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Intel's Arrandale chips haven't been the best-kept secret around, and today Chipzilla made 'em official: the Core i3 and mobile Core i5 will launch on January 7, and we'd guess a bunch of new machines come along for the ride.

What do we make of Nokia putting up $70 million in a mobile payment company? The world's largest mobile manufacturer, Nokia is backing Obopay that basically turns a mobile phone into an interactive banking card. Nokia did not disclose the price but an SEC filing from Obopay showed the smaller firm made a $70-million equity offering.

Intel will launch 17 new desktop and mobile processors based on its 32-nanometer process technology on Jan. 7, 2010 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company confirmed Thursday at a press conference in San Francisco.

Nokia sees a good chance for mobile financial services to become big business in coming years, and the world's top cellphone maker hopes to take a slice of the emerging market at its takeoff.

Google will appear now on your TV according to reports. Google has been working for the last few months trying to develop Google TV. Google and its partners Sony and Intel are planning to create the next generation of Internet TV sets. Google plans that Android operating system for smartphones will be used in Google TV platform. According to the reports, TV technology will run on Intel’s Atom chips and a new version of its Chrome browser for the project will be developed by Google. Searching the Internet via a television set, this concept is scarcely a new one.

Just to put my cards on the table, I think the Intel Atom Developer Program makes about as much sense as a netbook with a 17 inch screen. The whole point of netbooks is that they’re fully functional computers, unlike smartphones and other mobile devices that offer only a limited feature set.

Intel unveiled several new Atom processors on Monday. The chips are smaller and more energy-efficient than their predecessors.

Is Nokia ready to change its fortunes in the U.S. market? The Finnish company has grown into the world's largest mobile-phone maker by conquering country after country. But in the U.S., Nokia has steadily lost ground in recent years, watching its market share shrivel to single digits.

Nokia 2220 has been showcased. The new slider phone coming from the largest mobile makers, Nokia is not multimedia friendly.