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• Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery

  Improvements to Nvidia's virtualization technology are aimed at turning graphics processors into a more important resource in data centers and could speed deployment of virtual desktops and delivery of data over the cloud.

• Dell slashes its Windows RT tablet price by $US200; XPS 10 now sells for $US300

  Dell drastically cut the online price of its Windows RT tablet, reducing the price by $US200 to $US299.99 for Dell XPS 10.

• Nvidia's Shield gaming handheld to go on sale May 20 for $349

  Nvidia's Project Shield handheld gaming device, now called simply Shield, will be available for pre-order on May 20 priced at US$349, though it won't ship to customers until the end of June.

• Nvidia says Tegra 4 devices will be announced this quarter

  The first mobile devices to use Nvidia's Tegra 4 chips will be announced this quarter, meaning smartphones and tablets based on the new processor should be available soon.

• More support for Windows RT, this time from Nvidia

  Nvidia will stay on board with making Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same commitment that Qualcomm has made, an Nvidia executive said

• Hedge fund manager sentenced in Dell insider trading case

  A former portfolio manager at the now defunct Diamondback Capital Management has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for crimes related to a multimillion dollar insider trading scheme involving computer maker Dell and hardware maker Nvidia.

• Switzerland to upgrade supercomputer to improve Alps weather forecasts

  The Swiss National Supercomputing Center will upgrade its supercomputer with Nvidia graphics processors to enable the system to more accurately predict the weather in the steep mountains of the Swiss Alps.

• Second-gen Nexus 7 coming around July; it will run Qualcomm chip, sources say

  The second-generation Nexus 7 tablet, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, will be launched around July, according to two unnamed sources in a Reuters report.

• Swiss supercomputer aims to predict mountain weather with help of GPUs

  The Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) is going to upgrade its supercomputer with Nvidia GPUs to more accurately predict the weather in the steep mountains of the Swiss Alps.

• Nvidia's Grid VGX software boost graphics performance of virtual desktops and PCs

  With its new Grid VGX software, Nvidia is aiming to tear down the performance barrier that keeps graphics-intensive applications from running on virtual desktops.

• Nvidia CEO disappointed with Windows RT, prays to Outlook god

  Add Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang to the list of people disappointed with the debut of Windows RT.

• Nvidia to speed up graphics processors with Maxwell, Volta

  Nvidia wants graphics processors to create avatars with realistic human faces, and power visual searches in which images can be identified to produce matching search results.

• Nvidia aims for late Q2 launch for Project Shield handheld

  Nvidia hopes to make its ambitious break into the portable handheld gaming market in the next few months, the company's CEO said Tuesday.

• Nvidia unveils new Tegra chips for smartphones, tablets

  Nvidia wants to bump up graphics and application performance on tablets and smartphones with the two new Tegra mobile processors.

• Windows 8 Update: Bizarre 5-pound Android tablet morphs into Win8 all-in-one

  If the small-form Windows 8 Surface Pro tablet/laptop made by Microsoft isn't confusing enough, check out the enormous Asus Android tablet that docks into a Windows 8 all-in-one stand.