You've Heard About Windows for ARM Chips; Now Meet ARM

There’s been a lot of attention in recent days paid to Microsoft’s creation of a version of Windows for ARM chips from TI, Qualcomm and Nvidia. But what do you know about ARM, the company behind all those chips designs?

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Russia’s Yandex Mulling IPO

Yandex, the Russian search engine that abandonded a planned $2 billion IPO in 2008, is mulling a second attempt at the public markets. Sources say the so-called Google of Russia is eyeing the London Stock Exchange or NASDAQ for an estimated $1.5 billion offering that would list sometime in early 2011. Which may well prove a great time for it, considering the success of Mail.Ru Group’s $5.71 billion IPO on the London Stock Exchange earlier this month.

Russia's Mail.ru Eyes $750 Million IPO

Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group Ltd. on Monday accelerated plans for a London initial public offering valued at around $750 million. With major shareholders from Russia, China, and South Africa, the deal highlights the growing independence of emerging-market Internet firms from their developed-market peers.

Intel to Apple: NO, IT'S MINE!

This has proven to be quite a week for Imagination Technologies. Just days after it was revealed that Apple has taken a 3.6 percent stake in the U.K. chip designer–whose PowerVR mobile graphics components are now expected to figure prominently in future iPhones–Intel raised its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent.

Intel to Apple: NO, IT’S MINE!

This has proven to be quite a week for Imagination Technologies. Just days after it was revealed that Apple has taken a 3.6 percent stake in the U.K. chip designer–whose PowerVR mobile graphics components are now expected to figure prominently in future iPhones–Intel raised its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent.