Intel Developer Forum brief 0 comments

More OLED notebook stuff, this time from IDF. Only that this time a full OLED panel is not the case. Intel has given everyone a glimpse at freshly developed concept notebook that has three downsized screens located right over the keyboard. Lets join this with the fact that Intel developed Moblin operating system has reached its 2.1 version, an epic Light Peak 10Gbps interconnector for mobile devices and it sort of comes all together as I see it.

You don’t need a weather man to know which way the wind blows, so I just look forward to an end product developed fully by Intel. I do think they have the technology and ability to come up with a neat netbook probably even with OLED and Moblin onboard, who knows? Not a long time ago we have reviewed internet orientated operating systems and concluded that they make sense especially for computing on the go. In the same key light and slim OLED display is perfect for a notebook. Intel, we are intrigued.

Intel Hit With Record Anti-Trust Fine 0 comments

The European Commission fined Intel Corp a record 1.06 billion euros (1.45 billion dollars) last month and ordered it to halt illegal rebates and other practices used to squeeze out rival AMD.
"Given that Intel has harmed million of European consumers by deliberately acting to keep competitors out of the market for over five years, the size of the fine should come as no surprise,"European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes told a news briefing.
The EU executive said Intel paid computer makers to postpone or cancel plans to launch products the used AMD chips, said illegal, secret rebates so computer manufacturers would use mostly or entirely Intel chips and paid a major retailer to stock only computers with its chips.
It ordered intel to "cease the illegal practices immediately to the extent that they are still ongoing."Intel may continue to offer rebates, so long as they are legal, the Commission said.
The EU antitrust fine is the biggest imposed on an individual company, exceeding an 896 million euro penalty last year against glass maker Saint-Gobain for price fixing, and a 497-million euro fine in 2004 on Microsoft for abuse of dominance.
Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini sad the company plans to appeal at Europe's Court of First Instance.