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Research@Intel Day: A Feast for the Senses

June 24th, 2008 |
Research@Intel Day: A Feast for the Senses

Intel’s invitation-only event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., showed off the company’s diverse research projects in areas like visual computing, health, life sciences, green-friendly technologies, and wireless, to name a few. “Intel scientists can propose research [See the full post…]

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Intel’s Craig Barrett: Malaysia’s on Track

May 20th, 2008 |
Intel’s Craig Barrett: Malaysia’s on Track

Intel’s Craig Barrett says that private companies can’t go it alone when trying to make a difference in developing markets, and neither can governments. In a visit to Malaysia, the chairman of the chip giant stopped off at Penang, where [See the full post…]

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Intel to Work with Grameen Bank

May 19th, 2008 |
Intel to Work with Grameen Bank

In a surprise announcement at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett informed a keynote audience that the world’s biggest chipmaker would work together with Grameen Bank. The financial institution was [See the full post…]

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The Deal Keynote: Kenneth D. Moelis

May 16th, 2008 |
The Deal Keynote: Kenneth D. Moelis

Kenneth Moelis has a unique talent for translating his 25-year career on Wall Street into the kind of information that financial specialists from the Street and beyond need the most. In this keynote podcast, Moelis puts the current Wall Street [See the full post…]

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The Deal – Gary W. Parr on Sovereign Wealth Funds

May 15th, 2008 |
The Deal – Gary W. Parr on Sovereign Wealth Funds

“None of us smart enough to call the bottom in financials or any other industry,” says Gary W. Parr, vice chairman at independent investment bank Lazard. Noting the value to investors of structuring deals for a few years of protection [See the full post…]

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The Deal – Opportunities in a Sluggish Market

May 15th, 2008 |
The Deal – Opportunities in a Sluggish Market

When times get tough, investors need to answer a few key questions: which industries are most attractive for investment? What deal structures are investors choosing? Where are sellers’ expectations? In this podcast, although there was some consensus around the prediction [See the full post…]

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The Deal – Deals in the Middle Market

May 15th, 2008 |
The Deal – Deals in the Middle Market

Whether you call it a credit crunch or a credit squeeze, there’s evidence to be found that the chilled climate for deals has spread from the realm of the mega-deal into the middle market. To discuss the new economic realities [See the full post…]

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Intel ISEF 2008: Atlanta Hosts Global Science Fair

May 6th, 2008 |
Intel ISEF 2008: Atlanta Hosts Global Science Fair

In this video podcast, Dr. Oren Shriki, a science teacher at the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, speaks about Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place in Atlanta, May 11-16. (As excitement builds toward the event’s opening, you can [See the full post…]

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The Deal: Private Capital Symposium 2008

April 24th, 2008 |
The Deal: Private Capital Symposium 2008

The private capital markets are in an intriguing position. The economy is sluggish after last year’s sub-prime mess and major buyout firms have not seen a lot of action. That was expected. But the middle markets have only dropped off [See the full post…]

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Voices of Shanghai: IDF 2008

April 8th, 2008 |
Voices of Shanghai: IDF 2008

This year’s Spring IDF, in Shanghai, brought the global community of Intel developers to one of the fastest-growing cities in the world, to discuss one of the most rapidly-changing technologies, and the incredible impact that all of that change is [See the full post…]

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IDF Shanghai: Sights and Sounds

April 4th, 2008 |
IDF Shanghai: Sights and Sounds

In this video podcast, Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager, Digital Enterprise Group, Pat Gelsinger explains Intel architecture and its wide-ranging capabilities (“architecture for life”), and Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Mobility Group, Dadi Perlmutter [See the full post…]

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Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Deal Outlook

March 20th, 2008 |
Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Deal Outlook

Deals in health care M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of health care M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. [See the full post…]

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Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Private Equity

March 20th, 2008 |
Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Private Equity

From the panel, Private Equity and the Healthcare M&A Market: What’s on the Radar? comes this podcast featuring the panelists Benjamin Edmands, managing director, CCMP Capital; Jonathan Korngold, managing director, global head of healthcare, General Atlantic; Todd Richter, managing director, [See the full post…]

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Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Technology

March 20th, 2008 |
Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: Technology

Charles Ditkoff is managing director and co-head of the global healthcare services group with Banc of America Securities. In this podcast, from the Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium hosted by The Deal in New York City, Ditkoff speaks with PodTech’s Jason Lopez [See the full post…]

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Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: 12-Month Outlook

March 20th, 2008 |
Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium: 12-Month Outlook

In 2007 deals in the health care M&A marketplace soared. Siemens’s $7 billion purchase of Dade Behring, Medtronic’s purchase of Kyphon and Carlyle Group’s purchase of Manor Care are just a few of the deals that contributed to a trend-setting [See the full post…]

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IDF Shanghai 2008: Atom-Enabled Devices To Debut

March 17th, 2008 |
IDF Shanghai 2008: Atom-Enabled Devices To Debut

A new processor for the ultra-mobile market is Intel’s latest move to revolutionize mobility computing, from UMPCs to mobile Internet devices and even notebooks and desktops (er, “netbooks” and “net-tops”). While Atom (née Silverthorne) received its brand-new brand name recently, [See the full post…]

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The Deal: Healthcare Dealmaking with Steve Elek

March 14th, 2008 |
The Deal: Healthcare Dealmaking with Steve Elek

Deals in healthcare M&A have soared over the past two years, continuing to attract capital and drive activity in the sector. Industry insiders are monitoring the current pace of healthcare M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. On Wednesday, [See the full post…]

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Intel Science Talent Search: Meet the Top 10 Winners

March 11th, 2008 |
Intel Science Talent Search: Meet the Top 10 Winners

During the awards dinner, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett joked, after seeing the quality of work from the high school finalists in the the Intel Science Talent Search 2008, that he felt like burning his Ph.D. dissertation. But the depth of [See the full post…]

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Intel Science Talent Search: Out of Their Brilliant Minds

March 11th, 2008 |
Intel Science Talent Search: Out of Their Brilliant Minds

The Intel Science Talent Search ends each year with 40 finalists gathering in Washington D.C. at the National Academy of Sciences in conjunction with the Society for Science and the Public. The finalists presented their projects on Sunday March 9th [See the full post…]

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Apple iTunes: Make Money by Losing Money

March 8th, 2008 |
Apple iTunes: Make Money by Losing Money

Recently, NPD Group reported that Apple’s iTunes store moved into the number two spot in 2007 for music retail sales in the U.S. (Wal-Mart remained at number one.) Selling music has been tough — ever since the RIAA took on [See the full post…]

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Connectivity Is Key To Development

March 6th, 2008 |
Connectivity Is Key To Development

Broadband connectivity is rapidly becoming a bottleneck issue for economic development around the world. As nations move into knowledge-based economies, an emphasis on information and communication technologies, or ICTs, is critical to addressing poverty and development concerns ranging from health [See the full post…]

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Intel Science Talent Search: Alternative Energy

March 6th, 2008 |
Intel Science Talent Search: Alternative Energy

The Intel Science Talent Search culminates in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The high school science projects cover areas like engineering, math, physics, medicine and health, environmental science, zoology, and others. The research these students have engaged in is astonishing. Many [See the full post…]

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Intel Science Talent Search

March 1st, 2008 |
Intel Science Talent Search

Some of the future leaders in science and research in the U.S. will be recognized next week at the Intel Science Talent Search, where the search for the best high school scientists and their projects will convene in Washington, D.C. [See the full post…]

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Where is Gaming Going?

February 23rd, 2008 |
Where is Gaming Going?

Now that GDC 2008 is behind us, and the reviews are really rolling in, PodTech takes a wide look at the gaming industry, with IDC gaming analyst Billy Pidgeon. Gaming’s future likely includes more attention from the courts, as it [See the full post…]

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Is TV the New TV?

February 16th, 2008 |
Is TV the New TV?

What would your response be to this scenario: you’re watching television and you forget that it’s being distributed to you on the Internet. Who won? TV or the Web? James McQuivey covers television and media technologies for Forrester Research. He [See the full post…]

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