• Intel might do security on a chip now that it owns McAfee

    Intel announced a $7.68 billion all-cash deal last August for McAfee. It now has officially completed its acquisition of security giant McAfee. The deal was cleared by the EU in January, and approved by the FTC in late December. McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand later in 2011. McAfee will report into Intel’s…

  • Universal Micro-USB Charger Standard

    Universal Micro-USB Charger Standard

    Back in August, the European Commission formally approved a policy that required all smartphones to adopt a standard, universal micro-USB charger instead of dedicated ones shipped by all major smartphones companies such as Apple, LG, Nokia and Samsung. Today, the European Standards Organization Cen-Cenelec-Etsi officially approved the request from the European Commission (Ansa news agency, italian)…