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[Updated: More about battery life and price] Yesterday, at Intel's Developer Forum (IDF) in Beijing, we were told that the next wave of Ultrabooks will start at $699. These new, less-expensive, skinny laptops are just around the corner, apparently. But how is that low price-point possible? I've got the answers in The Long View...
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Apple is said to be ramping up production of next-generation MacBook Pros in 13-inch and 15-inch configurations as it prepares to upgrade its notebooks across May/June, even while the post-PC age changes the shape of IT.

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) just unveiled its latest server CPUs. The 8-core Intel Xeon E5-2600 series -- codenamed Jaketown -- are the ultimate Sandy Bridge parts. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers crunch the numbers. Not to mention: Disturbing wedding dress imagery...

This time it turns out tales claiming Apple has pondered moving the Mac to ARM aren't spurious at all, and that OS X has been running on iOS chips inside the company's r&d labs -- but don't hold your breath for an iOS Mac -- not just yet...

In relationships they say you can divide people into one of three roles: leader, follower and co-pilot. When it comes to the ultra-notebook market, there’s only one clear Master in the global supply chain, Apple, and it's preparing to boldly go further with its next-generation MacBook Air.

I've been following all the speculation about the upcoming CES trade show -- naturally enough, since I and several of my Computerworld colleagues will be there next week -- and the word everyone is tossing around as this year's product to watch is the ultrabook.

The Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) roadmaps for its next-generation processors are out, albeit unofficially. The leaked roadmaps show Intel's steady-as-she-goes plan, in the face of not much competition from AMD (NASDAQ:AMD). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pore over the bins.

AMD (NYSE:AMD) has launched its new server CPU chips, some of which offer a whopping 16 cores -- or, at least, 16 threads. The Opteron 6200-series 'Interlagos' and 4200-series 'Valencia' products are supposedly better, faster, cheaper, and/or lower-power than the Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) Xeon equivalents, thanks to AMD's 'Bulldozer' architecture. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers feel the need... the need for speed.

3... 2... 1... Here comes Redstone: lifting off from HP's Project Moonshot. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:NPQ) has unveiled its ultra-dense, low-power ARM-based server line -- codenamed Redstone, the first product of the Project Moonshot business. Up to 288 Calxeda quad-core SoC chips in a 4U chassis. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers count the cores.

Buried amid news of Microsoft's Windows 8, the iPad and the Apple October iPhone(s), Intel has a future for us -- the 24-hour MacBook Air and solar-powered computing, thanks to its new "Haswell" chip.

Security researchers are slamming Apple for what they see as its slow delivery of an essential security update to patch the digital security certification threat following the DigiNotar attack.

Once upon a time, the duopoly of Intel and Microsoft ruled the computing world, with the monopoly Windows riding on top of countless millions of PCs powered by Intel chips. Today, that Wintel relationship is crumbling, with the once-tight business partners competing against one another as well as cooperating. And things will only deteriorate from here.

The next-gen iPhone 5 will be faster, smaller and bigger, while the iPad 3 may use the same processor as the existing models, with A6 processor-powered Apple devices not reaching market until late 2012, the pundits claim.

There's something distinctly odd going on with the relationship between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). I have some theories why, and what it means for the future of the MacBook. Let's discuss, in The Long View...
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[Updated with a more balanced view of China] McAfee is again shouting worrying warnings about state-sponsored hackery and crackery. This time, it's something the Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) division has weirdly dubbed Operation Shady RAT. We're told that 72 organizations have been infiltrated and had their secrets stolen. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if they're being fed Chinese takeout or garbage. Not to mention: Mark Johnstone's Data Cake analogy...