Apple threatened Intel with 'wake-up call' over chip power consumption

Officials at Apple were at at one point so unsatisfied with power consumption levels of Intel's processors that they threatened to end their partnership with the chipmaker, if the problems were not addressed. The revelation was shared by Greg Welch, director of Intel's Ultrabook group, with The Wall Street Journal. He said that Apple gave Intel a "real wake-up call" when the Mac maker threatened to end their business relationship. Apple officials told Intel that the chipmaker needed to "drastically slash its power consumption," or else Apple would turn elsewhere for chips. The threats were said to have helped spur Intel's interest in creating...

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Vodafone suspends sales of blocked Galaxy Tab 10.1

Vodafone, the telecoms giant, has suspended pre-orders of the tablet computer after the Regional Court of Dusseldorf issued a temporary ban on any sales or marketing of the device in every country bar the Netherlands. The court made its ruling on the basis that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed Apple's intellectual property by copying elements of the iPad 2. Vodafone has already begun contacting customers who have placed orders for the device and giving them the opportunity to cancel, amid expectations that the preliminary injunction will be made permanent across most of Europe. A spokesman said: "We are aware of legal proceedings [and] we're...

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