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• Intel considered NVIDIA buy to combat AMD Fusion

  Intel considered buying graphics chip company NVIDIA, but the regulatory environment caused it to decline the chance, Intel's Pat Gelsinger revealed in an interview.

• Intel to axe 1,000 managers

  Intel will begin cutting about 1,000 manager jobs worldwide this week as part of an effort to become more competitive.

• IBM, AMD further cut chip power consumption

  IBM and Advanced Micro Devices have discovered that stressed chips consume less power.

• Feds to harmonise smartcard rules

  With a massive government services smartcard deployment now firmly on the coalition's agenda, the federal information management office is devising guidelines for agencies to cut risk and limit the financial outlay on what one minister conceded can be "extremely complex and costly" smartcard projects.

• Massive smartcard plan confirmed

  The federal government confirmed work was underway on a proposal to deploy smartcards to millions of Australians under a project to slash administrative costs and crack down on identity theft.

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  Australia snares Silicon Valley wireless start-up

  Silicon Valley-based wireless technology start-up Quantenna Communications is planning to open a 30 to 50-person research facility in Australia following an injection of venture capital by the Australian-US fund Southern Cross Venture Partners.

Features and Case Studies (7)

• Photo gallery: 35 years of Intel chip design

  A look at how Intel chips have evolved -- from the revolutionary 4004 to the teraflop-ready 80-core prototype of tomorrow.

• Picture this: A new breed of cameras

  Standards came first to PCs, then to servers and mobile phones. Will cameras be next?

• Looking for business PCs under $2K?

  We set the specs and the price and had a look at what Australia's PC vendors could come up with in terms of performance.

• Intel demos dual core, uncorks Napa

  Intel on Wednesday took the wraps off a pair of upcoming chip technologies.

• Seeing double in software licensing

  New dual-core processors will make conventional software licensing models obsolete. What's next? Additional reading: Intel colonises with chipsets

Reviews (19)

• Dell OptiPlex 960

  If you're shopping at the premium end of the business desktop market, you'll be hard-pressed to do better than the Dell OptiPlex 960.

• 3Com OfficeConnect Gigabit Switch 5

  The 3Com OfficeConnect Gigabit Switch 5 is a tiny unit that compares well to the competition on price and power consumption.

• Computing on a budget: 7 PCs tested

  We set the specs and the price and had a look at what Australia's PC vendors could come up with in terms of performance

• Dell Dimension 8400

  The Dell Dimension 8400 offers exciting new hardware, but unless you're a staunch early adopter, you won't see a compelling reason to make an immediate upgrade.

• Untangling the wireless future

  Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

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