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  • July 2008

    • Mixed Note Caps Big Week

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  Jul 18, 08 3:23 PM CDT

      Mixed Note Caps Big Week

      The markets were mixed today as poor results across the tech sector and from Merrill Lynch put the brakes on a two-day rally, MarketWatch reports. Good news from Citigroup kept the Dow buoyant, and it closed up 49.91, at 11,496.57. The tech-heavy Nasdaq took a 29.52-point dive, settling at 2,282.78, while the S&P 500 gained 0.36 to1,260.68. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • Dow Jones Industrial Average  • Citigroup  • Merrill Lynch  • AMD  • tech stocks

    • Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad

      The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as the Internet and cell phones enjoy wider use in the developing world. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • stock market  • technology  • Intel  • IBM  • Nokia  • NASDAQ  • AMD  • emerging markets

    • DreamWorks Jilts AMD for Intel

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 8, 08 12:29 PM CDT

      DreamWorks Jilts AMD for Intel

      In an important win over its sometimes-struggling rival, Intel has wooed away AMD client DreamWorks Animation. DreamWorks will replace its current servers and computer workstations, which use AMD chips, with new Intel-powered ones. The studio said the change will make its computing faster and help it start producing 3-D animation, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Intel  • computer chip  • AMD  • DreamWorks

  • May 2008

    • Chipmakers Get Graphic in 'Battle Royal' for Future

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 27, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      Chipmakers Get Graphic in 'Battle Royal' for Future

      Three Silicon Valley companies are jockeying to plot the future course for chips that create the most realistic computer graphics, the Wall Street Journal reports. "All of them agree that graphics are the field where the battle is going to be fought," one analyst says of Intel, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices. "They're going down different paths but approaching the same thing." More »

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      Intel  • computer chip  • AMD  • computer graphics  • Nvidia

  • April 2008

    • Intel Rides Global Sales to Strong Q1

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 16, 08 6:50 AM CDT

      Intel Rides Global Sales to Strong Q1

      Global demand for computer chips helped Intel power to a 9% first-quarter revenue gain, beating analysts' estimates and sending a message that while US sales may be slumping, the world’s largest chip maker’s still got game. Intel stock rose 7.7% in after hours trading, the New York Times reports, as the news allayed worries that computer sales are slowing. More »

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      Intel  • corporate earnings  • computer chip  • AMD  • chip

    • Stocks Fall on Dismal Earnings

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 8, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      Stocks Fall on Dismal Earnings

      Stocks fell today as the first-quarter earnings report season began with dismal results and a grim new report confirmed that the housing slump hasn't bottomed out, Bloomberg reports. Washington Mutual, freshly bailed out by TPG, led financials lower after it slashed its dividend 93%. The Dow fell 35.99 to close at 12,576.44, the Nasdaq 16.07 to 2,348.76, and the S&P 500 7.00 to 1,365.54. More »

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      S&P 500  • Nasdaq  • Dow Jones Industrial Average  • stocks  • New York Stock Exchange  • AMD  • Alcoa  • WaMu  • Lennar Corp.

    • AMD to Slash 10% of Jobs in '08

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 8, 08 12:02 AM CDT

      AMD to Slash 10% of Jobs in '08

      Advanced Micro Devices will shed 10% of its workforce this year and predicts a 15% first-quarter revenue drop, down to $1.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. Slumping desktop sales and the company's line of defective chips and have hurt AMD, which will lay off workers worldwide at "all levels within the company," a spokesman told the San Jose Mercury News today. More »

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      Intel  • job cuts  • AMD  • first quarter earnings  • computer hardware  • microchip  • processor

  • March 2008

    • AMD Updates Phenom, Adds 4 Quad-Core Chips

      newser  |  CNET  |  Mar 27, 08 4:26 PM CDT

      AMD Updates Phenom, Adds 4 Quad-Core Chips

      Semiconductor company AMD has revealed updates to its Phenom line and will launch four quad-core chips that “can improve performance for gaming and multi-threaded applications,” the company says. The California firm also said it would ship triple-core processors, which CNet reports is a first for the PC market, CNet reports. More »

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      AMD  • PCs  • processors

    • Intel Testifies in EU Antitrust Hearings

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 12, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Intel Testifies in EU Antitrust Hearings

      Intel officials testified before an EU antitrust commission yesterday in Brussels; the chipmaker is suspected of unfairly dominating the European market. Competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and consumer groups are testifying today, reports the Wall Street Journal . The commission will consider whether rebates Intel offered to retailers that didn’t stock AMD products hurt consumers. More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • Intel  • antitrust  • AMD  • microprocessors

    • AMD Chip Brings Games to Mainstream

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 5, 08 10:52 AM CST

      AMD Chip Brings Games to Mainstream

      A new chip may make up-market graphics applications like graphics editing and video games accessible on mass-market computers, says maker AMD. The 780 series integrated graphics chip, announced Tuesday at the CeBIT trade show in Germany, makes use of technology acquired when AMD bought ATI Technologies in 2006. "It will be widely available" immediately, said an AMD VP. More »

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      AMD  • computer graphics  • processor

  • February 2008

    • EU Raids Intel's German Offices

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 12, 08 12:05 PM CST

      EU Raids Intel's German Offices

      EU investigators raided Intel’s German office today, searching for evidence that the chip maker has broken antitrust laws, the BBC reports. The European Commission has already opened a case against Intel for monopolistic business practices, but officials said the surprise raid was the first step in its investigation, signaling that the company could face other allegations of misconduct. More »

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      European Union  • Intel  • computer chip  • European Commission  • AMD  • microprocessors

  • January 2008

    • AMD Gets Closer to Profitable

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jan 18, 08 11:48 AM CST

      AMD Gets Closer to Profitable

      Advanced Micro Devices pleased investors with its fourth-quarter financial report yesterday, as it neared profitability despite a big loss that included its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies. AMD execs said they expect to break even early in the second half of 2008, reports the New York Times . AMD shares jumped 35 cents to $6.69 on the news in after-hours trading, and to $6.97 by midday today. More »

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      Intel  • computer chip  • AMD  • microprocessors

    • New York Latest to Investigate Intel Practices

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 10, 08 2:09 PM CST

      New York Latest to Investigate Intel Practices

      With proceedings already underway against Intel Corp. in Europe and Asia, New York's attorney general today began formally investigating whether the world's largest computer chip-maker has broken state and federal antitrust laws, Reuters reports. “Our investigation is focused on determining whether Intel has improperly used monopoly power to exclude competitors”—chiefly rival AMD—“or stifle innovation,” Andrew Cuomo said. More »

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      New York  • Intel  • antitrust  • European Commission  • AMD  • Andrew Cuomo  • monopoly

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 25, 07 2:38 PM CST

      Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child

      One Laptop Per Child started with a monstrously ambitious goal – build laptops for $100 each, sell them by the millions to the developing world. But since then, cost overruns and attacks from for-profit competitors have ravaged demand, the Wall Street Journal reports. A mere 300,000 are being produced in this month’s inaugural manufacturing run, as developing countries withdraw informal commitments. More »

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      Microsoft  • Intel  • AMD  • One Laptop Per Child

    • AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 19, 07 8:18 AM CST

      AMD Unveils Spider Chipset

      Advanced Micro Devices introduces its long-anticipated Spider desktop chip set  today,  including a new microprocessor, a graphics processor and chips to link system components that will give gamers access to ultrarealistic images and increase computing performance. But it still can’t match Intel’s latest chip offering, reports the Wall Street Journal. One gamer says AMD chips are "worlds away" from matching Intel's performance. More »

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      technology  • computer  • Intel  • AMD

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