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Obama to give funding for research on processors with 100 million cores

President Barack Obama, known as the most tech-savvy leader to occupy the Oval Office, has pledged $126 million for exascale research, aimed at developing a supercomputer by 2020. This exascale system, managed by the Department of Energy, is predicted to be 1,000 times more powerful than today’s most advanced supercomputer.

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Intel CEO on Redmondpoo: “I would probably have gone to Android.”

Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, publicly declared Nokia’s decision to partner with Windows Phone 7 as flawed, implying he would have chosen Android if in Nokia’s position. He also hinted that Nokia abandoned their MeeGo partnership with Intel due to substantial financial incentives from Microsoft. Nonetheless, Otellini promised to find a new partner for MeeGo.

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Will Windows 8 feature a tile-based UI like Windows Phone 7?

Renowned Microsoft insider, Paul Thurrott, has revealed unconfirmed rumors about Windows 8, which is still in development. Based on an inside source, the software could incorporate a tile-based user interface, codenamed Mosh. This could potentially appear on low-end tablet devices and may appease critics demanding the Windows Phone OS on a tablet.

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