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Aug 04 2008 8:33am EDT

First Bytes: Intel, Apple, AOL, Twitter

--Intel will today announce details of a new line of super-fast microchips, dubbed Larrabee, designed first to make video game graphics better, but ultimately destined for your desktop. [NYT]

-- The old-media fogies at Time Warner appear finally ready to break up AOL and lose the "mental drag" the one-time Web star has levied on the media giant. [Portfolio.com]

-- Twitter's got buzz, but how will it make money? [Portfolio.com]

-- Speaking of Twitter, Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson has an interesting blog series going on VC economics. [A VC]

-- Apple rumor watch: A U.K. paper is reporting that Apple will release a smaller iPhone "nano" model in time for Christmas. Harry McCracken is skeptical. Related: Microsoft is worried about Apple's mobile device market share. [Technologizer.com]

-Sam Gustin. □

Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.
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