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<title><![CDATA[Intel's next-gen chip arrives, with Hollywood in tow]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Intel is officially announcing its next-generation processor tomorrow--and Hollywood is playing a big role. Sandy Bridge--or what Intel now calls the 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family--is a big step for the chipmaker because, for the first time in a mainstream product, the graphics chip is grafted directly onto the main processor, boosting performance. This design essentially provides the graphics function for free, allowing PC makers to bring out laptops that don't have to always rely on separate graphics processors from Advanced Micro Devices or Nvidia. (For more on the technical details of the new chip, see this companion report.) &quot;It's all about the visual experience and smarter performance,&quot; Tom Kilroy, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Sales and Marketing Group, said in an interview last week. &quot;It's well documented how online video is going on across the globe. There's over 100 million people doing user-generated content creation. So, what we tried to do with the architecture is really improve that experience. We're calling it the User Visual Experience.&quot; One of Sandy Bridge's marquee features is high-speed, on-the-fly conversion between data formats. The chip also includes the next version of Intel's Turbo Boost--version 2.0, a key technology that speeds up and slows down the processor to optimize performance and power, respectively. Sandy Bridge highlights: 20 new Core i3, i5, i7 processors: First chips available (January) in laptops will be quad-core.More than 500 new PC systems: coming from PC makers worldwide.Enhanced graphics silicon: built directly onto the main processor. Quick Sync Video:  accelerates encoding/decoding of media formats. Turbo Boost 2.0:  power-efficient overclocking of processor. Intel Wireless Display 2.0: WiDi 2.0 beams content to big-screen HDTVs at 1080pHD resolution. Intel Insider: direct access to movies, not available before, on PCs in high definition.Access to Hollywood content is also baked into the chip--a technology called Intel Insider. &quot;This will unlock premium high-definition content, like movies, to your PC,&quot; Kilroy said. &quot;We've gone out and engaged with the studios. So, you'll see Warner Bros. and Fox at launch [of Sandy Bridge] and several other studios to come. They're eagerly embracing this platform as a distribution means for premium high-end content--as Internet content [offered] directly to the end user.&quot; Kilroy continued. &quot;What Intel Insider does is deliver HD digital distribution rights to the PC. This could be enabled through multiple content storefronts through OEMs (PC makers), retailers like Best Buy. Essentially, the PC now becomes an on-ramp for HD 1080p movies,&quot; he said. And Intel has added security features to protect the content. &quot;And we've built in security capability into this platform that will enable end-to-end hardware protection for the content. So, it will protect the premium content rights of the studios,&quot; according to Kilroy.Among the hundreds of new systems expected to flood the market over the next several months, Hewlett-Packard and Dell will come out with high-end quad-core laptops. Other dual-core systems will follow in February, according to Intel. &quot;The quad core based systems will be available on January 9 and additional dual-core versions in February,&quot; Intel said in a statement. Many new Sandy Bridge systems will be demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show, which begins on January 6 in Las Vegas. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: SoloPower raises $51.6 million, Stion plans $150 million IPO]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s the latest action we&amp;'re following on the GreenBeat today:SoloPower picks up $51.6 million &amp;8211' The thin-film solar startup (solar module pictured) has raised the cash from backers that include Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Crosslink Capital, according to an SEC filing cited by Earth2Tech, which also notes solar manufacturer Stion is looking to raise $100 &amp;8211' $150 million in an IPO in the next few years.Nvidia Tegra chips to power Tesla&amp;'s Model S &amp;8212' Tesla announced it will use two Nvidia Tegra chips to power the 17-inch touch screen on its 2012 all-electric Model S. Earth2Tech notes the display will be the largest ever in a car and will have 3-D graphics. The chips have the plus of being energy efficient, which is key for electric cars that run solely on battery.Ethanol unable to meet renewable fuel mandate &amp;8212' The U.S.doesn&amp;'t have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with ethanol, according to a Purdue University study. Instead, the study suggests the standard could be met by ramping up production of cellulosic and next-generation biofuels.Bloom Box costs $12.50 per watt &amp;8211' The price for a Bloom Energy&amp;'s powerful fuel cell mini-power plantBloom Box is $12.50 per watt afterwarranty, installation, shipping and sales taxGreentech Media reports. The article cites an anonymous source to challenge Bloom&amp;'s claims that the box &amp;8212' which it claims can power up to TK American homes &amp;8212' generates electricity for nine to 11 cents per kilowatt hour after incentives.Biofuels microbe company Qteros raises $22 million &amp;8212' The money is considered the initial phase of a third round of financing. The company also announced a developmental deal with Indian bio-ethanol engineering and equipment company Praj. The two will collaborate to produce process design packages that make use of Qteros&amp;'s microbe and Praj&amp;'s engineering expertise.Next Story: Present at Vator Splash Feb and get your discounted tickets here! Previous Story: LG says smart web-connected washing machines no longer a dumb ideaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: biofuels, Bloom Box, cigs, ethanol, Model S, Solar, Tegra, thin film solarCompanies: Bloom Energy, CrossLink Capital, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Nvidia, Purdue University, Qteros, solopower, Stion, Tesla          Tags: biofuels, Bloom Box, cigs, ethanol, Model S, Solar, Tegra, thin film solarCompanies: Bloom Energy, CrossLink Capital, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, Nvidia, Purdue University, Qteros, solopower, Stion, TeslaIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Traditional game veterans adapt to a world with CityVille and Angry Birds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[There&amp;'s a specter hanging over the traditional video game industry, and you can see it in the image above. Social game companies such as Zynga and mobile games on the iPhone are grabbing players by the tens of millions. The traditional video game industry isn&amp;'t growing like it once was.But the star designers of traditional games aren&amp;'t running scared. In a panel at the Dice Summit, which gathers 700 of the game industry&amp;'s elite in Las Vegas from today through Friday, game industry veterans said that they&amp;'re used to the constant chaos, change, and adaptation that has to happen in the industry. Companies such as Zynga, maker of CityVille, and Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, have disrupted the game industry and the industry veterans think that&amp;'s a good thing.The game veterans pictured above said they continue to work on hardcore console and PC games that they always have. But they&amp;'re playing games from the new guys. As a group, these game designers are looking to learn what they can from social and mobile.The social and mobile game companies are crashing the party at Dice and at the larger Game Developers Conference coming in San Francisco later this month. But it was still surprising to see a panel with no social and mobile game makers sing the praises of that new segment of the game industry.Mike Morhaime (pictured right), head of Blizzard Entertainment, said he plays Words With Friends, a Scrabble-like word game on the iPhone, so that he can connect with old friends.Greg Zeschuk (far right), co-founder of Electronic Arts&amp;' BioWare division, said he pulled someone into his office to show off CityVille on Facebook. &amp;''Come take a look at the future of games,&amp;'' he said. He said game designers can now reach so many users so fast with games that are accessible and easy to play' CityVille grew to 100 million users in less than two months on Facebook.&amp;''We have never had a chance to reach so many people so fast with something so easy to play,&amp;'' Zeschuk said.Bruce Shelley, co-founder of the now-defunct Ensemble Studios and maker of Age of Empires, was so enthralled with Zynga&amp;'s FrontierVille (made by his friend and game veteran Brian Reynolds) that he decided to start work on Facebook games himself.&amp;''This [game] had engagement,&amp;'' said Shelley (pictured right). &amp;''It was a real game. It meant that game design had been brought to a new space where it had never reached before.&amp;''Shelley is now a contractor working on a game design project with Zynga. He is offering tips to Zynga&amp;'s neophyte game makers, who in turn are offering him tips about how to operate in the fast game design cycles that Zynga follows.Shelley co-founded his game studio in 1995, a great time to get an independent game studio together to make high-end PC or console games.&amp;''I thought you would never be able to do that again,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''But today, there has never been a better time to start a game studio. I have this vision of a dam breaking and all of this opportunity rushing downhill.&amp;''Now at Zynga, Shelley said it is remarkable how fast the company can move. &amp;''I&amp;'m just asked to make the games more fun,&amp;'' he said.Mark Cerny (pictured right), a freelance game designer who has worked on many blockbuster games with Sony, said, &amp;''Bruce will be able to create a game faster than it will take us to get a lawyer assigned to create a contract.&amp;''Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare, said that the game industry feels like it is in the middle of an S-shaped curve, meaning it&amp;'s about to see another huge wave of growth.&amp;''A lot of existing players are going to have to adapt in order to thrive and survive,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''New players are going to come into this market and surprise the heck out of us.&amp;'' However, Muzyka also said it was still refreshing to see outstanding hardcore games surface, such as RockStar Games&amp;' Red Dead Redemption, an epic Western game that has sold 8 million units on the consoles.Cerny said he was happy to see original indie games such as Flower,  a downloadable game on the PlayStation 3 that let gamers  play the wind in the dream of a flower in the middle of a dilapidated  city. Games like that one aren&amp;'t huge money makers, but they earn enough to make their money back and more.Previous Story: Google wants game developers to rely on ads for incomePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: CityVille, Flower, FrontierVille, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Words With FriendsCompanies: Apple, Bioware, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Facebook, ZyngaPeople: Bruce Shelley, Greg Zeschuk, Mark Cerny, Mike Morhaime, Ray Muzyka, Seth Schiesel          Tags: CityVille, Flower, FrontierVille, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Words With FriendsCompanies: Apple, Bioware, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Facebook, ZyngaPeople: Bruce Shelley, Greg Zeschuk, Mark Cerny, Mike Morhaime, Ray Muzyka, Seth SchieselDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Corner: Separation agreements and product development advances]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&amp;'s the latest from VentureBeat&amp;'s Entrepreneur Corner:5 things to include in a separation agreement a4&quot; There can be bad blood when someone leaves a company involuntarily. To prevent a former employee from poisoning the market for your company, a detailed separation agreement is essential. Attorney Curtis Smolar lists five things you&amp;'ll want to be sure to include.Data-driven future looms for product development a4&quot; Just as the advertising and marketing worlds have been able to make tremendous advances from modern data gathering services, so too can the product side of a company. Niel Robertson, founder and CEO of Trada, says today&amp;'s tools can give startups a big advantage &amp;8212' if they&amp;'re used correctly.8 problems every startup should anticipate a4&quot; Startups are like marriages. They start full of idealistic dreams and run head first into reality. Martin Zwelling, CEO of Startup Professionals, runs down eight problems you can expect to face in the early days of your company.Uncommon ways to pitch potential investors a4&quot; The fight for venture capital money is tough a4&quot; and the old methods don&amp;'t always work. Shawn Parr, CEO of Bulldog Drummond, lists a number of methods that might help your chances.Weekend warriors discover the pivot a4&quot; Long before he started Idealab, Bill Gross started educational software company Knowledge Adventure. In this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture, Gross tells how sending employees into the field resulted in a critical discovery.Next Story: Microsoft&amp;'s Bing sees Twitter backlash for Japan quake campaign Previous Story: iPad 2 teardown shows the winners and losers among Apple&amp;'s suppliersPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: entrepreneur corner          Tags: entrepreneur cornerChris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLarge Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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