with this very talented core of developers, I feel like…
By Todd Haselton |
Uh oh. First Intel said that Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system is too buggy to ship and now, it appears, the chip maker has its own issues. According to a report published by Bloomberg on Monday, Microsoft has not approved any of Intel’s Clover Trail-powered tablets for…
By Killian Bell |
HP has today announced a brand new Windows 8 tablet aimed at enterprise users called the ElitePad 900. The 10-inch slate boasts a premium aluminum chassis — like HP’s EliteBook notebooks — with a sturdy Gorilla Glass display that promises to withstand three-foot drops. In addition to…
By Jon Rettinger |
Week six of the Ultimate “Coder Ultrabook Challenge” is here, and we’re just about at the finish line! It has been exciting to see just how much love and effort the teams have poured into their projects, and it’s going to be all that more…
