A demonstration project developed by Microsoft, the city of New York and Selfhelp Community Services shows how technology can reduce social isolation, increase wellness and enhance quality of life for homebound seniors.

At this week's Game Developers Conference, Intel will feature an array of software tools, contests, developer resources and enhanced games, designed to help spur innovation in the gaming developer community. Attendees can check out a preview of the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor (codenamed "Gulftown"), Intel's first 32nm, six-core processor with 12 computing threads, as well as the new Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers suite of software tools. Intel also announced the start of Level Up 2010, a worldwide game demo contest, and the next round of the Intel Atom Developer Challenge, where developers compete for the best applications in Intel AppUp Center beta.

Market research firm Techaisle just completed a study of 1000 small businesses to determine the financial, security and productivity implications of replacing old PCs. Techaisle concludes that small businesses that try to eke out more use from aging PCs will take it on the chin in all three categories. There's more in blogs from Microsoft and Intel, who in part sponsored the study.

To help the software programming students of today become the manycore developers of tomorrow, Intel is introducing the Manycore Testing Lab, a development environment that allows professors and students to remotely test code scalability up to 32 cores. As part of the Intel® Academic Community, which provides parallel programming and visual computing curricula and resources to professors at more than 1,800 universities worldwide, the testing lab is available to members at no cost. A demo of the Manycore Testing Lab will be shown at the SIGSCE Intel booth (#301), March 10-13. To request login access to the Manycore Testing Lab or become a member, visit the Intel Academic Community.

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE, San Francisco, March 10, 2010 – Intel Corporation today previewed platforms featuring the latest Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition processor and announced the latest release of Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA) that will aid developers in optimizing game performance..

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Today VMAX announced its commercial network availability of WiMAX 4G wireless broadband technology in Taipei, Taiwan. As part of the launch, major OEMs including Acer and Asus unveiled laptops featuring the multi-mode Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 solution, certified and ready to support the VMAX network. With embedded WiMAX solutions from Intel, consumers can now experience the next-generation of broadband connectivity covering an entire city, without being restricted to hotspots.

Security Advisory: March 2010 - Microsoft Releases 2 Security Advisories

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Intel is giving iPhone users the opportunity to bring postcards back from the days of gift shops and stamps with a digital twist. "Postcards From The Future" allows iPhone users to send fun and interactive digital postcards to their friends near and far via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter or by email. People can find this free iPhone application in the Apple iTunes App Store.

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CEBIT, HANNOVER, Germany, March 4, 2010 – Intel Corporation today launched its first Intel® Atom™ processor-based platform optimized for networked home and small office/home office (SOHO) storage devices.

Intel picked up four awards at the 11th Annual Corporate University Xchange Excellence & Innovation Awards, a prestigious independent evaluation of talent development. Intel's Technology Manufacturing Group took best practice awards for working with a college or university to address critical business challenges and for successfully beginning a new initiative, while Intel India HR won a best practice award for their work in leadership development. Intel also received the overall excellence in leadership development award for the design and results of three successful leadership programs.

I-O Data customers will receive patent covenants for their use of devices running Linux and related open source software.

Intel and Orange, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, announced a strategic agreement to deliver Orange multimedia services across a number of devices based on the Intel® Atom™ processor and MeeGo software platform. MeeGo - a result of a merger of the Linux-based Moblin™ and Maemo software projects – enables an open software environment for rapid development of a range of smart, PC-like devices and exciting new services. Establishing a common software framework across multiple devices, ranging from smartphones and tablets to netbooks and laptops, Intel and Orange will simplify access to an increasingly mobile and personalized Internet, driving uptake of new and existing applications and services.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 3, 2010 – Intel Corporation today bestowed 16 companies with its Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 3, 2010 -- Intel Corporation honored 10 companies today with its Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award for 2009.

At yesterday's RSA Conference, Malcolm Harkins, CISO and GM, Intel Enterprise Capabilities Controls and Compliance, received the Excellence in the Field of Security Practices Award. In accepting the award, Harkins explained to other security professionals that the greatest vulnerability is "our underestimation or overestimation of risk."

High school students given Intel® Core powered Sony VAIO® notebooks to design, build and launch a high-power rocket. The Rocket will be 25 feet tall, weigh over 500 pounds and be capable of reaching the stratosphere. The students are in an accelerated rocketry course by Tom Atchison, Director of the Association of Rocket Mavericks and leading figure in the high power rocket community. The launch day will be in April at Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nevada. Learn more about the Rocket Project.