In a recent research note, analyst Gus Richard, at investment bank Piper Jaffray, has expressed the opinion that the year 2012 will be a hard one for chip-maker Intel, and it will be some time before the company gets to reap the benefits from Microsoft's Windows 8 software.

Intel is operating strong on mobile products, desiring to hazard out some territorial dominion in tablets and smart phones ahead of the competitor architectures from ARM Holdings and MIPS Technologies claim it all. Nevertheless, Intel's management considers broad today. "2010 was the best year in Intel's history," stated CEO Paul Otellini.

Chipmaker, Intel, which co-developed the MeeGo platform for mobile phones with Nokia, has announced that devices based on the platform are unlikely to be launched before the first half of 2011 despite rumors that Nokia is set to launch a MeeGo based smartphone soon.

In order to improve awareness in the areas of Information Technology (IT) in rural parts of India, the government is planning to launch a new pilot program to rent out PCs to citizens for about Rs. 15 a day.

The government is reportedly in talks with Intel, HCL Infosystems and OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project to launch the scheme in the country.

Intel, Nokia and the University of Oulu have claimed that soon to be pronounced a joint research program which will soon be releasing software for virtual reality and 3D features on mobile platforms.

It is also said that soon Intel and Nokia will be developing the 3D and virtual reality software for the jointly operated open source MeeGo mobile operating system, which will be released for the Nokia based device.

IT Seems Goldman Sachs Hasn’t lost its touch in landing big clients.

Last Thursday Intel disclosed that it has hired the much criticized bank Goldman Sachs to advise the company for its monetary bid for McAfee Inc which is worth seven decimal seven billion dollars.

Intel has proclaimed of signing a deal to buy Texas Instruments (TI) cable modem manufacturing firm.

The move will aid in boosting the production unit of Intel's Atom microprocessors in consumer electronic devices.