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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Intel took offense at one of Samsung's expert witnesses, attempting to get him excluded from the trial between Apple and Samsung here.

Ahead of the testimony of Tim Williams, Ph.D, Apple said Williams had not properly disclosed the fact that he had signed multiple nondisclosure agreements, one of which Intel says prohibits him from discussing the particulars of Intel's source code.

Samsung had called on Williams to discuss Apple's alleged infringement of one of Samsung's cellular data transmission patents, which included citing some of the source code.

An Intel lawyer briefly … Read more

With Intel's annual conference just around the corner, its next-gen silicon is always a hot topic.

And this year, that's Haswell. Why should you be interested in Haswell? Well, it's going to be inside some of the thinnest, lightest, most powerful ultrabooks, MacBooks, and tablet-ultrabook hybrids to date. (And throw Microsoft's next-gen Surface tablets into that mix too).

Haswell's marquee feature -- besides being a new microarchitecture -- is that versions of the processor will put more of the PC's core functions inside one chip package than any Intel processor to date. And that … Read more

The guy who headed up Intel's attempt to crack the phone market has landed at Qualcomm.

Anand Chandrasekher will join Qualcomm as its chief marketing officer, Qualcomm said today in a statement.

In his last job at Intel, Chandrasekher led an unsuccessful effort to get Intel's Atom processors into mobile phones.

Chandrasekher was replaced at Intel by Mike Bell (a former Apple executive) and Dave Whalen, who have landed Intel's Atom processors in phones from Lenovo, India's Lava, and a planned Motorola product, which is due this quarter.

Chandrasekher had become somewhat infamous for making regular … Read more

Ultrabooks are currently limping along on Windows 7, but Windows 8 and "Haswell" should put some spring in their step.

While Windows 8 is obviously a hot topic, less is being said about Haswell, Intel's next chip design that will underwrite the third stage of ultrabooks.

That's because Intel hasn't been talking about Haswell, except on the QT in NDA sessions in Asia this week.

Haswell is probably the first mainstream PC-class chip from Intel designed with really thin, small PCs in mind from the get-go. It will also probably pack a mean graphics punch (… Read more

Acer, Intel, Qualcomm, and SingTel-Optus have joined Futuremark's "Benchmark Development Program" in order to create industrywide benchmarks for the gaming industry.

The to-be-launched 3D gaming benchmark is primarily concerned with games developed for Google's Android operating system, found on smartphones and tablets.

Input, opinions and expertise are gathered through the program, which will be used to create the industrywide standards that can measure and rate the performance of game titles and software packages.

Jukka Makinen, Futuremark CEO said:

For more than 10 years, we have worked with the world's leading PC hardware manufacturers to create … Read more

Intel Capital has invested in a company that provides motion-sensing technology, hinting at possible future user interfaces for personal computing devices.

Grenoble, France-based Movea said this week that it has secured 6.5 million euros (about $7.9 million) in funding from Intel Capital.

"We look forward to...increasing our involvement in the MEMS and motion sensing space in general," said Erik Jorgensen, investment director for Intel Capital, in a statement. "We believe the role MEMS plays in technology, particularly on the mobile side, is going to continue to increase at a rapid pace."

MEMS, or … Read more

Intel and McAfee have collaborated on a new browser plug-in and Facebook app called Social Protection that throws a thicker wall of privacy around your photos, while still allowing you to share them with friends.

Brian Foster, senior vice president of consumer product management for McAfee, said the combo is intended to protect the digital content you own so that only your friends can see it. "The focus is on everyday use of Facebook, and how your digital content has ended up in the wrong places unintentionally," he said this morning in a phone conversation with CNET.

It … Read more

Intel reported better-than-expected second quarter results, but cut its outlook for the third quarter due to what it described as "a more challenging macroeconomic environment."

The company remained hopeful that new ultrabooks and smartphones would boost growth in the second half.

Specifically, Intel delivered second quarter earnings of $2.8 billion, or 54 cents a share, on revenue of $13.5 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 52 cents a share on revenue of $13.56 billion.

As for the outlook, Intel projected third quarter revenue of $14.3 billion, give or take $500 million. Wall Street … Read more

You'd be forgiven for feeling puzzled by the branding of HP's newly announced Envy 23 all-in-one. Not because it's strange that HP might want to expand the Envy line to a desktop. It's just unclear why it's this desktop, rather than its 27-inch Omni all-in-one, which inspired HP to extend the generally well-regarded Envy moniker.… Read more