Intel releases Atom size Linux for next-gen devices
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| Intel's MIDs will operate on it's Menlow platform and run an embedded Linux
| platform such as Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition, launched late last
| year, or those under the . Intel will trial China's Red Flag Linux on its
| MIDs in May.
|
| Intel system software division vice president Doug Fisher said the market
| will welcome Linux-based MIDs.
|
| "The emerging MID category represents significant growth opportunity for
| Intel and the industry. The demand for Linux on these devices is increasing,"
| Fisher said.
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http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1685593044
They'd better adopt Linux. The US is apparently approaching depression and/or
deflation, not just recession, to which Free software is much more resistant.
Wall St extends losses as credit woes persist
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| The sell-off on Wall Street deepened on Friday as markets digested weak
| economic data and further credit market woes.
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http://us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto030320080409101336&referrer_id=yahoofinance
Recent:
E-mail: Microsoft 'botched' dealings with Intel, HP
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| Internal Microsoft e-mails revealed through a federal class-action lawsuit
| arising from the troubled launch last year of the Windows Vista operating
| system have provided a provocative inside look at the software giant's
| machinations with Intel, HP and Dell.
|
| The e-mails include an exchange in which one senior Microsoft executive
| described dealings with computer makers as "really botched." Another manager
| complained Microsoft was "caving to Intel" and "really burning HP."
|
| The e-mails are included in 145 pages of documents unsealed by U.S. District
| Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle late Wednesday. They include internal
| reports and some handwritten notes that offer a rare look inside at the
| famed "Wintel" partnership, and touch upon the alliance's dealings with
| Hewlett-Packard, Dell and other computer makers.
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http://origin.mercurynews.com/businessheadlines/ci_8417811?nclick_check=1
Microsoft knew of Vista shortcoming prior to release
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-knew-vista-shortcoming-prior/story.aspx?guid=%7B75BE59C7%2DEFA1%2D48B5%2DB4A4%2D90F5E01A52A0%7D&siteid=yhoof
Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/03/01/microsoft_intel_vista_capable_emails/
Microsoft 'Caves' To Intel
http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/28/microsoft-vista-intel-tech-ebiz-cx_wt_0228vista.html?partner=yahootix
Has Vista lost all credibility?
http://apcmag.com/8344/has_vista_lost_all_credibility
World gov'ts more aggressive on bribe probes-study
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| Companies under investigation for violations of U.S. bribery laws will likely
| face heightened scrutiny from law enforcement officials all over the world as
| probes widen and spill across borders, a study found.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN2524801420080225?rpc=44
Intel overwhelmed by EU complaints
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| So many charges, so little time.
|
| Intel Chairman Craig Barrett appears overwhelmed by a European Union
| investigation into the company's actions. Earlier this month, European
| Competition Commission officials busted open Intel offices in Munich, hunting
| for documents related to alleged price fixing with retailers. That raid added
| to an existing EC investigation into Intel's business practices.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/22/intel_barrett_eu_gripe/
Related:
Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ
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| An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
| improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
| according to a media report published Thursday evening.
|
| [...]
|
| The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
| a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
| "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
| from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
| according to The Journal.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BEFE35%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
U.S. DOJ joins lawsuit against HP, Sun, Accenture
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| Suit alleges that the three companies formed an alliance with vendors
| and have been giving each other kickbacks on government contracts
| since the late 1990s.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/19/HNdojjoinshpsunlawsuit_1.html
Lenovo got financial help from Intel, claim
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| Journalists on the title said Lenovo is being paid a "pretty
| penny" from Intel to use its chips.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37670
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