Archive for December, 2009

Asus Eee PC 1001P in Anvil

After Intel’s recent announcement of next-generation Pine Trail platform, it’s literally raining Pineview Atom chip based netbooks. While we were already excited about the over 10 hours battery life promising Asus Eee PC 1005PE, Netbooknews.de spotted yet another Eee PC 1001P netbook on German Amazon site. It’s all Pineview love of Asus and 11 hours [...]

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Intel report: Iran seeks to smuggle raw uranium

Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by AP. Such a deal would be significant because, according to an independent research group, Tehran appears to be running out of the material, which it needs to feed its uranium [...]

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Critics bemoan ‘familiar’ intel issues

President Barack Obama’s announcement that intelligence agencies had information that could have headed off the attempted airplane bombing on Christmas Day but failed to share it has left many of those who have urged a dramatic overhaul of the intelligence community exasperated. “It’s discouragingly familiar,” said Tom Kean, a former Republican governor of New Jersey [...]

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Sony planning Multi-core CPU PS4

Earlier this year, many rumors buzzed the web about Intel Larrabee being considered for PlayStation 4. This time, the rumors are buzzing the web about Sony considering Intel’s Larrabee multi-GPU processor for PlayStation 4 console. Sony has faced enough troubled waters for the complex and costly game development kits for PlayStation 3 console. Hence, the [...]

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Biz Break: Tracking the rumored Google phone

Today: A tech blog reports details of Google’s rumored Nexus One. Plus: Nvidia shares rise, Tessera stock falls. Google phone rumors With much of the tech industry on vacation this week, we’ve been keeping busy tracking rumors about possible new products from Cupertino iPhone, iPod and “I’m a Mac” computer maker Apple and Internet advertising [...]

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Buy Nvidia In 2010? (NVDA)

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been on a tear in December. The stock is up 42.96% in the last month, including another 3.61% bump today on higher than average volume. The shares are currently trading hands for $18.67. So is this a top or is NVDA going to kick it into overdrive in 2010? Well, [...]

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Notion Ink tablet first with Pixel Qi display

While the world awaits the birth of the Apple tablet, there is another touch-screen device that may have more of an impact–at least technologically. Notion Ink has announced that Adam, an Android-based tablet PC, will ship in June 2010 for around $325. However, what is really exciting is that this machine may be the first [...]

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What The Google Netbook Will Look Like

We’ve been eagerly awaiting Google’s netbook for a while now, and for neither the first time nor likely the last, rumors have surfaced about what specs we should expect to see in the thing. The Google netbook will run the Google Chrome OS on a 10.1-inch screen that will be HD-capable and powered by the [...]

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Aetna, Nvidia, MGM Mirage, Compugen are movers

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Aetna Inc., down 71 cents at $32.15 The health insurer expects a fourth-quarter charge of up to $65 million to cover costs for layoffs and office consolidations.

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Nvidia shares extend dayside climb; AIG slip in low volume

Nvidia /quotes/comstock/15*!nvda/quotes/nls/nvda (NVDA 18.71, +0.04, +0.21%) rose 0.4% to $18.74, reversing course from the start of the late session. The shares climbed 3.6% during the regular session and led advancers on the Nasdaq-100 Composite after Kaufman Bros. hiked its rating on Nvidia to buy. Analyst Suji De Silva, in a note to clients, said the [...]

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