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Ashlee Vance (born 1977) is an American columnist for the online technology website The Register. He has written for The Register since 2003. Vance covers companies such as IBM, HP, Intel and Dell and also writes about a wide range of technology topics, including robots and Segway scooters. He tends to write in a sarcastic, cynical tone, much as one would read in MAD Magazine.

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Shared supercomputing and everyday research

Meanwhile, research groups and companies such as International Business Machines Corp., Hewlett Packard Development Co. Lp, Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. are finding ways to make vast stores of information available online through so-called cloud ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, livemint.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Intel,  Jaguar,  Oak Ridge National Laboratory,  AMD

Dell Profit Falls 54 Percent

Dell echoed the sentiments of its peers on Thursday, declaring that technology spending appeared to be rising. But the company reported a 54 percent drop in net income and a 15 percent decline in revenue. Dell reported net income of $337 million in the ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomson Reuters,  Intel,  Google Inc.,  Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Hewlett-Packard

Nvidia's Gamers Helped It Win Big Business

Nvidia critics will sometimes have fun knocking the company as being a slave to child’s play. There’s some truth to the jab. Nvidia has long depended on gamers to move its graphics chips. As a result, the company flourished in a lucrative albeit niche ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  David Gallagher,  University of California,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,  Yahoo!

Supercomputers Are Still Fast, but Less Super

A decade-long trend reached its inevitable conclusion this week when a supercomputer based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices became the fastest machine on the planet. The computer, called Jaguar, sits at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, International Herald Tribune,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  Jaguar,  David Gallagher,  AT&T Inc.,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

A Decade Later, Intel's Itanium Chip Makes a Profit

"Unfriend" is the Word of the Year, according to the publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Hashtag and freemium didn't quite make it. - Damon Darlin Apple posted a job for a Game/Media Software Engineer. Is it a sign it is getting more ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Damon Darlin,  Intel,  Skype,  Microsoft Corporation,  Academy Awards

Ed Hardy’s Tattoo Art Is Booty for Digital Pirates

Don Ed Hardy, the famed tattoo artist, must smell good. Make that really good. Ed Hardy-themed perfumes have become some of the most popular fragrances in the world with retailers buying $85 million worth of them so far this year. Mr. Hardy’s colorful ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Iconix Brand Group, Inc.,  Madonna,  Britney Spears

Intel Sells Its Own Reader for the Healthcare Market

Intel’s push into the health care arena has the company going some unusual places. On Tuesday, the chip maker unveiled the Intel Reader, a handheld device for people who struggle to read standard texts because of conditions ranging from dyslexia to ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  Twitter Inc,  Damon Darlin,  Amazon.com,  San Francisco Giants

Cuomo Files Antitrust Suit Against Intel

The lawsuit charges that Intel violated state and federal laws by abusing its dominant position in the chip market to keep its main rival, Advanced Micro Devices, at bay. Intel has faced similar lawsuits in Asia and Europe, and in May the European ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Intel,  European Commission,  Microsoft Corporation,  Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,  Federal Trade Commission

Cisco and EMC Form Venture to Serve Data Centers

Cisco Systems took another step to expand its computer hardware businesses on Tuesday by forming a broad partnership with EMC, a maker of storage equipment and software. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have created a joint venture called ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, International Herald Tribune,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.,  Hewlett-Packard,  John T Chambers,  Intel,  Tandberg

Drupal Moves Into the White House

The White House Web site has caught a case of Drupal. In the Internet world, Drupal is not as bad as it sounds. The open source software package helps people create and manage their Web sites. And this week a new WhiteHouse.gov site arrived that had ...

From ASHLEE VANCE, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Drupal,  White House,  Barack Obama,  Microsoft Corporation,  Tim O'Reilly

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