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Dell XPS 8500, Vostro 470 Desktops Get the Ivy Bridge Boost

Bonnie Cha in Product News on May 2 at 4:29 pm PT

Dell rolls out a pair of desktops with Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chipset, but they’re not for everyone.

Adobe Admits It Is Saying Buh-Bye to Flash for Mobile Devices

Kara Swisher in Mobile on November 9, 2011 at 10:15 am PT

Looks like Apple’s Steve Jobs was right (as usual).

Qualcomm Chip to Power iPhone 5?

John Paczkowski in News on September 13, 2010 at 7:55 am PT

Intel’s recent acquisition of Infineon’s wireless business gave Apple good reason to diversify its baseband chip suppliers, and that’s exactly what it appears to be doing, according to a report in Taiwan’s Commercial Times. The publication claims that Qualcomm, not Infineon, will provide the baseband chip for Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone.

Intel Gets into Protection Racket, Buys McAfee for $7.7 Billion

John Paczkowski in News on August 19, 2010 at 6:03 am PT

Intel announced its largest acquisition to date this morning, and it has little to do with the chipset market it has dominated for decades. The chipmaker said it has agreed to buy antivirus software company McAfee in a $7.7 billion acquisition that will expand its security offerings.

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs Live at D8

John Paczkowski in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 3:25 pm PT

Qualcomm may not be a household name, but it probably should be. The company commercialized the CDMA mobile standard and its chips can be found in many of today’s smartphones. Though if things play out as Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs would like, they’ll soon be showing up in a wide variety of consumer electronics devices as well.

Is Verizon’s New Early-Termination Fee Anti-Consumer?

John Paczkowski in News on November 6, 2009 at 11:06 am PT

Beginning Nov. 15, Verizon subscribers looking to get out of their smart-phone contracts early will pay $350 for the privilege. That early-termination fee is double the current one, but Verizon insists it’s justified because of the higher prices of today’s phones. An interesting move for a carrier that just last year agreed to pay $21 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by California consumers over the very early-termination fees it is now increasing.

100 Percent Obvious: Next-Gen iPhone Due This Summer

John Paczkowski in News on March 23, 2009 at 3:11 pm PT

Though it made no mention of a next-generation handset at its iPhone OS 3.0 preview last week, Apple is clearly hard at work on one. And if history is any guide, the company will bring it to market sometime in mid-June just as it did the iPhone 3G last year. And if history is any guide, this new iPhone will be a great improvement over its predecessor. So “100 percent confirmed” reports leaking out of AT&T claiming Cupertino is doing exactly that aren’t all that interesting.

Apple R&D: The "R" Stands for Rumor

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2008 at 11:17 am PT

The media will gather tomorrow at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters for an invitation-only event–presumably about updates to its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. And, as with every Apple product launch, tomorrow’s has been preceded by feverish speculation about what form, exactly, those updates will take. Among the rumors currently making the rounds …

Apple R&D: The “R” Stands for Rumor

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2008 at 11:17 am PT

The media will gather tomorrow at Apple’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters for an invitation-only event–presumably about updates to its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. And, as with every Apple product launch, tomorrow’s has been preceded by feverish speculation about what form, exactly, those updates will take. Among the rumors currently making the rounds …