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• Smartphone chips could replace server processors in HPC, researchers say

  Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top supercomputers.

• Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life

  Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday.

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  Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops

  Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 per cent more battery life in laptops than did their Ivy Bridge predecessors, according to the company.

• U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves

  U.S. companies should be allowed to take aggressive countermeasures against hackers seeking to steal their intellectual property, contends the private Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property.

• IP theft commission: US needs to take strong action

  The U.S. government should bar foreign companies that repeatedly steal or use stolen U.S. intellectual property from selling their products in the country, a new report recommended.

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says

  Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices.

• Lessons learned in my virtual desktop integration (VDI) deployment

  As the IT infrastructure manager at Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS), an IT solutions company, I recently initiated the build-out of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to support our large mobile workforce, and learned some important lessons along the way that may help smooth the way for your VDI rollout.

• 10 things you may not know about Ethernet

  Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here:

• Shrinking chips challenge Moore's Law

  Intel will continue to fulfill Moore's Law for the foreseeable future, but the challenge of keeping up with it is growing as chips get smaller, says a company executive.

• Intel's Krzanich pledges stronger mobile push in his first speech as CEO

  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich admitted Thursday in his first speech in that role that the company has been weak in smartphones and tablets, but aims to improve by advancing chip and manufacturing technologies.

• McAfee rethinks consumer security service delivery

  McAfee, part of Intel, today announced a profound shift in how it distributes and prices its consumer security products by introducing LiveSafe, a service that combines anti-malware plus a score of other capabilities, such as anti-theft protection and a so-called "safety deposit box" in the cloud that can only be accessed by means of the user's face or voice biometric.

• Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage

  Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an authentication scheme including face and voice recognition.

• Intel loses ground as world's top semiconductor company, survey says

  As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC Insights.

• Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A

  Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market.

• Desktop chips zip past 4GHz; next stop 5GHz?

  Mobility has all but eclipsed speed and anything else as the capability garnering the most attention in desktop processors.