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We’ve speculated that Intel’s CPU shortage could be significantly good news for AMD and it seems some industry sources share that opinion. There are predictions that AMD could pick up as much as 30 percent of the desktop market by the end of Q4 2018 as Intel’s woes continue. This …

It takes time for a big government bureaucracy to change, so it should come as no surprise that the Department of Defense is still pondering how to make use of this “cloud” people keep talking about. The Pentagon is now in the early planning stages of deploying a cloud computing …

Google used to be merely a search engine, but it has grown and expanded into other product categories that give it insight into the habits and preferences of the users — that’s us. Naturally, everyone is a bit more wary of Google’s potential influence and the amount of data it has on …

The already acrimonious fight between Apple and Qualcomm got even uglier today. The two companies have been slugging it out for years over a range of issues related to royalty payments and fees — Apple’s decision to deploy Intel modems in its iPhones is seen as a desire to move …

Normally, when we talk about the x86 market, we’re talking about two companies: Intel and AMD. If Intel had its way, there’d be just one company, of course. The efforts Chipzilla took to strip AMD of its x86 license went all the way to the Supreme Court before being swatted …

Google announced Android Auto at Google I/O 2014, but it didn’t launch on devices until the following year. Getting support in cars, however, took even longer. Slowly but surely, most major automakers have agreed to let Google run its car-friendly Android in their vehicles, but Toyota has famously refused Google’s …

A year ago, Google rebranded Google Now to the Google Feed. The new name recognized the renewed focus on news rather than predictive search. Now, Google is changing the name once again and adding some more features. The Google Feed is becoming “Discover,” and it’ll start popping up in more …

Intel is experiencing a CPU shortage related to its delayed 10nm ramp, with total PC sales estimated to fall by as much as 7 percent this year according to JP Morgan. It’s a nasty blow to an industry that has endured multiple heavy hits in the past seven years as …

Maybe Microsoft had a point. Eleven days ago, we excoriated Microsoft for its now-scuttled plan to add “warnings” to Windows 10 that would nudge users away from using Chrome and Firefox and towards Microsoft’s own browser, Edge. After ferocious outcry, Redmond backed away from this plan, rightly perceiving the issue …

Micron and Intel have been partners for the last few years, collaborating on the development of products like Hybrid Memory Cube (now discontinued), and EDRAM for the company’s Crystal Well CPUs. But now, Intel’s ongoing 10nm problems are starting to impact the rest of the industry, and Wall Street is …