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What do you get when you combine powerful Intel tablets with an award-winning Australian musician and producer? “Intelligent Sounds,” a band of Intel-powered tablets performing a new Flume track led by ‘Felix the robot conductor.’ Each ‘member’ of Intelligent Sound’s tablet band was programmed with synthesized notes and triggered to play, while robot arms were pre-programmed to hit the required notes in time with the final song. Want to learn even more?

Intel has announced the winners of the 2013 U.S. PhD Fellowship and Early Career Faculty Honor programs.

On Oct. 3, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich will speak at the first European edition of the Maker Faire in Rome.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 25, 2013 — Intel Corporation’s board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 22.5 cents per share (90 cents per share on an annual basis) on the company’s common stock. The dividend will be payable on Dec. 1, 2013, to stockholders of record on Nov. 7, 2013.

For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Leadership Awards recognized Intel for “Sustained Excellence in Green Power.” Since 2008, Intel has been the nation’s largest voluntary purchaser of green power. In 2013, Intel increased its purchases of renewable energy to meet 100 percent of its electricity use. To learn more, read here.

Today during his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, Intel Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Software and Services Group, Doug Fisher, outlined a new era of innovation and data mining that will help drive the evolution of IT.

For the seventh consecutive year, Intel was included in the 2013 Working Mother 100 Best Companies list. Working Mother recognized Intel for its consistent quality-of-life improvements and commitment to progressive workplace programs, including home-based child care with flexible hours. Also highlighted were Intel’s paid sabbaticals. The list will be featured in the October/November print issue of Working Mother.

For the 15th consecutive year, Intel has been named on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Within its industry, Intel ranked highest in product quality and supply chain management.

At IDF this week, Intel announced that the Thunderbolt device ecosystem is now at over 100 certified devices, with a majority supporting both Mac and Windows OS environments. New usages and form factors continue to emerge, including new high-resolution responsive docks, palm-size drives and dongles, all which were demonstrated or shown at IDF.

Intel Fellow, Anthropologist Lays out Mobile Future Beyond Smartphones and Tablets
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Intel’s Dr. Genevieve Bell outlined the company’s global vision for mobility and four human desires for future technology: to be truly personal, to unburden them, to help them stay in the moment and to help them realize their better selves.
• Bell illustrated these ideas through various demonstrations of current Intel and third-party research including smart clothing, low-power silicon, and context-aware technologies.