Nvidia, Intellectual Ventures Scoop Up Some Wireless Patents as Land Grab Continues

Nathan Myhrvold’s patent firm teamed with the graphics chipmaker to buy approximately 500 wireless patents.
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Nvidia Shares Soar on Earnings Beat, Bullish Outlook

Nvidia shares are flying high after strong earnings; a positive outlook surprises analysts.
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Bye-Bye, Thrive Tablets; Hello, Toshiba Excite

Toshiba is rolling out a line of new tablet devices, including a giant 13-inch stay-at-home device.
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Cloud-Paging Start-Up Numecent Emerges From Stealth, Spins Off Gaming Unit Approxy (Video)

Numecent takes the idea of cloud computing to a logical, and incredibly cool, extreme.
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Coming Soon: Phones That Learn to Rest When You Do

With battery life increasingly precious, phone and device makers are taking a number of steps to reduce wasted energy.
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LG Keeps the Pre-Barcelona Announcements Coming, This Time With Quad-Core Phone

In its fourth phone announcement of the week, LG introduces a quad-core phone based on Nvidia’s Tegra 3.
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After Slow Start, Nvidia Hopes to Drive Tegra 2 Into the Smartphone Mainstream

After a slow start, Nvidia has high hopes of transitioning its once-high-end Tegra 2 chip into a processor for mainstream smartphones.
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Nvidia Falters on Weak Outlook

Shares in chipmaker Nvidia were down about four percent in after-hours trading today after the company reported quarterly results roughly in line with lowered market expectations, but came in low on its guidance for the current quarter.

Seven Questions for ARM CEO Warren East

In an interview, the British chip design firm’s CEO talks about its unique business model, and some of the more unusual places its chips are showing up.
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Windows on ARM, Complete With Next Version of Office, to Arrive With Rest of Windows 8

In an interview, Windows unit head Steven Sinofsky explains some of the key things that will — and won’t — be part of the Windows 8 version that runs on ARM-based machines.
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