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Intel Capital on Tuesday announced plans to launch its "clean tech" initiative in China, investing $20 million in once of China's leading developers of equipment for renewable energy. "The world economy is in a very difficult position, but innovation is the way to help the companies out of financial crisis. Intel Capital is still committed to investing in innovative companies," said Cadol Cheung, managing director of Intel Capital for the Asia Pacific. "We have no plans to slow...

INTEL Corp has launched its third-generation vPro suite of business desktop PC technology which helps to extend an IT organisation's reach to protect and manage PCs beyond the corporate firewall. With the Remote Alert feature, an ailing PC - even one that is turned off - experiencing symptoms outside the preset parameters can "call" for IT assistance on its own. Using the Remote Scheduled Maintenance feature, IT administrators can programme PCs for regular tune-ups that have PCs...

For years, the appeal of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. was described by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: "Real men have fabs."What Sanders meant was his company enjoyed the advantage of owning its factories, known as fabrication plants.Meanwhile, many chip companies design semiconductors and outsource the manufacturing. But times have changed. Now the world's No. 2 maker of microprocessors is spinning off its manufacturing operations in a deal with an...

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced strong partner support for its Sun(TM) xVM virtualization portfolio, the industry's most comprehensive offerings for virtualizing desktop to datacenter. Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Value Added Resellers (VARs) and technology leaders are leveraging Sun xVM to meet growing customer demand for comprehensive virtualization solutions and to increase their growth and profitability. To learn more about the many benefits of being a Sun xVM...

HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single battery charge. As measured by an industry-standard benchmark, the new HP EliteBook 6930p configured with an optional ultra-capacity battery delivered up to 24 hours of battery runtime.(1) "All-day computing has been the holy grail of notebook computing," said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager, Notebook Global Business Unit, HP....

By Ruth, Joao-Pierre S Branchburg-based Voltaix, a provider of material for semiconductor chips and solar cells, says it has received $12.5 million in financing from Intel Capital, the investment arm of computer chip maker Intel Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif. Voltaix, which manufactures specialty chemicals such as boron, germanium and silicon, says it will use the funds to increase its manufacturing capacity. Gases and chemicals produced by Voltaix are used in the manufacture of...

By wire By Jordan Robertson SAN FRANCISCO -- Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging them into an electrical socket. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about for decades but is creeping closer to becoming viable. Building off work unveiled last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, Intel Corp. on Thursday demonstrated how to make a 60-watt light bulb glow from an energy...

SAN FRANCISCO - Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging them into an electrical socket. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about for decades but is creeping closer to becoming viable. Building off work unveiled last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, Intel Corp. on Thursday demonstrated how to make a 60-watt light bulb glow from an energy source 3 feet away. The...

By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Imagine juicing up your laptop computer or cell phone without plugging them into an electrical socket. That's a luxury that could be provided by wireless power transmission, a concept that has been bandied about for decades but is creeping closer to becoming viable. Building off work unveiled last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers, Intel Corp. on Thursday demonstrated how to make a 60-watt light bulb glow from an energy source 3...

Yahoo Inc announced on Wednesday plans to work alongside Intel Corp to build a "Widget Channel" to run with TV shows.The new Web-based channel will allow TV viewers to interact with and watch a set of TV widgets that will appear in the corner of their screens like a picture-in-picture window.These widget windows will enable viewers to chat, send e-mail, watch videos, track stocks or keep up with news headlines by simply using their TV remote control.Intel is designing the new services to...