Intel to Build Chip Plant in Arizona

BY DON CLARK AND JOEL MILLMAN HILLSBORO, Ore.—Intel Corp. used President Obama's visit to disclose plans to build a $5 billion chip factory in Arizona and hire 4,000 workers, moves that dovetail with the administration's job-creation agenda. The move, made by Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini as the president toured Intel's operations in Oregon, is the latest in a series of steps by the Silicon Valley giant to boost manufacturing capacity and use new production processes to boost chip performance. President Obama's trip west...

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Latest iPhone Nano Scuttlebutt: Cheaper? Yes. Smaller? No. - Techland

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First Opera 11.10 "Barracuda" snapshot available for download

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QuickOffice shows off version for Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets

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Intel® Core™ Processors Support Flash* 10.2

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Intel's High-Tech Gym Shows Improvement in Employee Health

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Intel to Invest More than $5 Billion to Build New Factory in Arizona

 NEWS HIGHLIGHTSIntel is building a new $5 billion-plus factory in Arizona.Fab 42 will be the most advanced, high-volume semiconductor manufacturing facility in the world.New fab will create thousands of construction and permanent manufacturing jobs at Intel’s Arizona site.  CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 18, 2011 – Intel Corporation today announced plans to invest more than $5 billion to build a new chip manufacturing facility at its site in Chandler, Ariz. The announcement was made by Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini during a visit...

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Jodhpur and Delhi Get Glimpses of Tibet - The Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration

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'World should emulate India's tradition of religious harmony and non-violence' - The Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration

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Jeffrey Gundlach Is the King of Bonds

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No iPhone nano, says New York Times

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LIFE's photographic history of computing

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New Shanghai Apple Store will be China's largest

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Deutsche Bank Boosts Target on Priceline Stock to $490

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Apple beats Kindle for ebooks in the UK

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Chrome Web Store opens to international devs

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Firefox 4's best restartless add-ons

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Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 9 on March 14 at SXSW

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Byron Pitts: The King's Speech: Giving Voice To The Voiceless

About a third of the way through The King's Speech I almost got up and walked out. Not because the movie wasn't compelling, but rather it hit too close to home. Watching the performance of Colin Firth as King George VI made my eyes water. Like the late king, and an estimated 68 million people around the world, I stutter. Long after the credits rolled I told my wife about my discomfort watching the movie. She said "didn't you see it as a victory?" To which I answered: "there are always painful battles before victory." For those...

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Intel's Ultimate Desktop Processor Keeps Getting Better

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HOW TO: Grow Your Sales and Revenue Using 2D Codes

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Why 3 Startups Are Betting That You'll Want to Stream Your Browser History

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HOW TO: Grow Your Sales and Revenue Using 2D Codes

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Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg Flank Obama At Tech Titan Dinner (PHOTOS

Via the White House Flickr photostream come photos of President Obama's buzzed-about dinner with tech leaders Thursday evening. The guest list (see below) included tech luminaries such as Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and outgoing Google CEO Eric Schmidt. One photo of the dinner offers a glimpse into the seating arrangement for the evening, as well as of Jobs, who is currently on medical leave. Notably, Jobs and Zuckerberg were seated directly to...

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Marathon Gaming for Charity - ABC News

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Singularity: Kurzweil on 2045, When Humans, Machines Merge - TIME

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12 new file formats in the Google Docs Viewer - Official Gmail Blog

12 new file formats in the Google Docs Viewer Friday, February 18, 2011 | 11:50 AM Posted by: Anil Sabharwal, Product ManagerCross posted from the Google Docs blogThe Google Docs Viewer is used by millions of people every day to quickly view PDFs, Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations online. Not only is viewing files in your browser far more secure than downloading and opening them locally, but it also saves time and doesn’t clutter up your hard-drive with unwanted...

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Facebook Shares Are Worth Almost Three Times More Than Tweets For E-Commerce

White label daily deals platform and TC Disrupt finalist ChompOn is releasing some interesting data today comparing the value of shares, Tweets, likes and follows in the context of e-commerce. Using data from the sites that it powers daily deals for, ChompOn examined the conversion rate and action for deals shared on Facebook and Twitter. According to the startup, the value of a Facebook share is $14 and the value of a Tweet is $5. For shares and tweets, ChompOn was able to directly attribute...

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Bill Clinton in Surprise Talk on Tech: It's the Institutions, Stupid | Fast Company

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Keyport Compatible USB Flash Drive

Have you used the keychain alternative a.k.a Keyport? This gadget is new for me, and if you’re just like me, you may wonder what kind of device it is. I need 5 minutes to understand it, and now I know how useful it’s and I’ll be happy if I have a chance to have the Keyport Slide V.01. Fit comfortably in a pocket, Keyport Slide consolidates up to six keys into one gadget that allows access to any of them with just the slide of thumb. And in the coming days, you can insert a Keyport compatible...

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Puritan Bennett 520 Portable Ventilator for Pediatric Patients

I don’t remember when the last time I mentioned medical gadgets in this lovely blog. But one post that I remember well until now is Zeno – the medical gadget for acne treament, that was published more than 4 years ago. And now I’ll be back again with another madical gadget, the portable ventilator from Covidien. The Puritan Bennett 520 portable ventilator is already available since January 20 in the Europian Union. Offering reliable mobile respiratory support for adult and pediatric patients...

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Android-powered Dream G2 Phone Born in China

As reported by digitimes.com, China based manufacturer Sciphone is expected to sell Android-powered Dream G2 handset in the next 15 days with US$174 price tag. No words yet about the availability outside China. The Sciphone Dream G2 will run Android Home edition V1.0, and will come with GSM/EDGE support, 16GB flash memory, and Google Maps, Gmail and YouTube applications, but it will not include a physical keyboard, according to the repo...

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Solar Charging Backpack: Charging On The Go

Are you going hiking for 1000 km next holidays? and you do not want your iPod getting power lost, prepare your self with the solar charging backpack. You can buy at www.geeks.com for $29.99. And before you buy lets consider the features that comes along: Water resistant, small solar panel to charge iPods, PDA, cellphone, and many more. The solar panel also work with indoor lighting and you can charge most of electronic devices in 4-6 ho...

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Facebook Phone is Real, but It’s not that Real

I don’t know how to describe what the Facebook phone is, but let’s make it simple. Let’s call every phone with a dedicated Facebook button, the Facebook phone. And HTC did it with its new HTC ChaCaha and HTC Salsa. Annaunced at Mobile Word Congres 2011 in Barcelona, both smartphones feature a dedicated Facebook button for one-touch access to the Facebook. Powered by HTC Sense, the Facebook button on HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa is context-aware, gently pulsing with light whenever there is an...

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HTC 7 Pro Business Smartphone in Your Radar?

No one doubts that the HTC 7 Pro smartphone is a perfect gadget for whoever’s stuck with business activities, just like you. Powered by Windows Phone 7 OS, the phone offers you a lot of office applications such: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It‘s also equipped with oneNote application that allows you to share opinion or discuss something important without having to meet face-to-face with the opponent. The HTC 7 Pro knows that you are a hurry person, so it includes a full tilt Qwerty...

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