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by Mike Zazaian October 5, 2006 - 11:36am, 1 Comment >>

Rumors that processor behemoth Intel is looking to acquire graphics company Nvidia made their way through Wall Street today, with Nvidia shares jumping 8 percent in a matter of hours.

Notions of the acquisition have been flying around since July, when Intel’s key competitor AMD purchased ATI, Nvidia’s primary competition. It’s unclear as to exactly how the speculation started, but whatever the cause it seems to have been enough to stir up Nvidia’s stock to the tune of 8 percent, up $2.32 to $30.62 US. Bill Lefkowitz, an options strategist at New-York-based vFinance Investments commented, There is speculation that Intel will make an acquisition announcement tonight.

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by Mike Zazaian September 11, 2006 - 12:31pm, 2 Comments >>

An Australian graphics research firm will use beer to perfect fluid movement algorithms for computer graphics in the gaming and movie industries.

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