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Intel is building new technology for connecting chips inside telecommunications and networking equipment, part of its plan to delve deeper into the communications world.

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Dell Computer may find itself reaching for too much of a good thing--at least in the eyes of some of its partners.

Its tighter focus on corporate services has brought prominent contracts and growing revenue to both the PC maker and its partners that help provide the services. But executives and analysts say conflicts with those allies could be looming.

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USBMan has posted a special report on new and/or improved USB products from Comdex Fall 2002

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As a part of its promotion of the GeForce FX, Nvidia has released a screenshot of a detailed Unreal-engine game environment that shows off new lighting effects built into the latest evolution of Epic Games' engine.

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The chipmaker introduced two new Celeron processors running at 2.1GHz and 2.2GHz, the fastest Celeron chips to date. Intel is aiming the new Celerons at PC manufacturers that build and sell inexpensive home desktops priced at $600 or below.

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Roxio, which makes CD-burning software, is acquiring virtually all the assets of Napster, the former file-swapping company, for about $5 million in cash and stock.

The deal, expected to close later this month, is subject to the approval of the bankruptcy court handling Napster's case.

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ExtremeTech has put up a news story on the latest Pentium 4 processor

While numerous OEMs have supported the launch of Intel's new hyperthreading-enabled 3.06-GHz Pentium 4, whether or not the feature will be useful remains a subject of debate.

OEMs like Dell and Gateway appear poised to highlight the technology's advantages in advertisements and other promotions. But interestingly, one "enthusiast" OEM-who might have been thought as a strong backer of any new technology-characterized the improvement as only a slight one.

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