SAN FRANCISCO - JULY 15: The Intel logo is seen on a desktop computer at a Best Buy store July 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Intel has reported a 25 percent increase in its second quarter earnings with net income of $1.6 billion or 28 cents per share compared to $1.28 billion, or 22 cents per share one year ago. Getty Images logo Getty Images 16 months ago

SAN FRANCISCO - JULY 15: The Intel logo is seen on a desktop computer at a Best Buy store July 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. Intel has reported a 25 percent increase in its second quarter earnings with net income of $1.6 billion or 28 cents per share compared to $1.28 billion, or 22 cents per share one year ago.

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  1. Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini speaks at the Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Otellini said the worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year.
  2. Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini speaks at the Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Otellini said the worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year.
  3. Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini show off chips on a wafer built on so-called 22-nanometer technology at the Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Those chips are still being developed in Intel's factories and won't go into production until 2011. Each chip on the silicon "wafer" Otellini showed off has 2.9 billion transistors.
  4. Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini speaks at the Intel Developers' Forum in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Otellini said the worldwide personal-computer market is pulling out of its slump quickly and could defy predictions by growing this year.
  5. In this Aug. 19, 2008 file photo, Intel Corp. Senior Vice President and General Manager Pat Gelsinger speaks at conference in San Francisco. Gelsinger, 48, is leaving the world's largest chip maker to manage information infrastructure products at Hopkinton, Mass. -based EMC.
  6. An Israeli woman holds placard during a rally against ultra-Orthodox Jews violent protests in Jerusalem November 28, 2009. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been holding protests against the opening of a public parking lot and work taking place at Intel Corp.'s plant on the Jewish sabbath, which runs from Friday night to Saturday night. The placard reads in Hebrew, "Jerusalem is free."
  7. Israelis take part in a rally against ultra-Orthodox Jews violent protests in Jerusalem November 28, 2009. Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been holding protests against the opening of a public parking lot and work taking place at Intel Corp.'s plant on the Jewish sabbath, which runs from Friday night to Saturday night.
  8. An ultra-Orthodox Jew gestures during a demonstration against work taking place at Intel Corp.'s new electronic chip plant on the Jewish Sabbath in Jerusalem November 28, 2009.
  9. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Best Buy Inc.'s employee Ana Gomez (R) helps Maria Vides as she pays for a digital camera at the store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.
  10. Customers enter a Best Buy store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  11. A Best Buy sign is seen on a store in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  12. Michele Turco leaves a Best Buy store with her purchases in Alexandria, Virginia, September 15, 2009. Best Buy Co's quarterly profit missed estimates on Tuesday as sales of lower-margin products like notebook computers and promotional efforts to woo shoppers ate into the top U.S. consumer electronics chain's margins. Best Buy, however, raised its forecast for the fiscal year as it saw sales trends improving, customer traffic stabilizing and continued to gain market share after main rival Circuit City closed its doors early this year.
  13. Television screens at a Best Buy store in Omaha, Neb., show President Barack Obama delivering in Washington a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, Sept., 9, 2009.
  14. SanDisk slotMusic cards are now available in mobile retail stores, including Best Buy Mobile and Cricket Stores nationwide. Artists on slotMusic include Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Black Eyed Peas, Incubus and P!nk. www.slotmusic. org.
  15. SanDisk slotMusic cards are now available in mobile retail stores, including Best Buy Mobile and Cricket Stores nationwide. Artists on slotMusic include Lady Gaga, Keith Urban, Black Eyed Peas, Incubus and P!nk. www.slotmusic. org.
  16. MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 15: Vannessa Obermaier helps customer Leandro Dacosta (R) as he shops at a Best Buy Inc.'s store on September 15, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month with the sales of electronics, appliances, department and sporting goods stores helping boast the number along with car sales. Even as Best Buy's fiscal second-quarter earnings fell a bigger-than-expected 22% the company reports that the number of customers visiting their store increased as they continue to gain market share because of the closing of Circuit City stores.

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