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Dell Inc has agreed to buy SecureWorks, a closely held computer security company, to expand its technology services business.

AMD has unveiled a new class of accelerated processor that brings in supercomputer-like performance to every day computing tasks, including superior Internet, video and gaming experiences. AMD's launch comes a day after Intel showcased its Sandy Bridge second generation of Core processors.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Inspire Pharmaceuticals, DryShips, Capitol Federal Financial, Netflix, Intel, Amkor Technology, IMAX, GSI Commerce, and Ctrip.com International.

Intel Corp's new microchips, touted as its biggest-ever leap in processing power, include built-in content protection to make it safer for Hollywood studios to offer premium movies to consumers over their personal computers.

Standard & Poor's says the semiconductor industry will face slower growth in 2011.

Intel recently unveiled a smaller line of solid state drive products aimed at dual-drive notebooks and tablets.

Big players of the U.S. technology sector, who are flush with cash and looking to expand their horizon, returned to the merger and acquisition space this year after recovering from the 2009 recession.

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Microsoft plans to unveil its plans over a new Windows operating system (OS), specifically crafted to optimize the ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) CPU architecture for smartphones and tablets, signifying its departure from a long standing relationship with x86 Intel chips.

Intel Corp has won approval from the Federal Trade Commission for its proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security specialist McAfee Inc, the chipmaker said.

Intel Corp 's $7.68 billion deal to buy security-software specialist McAfee Inc is running into close scrutiny from European officials that could delay the transaction, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg won the TIME Man Of The Year, the first tech executive to win it since Jeff Bezos in 1999.

U.K. chipmaker Imagination Technologies, which licenses and sells its designs to Intel and Apple, said interim pretax profits doubled on strong revenue growth from both licensing and royalties. The volume of partner chips shipping with Imagination’s IP has nearly doubled to 107 million.

Graphics chip maker Nvidia may be turning the corner with better execution in PC graphics with the GTX 580/570/560 product family based on its new Fermi architecture.

Telecom gear maker Nokia Siemens Networks is set to become the latest foreign company to pledge its support to the Kremlin's new flagship technology hub near Moscow, the head of the hub said on Thursday.

Intel Corp said it is making headway getting its chips into tablet computers and that smartphones using its processors will go on sale late next year as it rushes to catch up in the fast-growing mobile market.

Intel Corp has resumed share buybacks after a pause of more than a year and its chips have been chosen for 35 tablet computers as well as some smartphones, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Standpoint Research downgraded chip maker Intel to 'hold' from 'buy' on valuation concerns.

Graphics chip designer Nvidia said it has chalked up 200 design wins for notebooks due out in 2011 that also feature Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge microprocessor.

Microsoft is upping its ante to corner a share from IBM's mainframe business as it invests an undisclosed amount in French software maker TurboHercules which has hogged limelight for filing an antitrust complaint with EU against IBM.

As the tablet market is being crowded each day with more and more devices, time is ripe for Microsoft to unveil a new operating system exclusively for tablets.