Intel’s Diane Bryant Says CIOs Will Love Its Romley Chip

At least most of them will. Some may stand pat with slightly older chips that are still pulling their weight.
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AT&T Deepens China-Telecom Ties

AT&T Inc. signed a deal Wednesday with China Telecom Corp. to connect the companies’ network infrastructure in the U.S. and China in an effort to expand services for multinational companies that use their services in both regions, the company said.

With No-Yahoo-CEO Pledge, David Kenny Back in the Strategic Fray

What will David Kenny do? Maybe get something cooking in the whole what-will-Yahoo-do stakes, now that one of Yahoo’s more active board members is back.
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Attention Shoppers: Coupons.com Grabs $30M in Funding From Greylock

VCs search for a bargain in longtime digital promotions site.
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Earthquake Rattles Virginia, D.C. and New York; Wireless Networks Affected

A little shaking on the East Coast has freaked out New Yorkers and Washingtonians, and may have disrupted cellular service.
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Cisco: The Internet Is, Like, Really Big, and Getting Bigger

The networking giant tries to forecast how big the Internet will be by 2015. Here’s a hint: Much, much bigger than it is today.

Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!

Today and tomorrow, Yahoo’s directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. While board meetings in general are usually pretty dull affairs–and Yahoo’s, in particular, are typically glacial ones–there is a lot on the plates of those with purview over the machinations of the long-struggling Silicon Valley Internet giant.

Coverage Alert: Reporting Live From Facebook Infrastructure Event

NetworkEffect will be at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. on Thursday for a press conference that promises “a behind-the-scenes look at the latest technology powering Facebook.”

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Risk of Supply Shock From AT&T

Another investor question arising from Monday’s megamerger–which plumbers will AT&T go with? Combined, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA spent roughly $11 billion in 2010 on wireless capital expenditures–that is, the plumbing that keeps their networks flowing freely.

OutCast Agency Head Joins Facebook as Tech Communications Lead

Caryn Marooney, the co-founder of one of Silicon Valley’s premier tech communications firms, OutCast Agency, is joining Facebook to lead its tech public relations strategy. Marooney has actually led the Facebook account for OutCast, which she and Margit Wennmachers built and sold to Next Fifteen Communications Group in 2005 for over $10 million.

Solid Earnings for Motorola Solutions