Silicon Valley Musings

The video above, produced for Gatorade (owned by PepsiCo), was part of a stealth viral marketing campaign. Gatorade is never mentioned, but a Gatorade bottle does appear under the the ball girl’s chair at the end of the video. As of this writing, this video has been viewed several million times.

From PodTech post.

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In a surprise announcement at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett informed a keynote audience that the world’s biggest chipmaker would work together with Grameen Bank. The financial institution was started […]

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In this video podcast, Dr. Oren Shriki, a science teacher at the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy, speaks about Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair, taking place in Atlanta, May 11-16. (As excitement builds toward the event’s opening, you can follow along on […]

Gotta love math humor. See more at XKCD.com

You have been Rick Roll’d!

Watch Senator Obama’s speech on race in America and building a more perfect union.

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: ‘A More Perfect Union’
Philadelphia, PA | March 18, 2008
As Prepared for Delivery
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, […]

“You don’t believe that it may be a conflict of interest in a former employee hiring the former boss, or suggesting that he be hired, for a very lucrative contract?” she said of the 18-month contract [worth $28 million to $52 million], which requires Mr. Ashcroft to make sure that Zimmer complies with the terms […]

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From today’s Intel press release.
The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to when using a standard PC and the Internet.
The chips have a thermal design power (TDP) specification in 0.6-2.5 […]