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Intel released Intel® Media SDK 2012 R2, now supporting Blu-ray MVC, stereoscopic (two-view) video.  The new SDK also includes an Open CL sample, allowing developers to make the most of resources available on Intel platforms by supporting the newly released Intel® SDK for OpenCL Applications 2012 on both Intel processors and Intel® HD Graphics. Providing developers with a simple API to create media applications using Intel® Quick Sync Video, the SDK can enable hardware acceleration to significantly speed up media conversion on 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors. Developers can download a free copy of Intel® Media SDK 2012 R2.

Intel released a new version of Intel® Concurrent Collections for C++, a library which helps developers write and tune parallel software. Version 0.7 enables developers to deploy applications seamlessly on either a single Intel multicore workstation or a cluster of workstations, providing developers a way for the developer to easily control the execution of their application, offering greater potential for parallelism, scalability and productivity. Intel Concurrent Collections for C++ is available for Windows and Linux as a free download through the Intel Software Network.

In support of 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ processors, today Intel announced the Intel® SDK for OpenCL Applications 2012. The latest addition to Intel’s line of tools and APIs, the software development kit (SDK) gives developers more programming options on Intel platforms, enabling them to improve application performance and create better user experiences. OpenCL provides consumer video, media, 3D and other visual computing applications an additional capability to make the most of Intel processors and Intel® HD Graphics. Intel SDK for OpenCL Applications 2012 is available to developers as a free download.

Intel AppUpSM center is working with Urban Airship™ to help provide app developers the ability to monetize apps beyond the initial sale to drive ongoing consumer engagement and recurring revenue with Intel AppUp In-App Purchase. Over 40,000 application developers worldwide use Urban Airship’s scalable infrastructure and easy-to-integrate tools to monetize their apps, and now Urban Airship’s developers can reach an expanded base of Ultrabook™ device, netbook, and PC consumers through the Intel AppUp center.

To help address the growing need for more precise and efficient management of data center power consumption and utilization, Intel and Dell worked together to introduce the advanced version of OpenManage Power Center in the latest generation Dell PowerEdge servers based on Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600. Dell OpenManage Power Center utilizes real-time power and thermal monitoring and management data available via Intel® Data Center Manager (DCM) and Intel® Node Manager. Read more to find out how accurate data provided by Intel DCM and Dell’s OpenManage Power Center help allow facilities operators and data center managers have more control over power and cooling consumption levels.

Tune in for MashUp Radio this Friday, Feb. 17th at 12:00 p.m. PT for tips on how to ward off those extra winter pounds and stay fit ahead of swimsuit season.  Peter Biddle will be chatting with Robin Thurston, co-founder of MapMyFitness, about different ways to track, measure and expand your fitness opportunities with help from social communities and fitness websites.

Wind River today introduced Wind River Linux Performance Studio for Intel® Architecture (IA), integrating the latest generation of IA-optimized embedded development tools from Intel with Wind River Linux 4. The Wind River Linux Performance Studio for Intel Architecture includes the Intel® C++ Compiler, Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives and Intel® VTune™ Amplifier XE. The suite helps make it easier for embedded developers to boost performance and power savings as well as increase the reliability of system and application code by taking advantage of the latest capabilities in embedded Intel® Atom™, Intel® Core™, and Intel® Xeon® processors.

Intel released an updated version of Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (GPA), the latest release of its powerful application developer tool suite used to analyze and optimize games and media applications. Intel GPA 4.3 features Frame and Erg Advisors that identify potential issues, platform analyzer updates that allow users to display task states along with the ability to filter application programming interface (API) details. Further, Intel GPA 4.3 has added support from Microsoft DirectX® 9Ex, which will enable improved workload analysis. Download a free copy and learn more about Intel GPA 4.3 here.

App lovers can now go to Sprint.com and download apps from the Intel AppUpSM center. For a limited time, people who install and register with the Intel AppUp center will receive Angry Birds Rio and History Channel Trivia Challenge 2.0 for free ($9.98 value). Sprint is the first wireless provider in the U.S.  offering Intel AppUp center to their customers. Whether you’re in the mood for some home cooking, social networking or new twists on classic games, the Intel AppUp center is home to thousands of PC apps, and a perfect complement to Sprint’s 3G/4G-powered Dell Inspiron 11z.

Intel just launched its Level Up 2011 Game Demo Contest, providing independent and student game developers an opportunity to show off their skills and pwn the competition. The most exciting addition to this year’s contest is that Valve Software has teamed up with us as a sponsor. The winning demos will be put on the Steam Demo site and the winners will have an opportunity to sign a commercial distribution contract with Steam® once they have produced a complete game based on their winning demo. See the Official Rules for the details. Get your game demo published on Steam!

Tune in for MashUp Radio this Friday, Nov. 11 from 12:00-12:30 p.m. PT to hear insight on the Gamification phenomenon. Intel’s Peter Biddle and Scott Steinberg, CEO of Tech Savvy Digital and regular contributor to Rolling Stone, CNN, USA Today and more, will discuss the rise in the use of “Gamification” to engage audiences.  Learn what Gamification truly is and why this controversial technique has received backlash from game industry professionals, business consultants and other professionals.

Today Intel introduced new web service security and secure cloud single-sign on (SSO) capabilities core to enabling the Cloud Service Brokerage usage model in the 2011 Gartner Cloud Security Hype Cycle. Central to this emerging model is the ability to mediate and authenticate application services and user interactions from the enterprise to the cloud, or cloud to cloud. The Intel Cloud Access 360 product now includes an SSO portal providing a single access point for users to launch cloud applications. Intel Services Gateway delivers new cloud API management and high-assurance security certifications. These capabilities are included within the McAfee Cloud Security Platform update announced today.

Tune in for MashUp Radio this Friday, Oct. 28 from 12:00-12:30 p.m. PT to hear insight on the Bring Your Own Device boom. Intel’s Peter Biddle and Ahmed Datoo, CMO of mobile device management solution provider Zenprise, will discuss mobile device management, the consumerization of IT at work, and what developers can do to create applications that are optimized for mobile device management.

Today, Intel joined Linux Foundation and LiMo Foundation™ in support of Tizen™, a new Linux-based open source software platform for multiple device categories. The standards-based Tizen project will be hosted at the Linux Foundation and offer an operating system and a robust, flexible standards-based HTML5 and WAC web development environment within which device-independent apps can be produced. Tizen builds upon the strengths of both LiMo and MeeGo and Intel will be working with our MeeGo partners to help them transition to Tizen. The initial release of Tizen is expected in Q1’2012, enabling the first devices in the market mid-2012.

Tune in for MashUp Radio this Friday, August 26th from 12:00-12:30 P.M. PT to hear two app addicts, Ubergizmo's Eliane Fiolet and Intel's own Peter Biddle, share their insight on the app phenomenon. They'll discuss the hottest new trend’s in mobile applications, share their favorites and talk about the future of this newest wave of the Web.

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