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The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: CDC Corp., Nanometrics, Intel, Yahoo!, and Hologic. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Cree, TriMas, Ceradyne, ViroPharma, and Veeco Instruments.

Gleacher & Co. expects mobile chip maker Qualcomm to be a primary beneficiary in the 3G/4G growth and will remain the top supplier for integrated chips and extend its leadership position to LTE.

Oppenheimer lowered its profit estimates of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) citing a gloomy PC market.

Senators John McCain and John Kerry introduce a privacy bill that got mixed reactions from consumer watchdogs and major tech companies.

Intel Corp. has announced that its tablet specific Atom Z670 processor which brings in improved battery performance and enhanced video capabilities is now available.

AMD is hiring Android driver development engineers, a move that reflects the chipmaker's big push in to the tablet and smartphone space with the help of Android.

It is important that the United States begin to live within its means and address the federal deficit. But the American Physical Society (APS) believes that as a nation we need to be smart about how we do it. Cutting spending across the board without a clear understanding of what it means for America's future jeopardizes the very future we want to secure for our children.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Conns, Expedia, Curis, Seagate Technology, and NXP Semiconductors. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Hercules Offshore, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Sangamo Biosciences, Qiao Xing Universal Resources, and Costco Wholesale.

Oppenheimer has upgraded shares of Broadcom to outperform from perform citing strong growth profile, management's stated efforts to pursue profitable growth, a more disciplined operating expense and compensation strategy.

Texas Instruments' major deal for National Semiconductor has drawn criticism and praise.

Acer has thrown in the gauntlet in the tablet war as it has announced that its dual-screen tablet Iconia TouchBook will be available for pre-sale in U.S.

ThinkEquity lowered its profit estimate of Nvidia Corp. citing lower PC graphics growth.

Intel rolls out out a new generation of SSD products

Intel's next generation of SSD products are faster, have higher capacity and use the 25 nanometer NAND flash memory process.

The year 2011 will be the biggest period yet for graphics-enabled microprocessors (GEM), as the penetration of GEMs reaches 50 percent in notebook PCs and 45 percent in desktops, according to IHS iSuppli research.

Graphics chip maker Nvidia launched the GeForceGTX 590 and claims it as the world's fastest and quietest graphics card.

Solid state drives (SSD) in 2011 is expected to a near doubling of revenue and hit more than $4 billion, according to new IHS iSuppli research.

Intel Corp. has acquired New Venture Partners' portfolio company, Silicon Hive, a spin-out from Philips Electronics (Philips). Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Intel is said to join hands with Taiwan-based notebook makers to push in to Android tablet PC market, a move after Microsoft said its Windows operating system will add support for ARM-based platforms.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.

The company is looking to create supercomputers with 1,000 times more power than today's machines.