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Nvidia unveiled a new smartphone chip, the Tegra 4i, on Tuesday, promising more than twice the efficiency of its rival Qualcomm's latest chip at half the size.

Online Resources Corporation, JDS Uniphase Corp, Ericsson, and Nokia Corporation are among Thursday's pre-market movers.

Times were Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) could do no wrong, as sales and earnings grew and grew. However, harder times have come.

The market value of Qualcomm Inc., the No. 1 designer of mobile chips, exceeds that of Intel. That's no mistake.

A federal judge in California threw out a fraud claim by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) that Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) infringed upon the name App Store.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli sued Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), the top developer of mobile chips, seeking information about political donations.

There are thousands of tech companies to watch, but how can one determine which will be the game-changers? Don't worry, here are a few.

The Cougars have won six straight against San Diego State.

Apple has filed a patent that could enable its new iMac to wirelessly charge peripheral devices without any contact.

Sharp Corp. (TYO:6753) said Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) agreed to invest as much as 9.9 billion yen (US $121 million), in it.

Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel, will retire next year. A successor wasn't designated but Intel has its eye on an inside candidate.

Texas Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: TXN), the No. 2 U.S. chipmaker, said it will trim 1,700 jobs at its global semiconductor plants.

Shares of Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) rose 8 percent on stronger-than-expected earnings forecast.

QUALCOMM, Tata Motors, Siemens, Whiting Petroleum, Universal Display, AudioCodes, Banco Santander, Whole Foods Market and UBS AG are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were QUALCOMM Incorporated, Bloomin' Brands Inc, Himax Technologies Inc and InterMune Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Universal Display Corporation, Monster Beverage Corporation, Nanosphere Inc, RealPage Inc and Concur Technologies Inc.

Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM), the biggest U.S. designer of chips for smartphones, reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter results Wednesday.

Qualcomm is scheduled to report higher fourth-quarter results Wednesday. Big question: clues for continued demand for current quarter and into 2013.

As always, here's your handy clip-and-save earnings-report calendar for the coming week.

You can watch a live stream online of the Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers.

Motorola Mobility has acquired face detection software firm Viewdle, in a deal worth $35-40 million, TechRadar has reported.

Chip manufacturer Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Thursday announced the addition of two new Snapdragon S4 mobile processors -- “MSM8225Q” and “MSM8625Q”. Both the new processors are members of the Snapdragon S4 Play processor tier and are optimized specifically for high-volume smartphones.