Intel May Have Lost Some E-Mails in Suit
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By JORDAN ROBERTSON  SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. said Monday that it may have lost some internal e-mails that it was supposed to turn over as possible evidence in the landmark antitrust lawsuit filed by archrival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Sources say... The European Competition Commission is likely to press formal charges against chip giant Intel.â¦
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South Korean antitrust regulators have issued preliminary allegations against IntelÂ forÂ allegedly undermining competition in its PC microprocessor market, but formal charges won't be made for at least another month.
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Intel offices in Munich were raided by the European Commission on Tuesday as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation.Confirming the raids, Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said the company fully cooperated with the EC. He declined further comment.The Commission inspected the premises of CPU manufacturers and PC retailers, said Jonathan Todd, spokesman for the EC, declining to comment on which companies were raided.The offices of German consumer electronics vendor Media Markt and DSG International, which runs Dixons in the U.K., were also raided, according to multiple newspaper and wire service reports.The raids relate to concerns of the abuse of a dominant market position, the EC said in a statement.&quot;Surprise inspections are a preliminary step in investigations into suspected infringements of EC competition law,&quot; the Commission said. The inspections do not prove guilt of anticompetitive behavior or prejudge the outcome of the investigation, the Commission said.The raid comes on the heels of multiple complaints and lawsuits filed by Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices with authorities in the European Union, U.S., Japan, South Korea, and Japan, charging Intel with monopolistic behavior.In 2006, AMD said it planned to file a complaint with German authorities regarding Intel&#39;s alleged anticompetitive behavior. AMD alleged that Intel paid German retail chain Media Markt not to stock PCs containing AMD processors, citing a letter to a supplier in which the retailer said it would only buy PCs with Intel processors.As part of ongoing inquiries into Intel&#39;s monopolistic behavior, the EC earlier raided Intel&#39;s offices in 2005. Authorities in Japan raided Intel&#39;s offices in 2004.
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A bug in Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish from Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft confirmed. A fix is due out next week.
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Intel argues that some of chip rival's complaints fall outside U.S. borders.
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Chip maker Intel is being investigated by the New York Attorney General following anti-trust concerns.
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(InfoWorld) - Shortly after theÂ resignation of its chief executive, Dell was reeling from another blow when a group of investors filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that the company had used illegal accounting methods to hide secret kickback payments paid by Intel. The payments from Intel were meant to ensure that Dell used only Intel processors in its PCs, according to the suit. The investors filing the suit asked the U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas, to give the case class-action status, saying that Dell shareholders were harmed when Dell inflated its profits. Intel denies the charges. A Dell spokeswoman said the company did not comment on pending litigation. In May, Dell announced it would also began sellingÂ PCs and servers using chips from Intel's rival, Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD). The investors claim that Dell's profits were inflated by hundreds of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Dell is struggling through a brutal series of events, culminating in the resignation on Wednesday of CEO Kevin Rollins after just two years at the helm. The company's founder and namesake, Michael Dell, will resume that job, taking up the fight to convince Wall Street that he can turn around sinking profits. After missing its earnings targets for recent quarters,Â Dell lost its mantleÂ as the world's largest PC vendor to its surging rival Hewlett-Packard. The new accusation echoes several ongoing lawsuits against the two companies. In August, regulators from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York launched anÂ investigation of Dell's accounting practices. Since then, Dell has failed to file its quarterly earnings numbers for the periods ending Aug. 4, 2006 and Nov. 3, 2006, leading the Nasdaq stock exchange to decree it will drop Dell from its listing board unless the company opens its books by March 14. And in December, a U.S. judgeÂ ordered Intel to share informationÂ about its overseas business practices to answer charges by AMD that it paid illegal cash rebates and discounts to dissuade PC vendors and retailers from using AMD's processors. That case is scheduled to be argued in court in April 2009. Intel denied the new allegations, saying they were merely a copy of the AMD case, and that it had already refuted those charges. "We've conducted a preliminary review of the matter, and at first glance it appears that some of the allegations with regard to Intel may be made up," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. "While they rehash antitrust allegations from other cases, there is no [new] antitrust claim. Intel denies the plaintiffs' allegations and plans to move quickly to defend itself." As evidence that it has no connection to Dell's accounting practices, Mulloy said that Intel has not been contacted by investigators from the SEC or the Department of Justice.
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He has lost count of the e-mails, but there have been hundreds, perhaps a thousand.
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A confusing option in Microsoft Outlook may have led to the disclosure of the e-mail addresses of a number of would-be Department of Justice whistleblowers when a Congressional staffer attempted to send out -- ironically -- a memo concerning confidentiality. (And then it happened again.)
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Manager of an antispam blacklist was hit with a multimillion dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable.
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Intel is leading the charge against internet failure, claiming that with an ever increasing number of online users, &quot;We&#39;re running up on some architectural limitations&quot;.
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Challenge/response e-mails accidentally marked as spam by AOL and EarthLink.
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Everyone has an e-mail address (at least one), but e-mail itself has been declared "broken" by all manner of experts - not just technologists and computer users, but productivity geeks and office managers.   Too many people waste too much time trying to cope with their e- mail inbox.
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You could be next in the firing line Comment There are two cases, that I am aware of, moving through the courts in the US relating to accessibility of IT solutions.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - A district court judge in the U.S. state of Delaware has dismissed part of Advanced Micro Devices' lawsuit against Intel. The dismissed claims relate to alleged business practices of Intel that AMD claimsÂ affected sales of its own microprocessors. Intel petitioned the court toÂ have the claims dismissedÂ because it said that while AMD is headquartered in the U.S. it manufactures its processors in Germany and assembles them in Malaysia, Singapore and China. AMD is already seeking damages through the Japanese courts, European Commission and Korea Fair Trade Commission for the same business practices that are alleged in the U.S. lawsuit. Because the alleged harm was suffered outside the U.S. and because AMD is seeking redress overseas, Intel argued that the allegations fall outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. courts, according to a memorandum opinion from the court. AMD contended that it is not seeking such "foreign commerce claims" and that the x86 microprocessor market is a global market and that Intel's conduct in overseas markets had an effect on its business in the U.S. "AMD has not demonstrated that the alleged foreign conduct of Intel has direct, substantial and foreseeable effects in the U.S. which gives rise to its claim. AMD's allegations, taken in the light of the most favorable to AMD, describe a foreign effect and a foreign harm that have had ripple effects for the domestic market, but have not had any direct, substantial or reasonable effect which would give rise to an antitrust claim within the jurisdictional reach of the Sherman Act. Accordingly, the court will dismiss AMD's claims based on alleged lost sales of AMD's microprocessors to foreign customers," U.S. District Judge Joseph Farnan wrote in his conclusion. Chuck Mulloy, an Intel spokesman, said, "We are pleased that the judge appears to have agreed with out legal argument to remove those aspects of the case outside U.S. jurisdiction." He declined further comment until a conference with the judge takes place on Wednesday. AMD could not immediately be reached for comment. AMD, the long-time No. 2 player in the microprocessor market, jolted the IT industry in June last year when it filed its broad lawsuit against rival Intel. The suit alleged Intel had managed to maintain a monopoly in the PC processor market by illegally coercing customers around the world into using its products. The 48-page court filing identified 38 companies that, AMD alleged, had been coerced into using Intel processors at the expense of competing chips from AMD. Included are almost all of the large companies in the PC and server market, such as Dell, Sony, Gateway, and IBM. Among the allegation, AMD said Fujitsu Siemens Computers was offered a "special discount" on Celeron processors in return for hiding AMD-based computers on its Web site and removing references from its retail catalog. Also, at the 2004 Super Computing Show, an annual conference devoted to high performance computing, Intel offered computer makers money to remove AMD systems from their booths.
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By Karen J. Bannan About a year ago, Scott Madlener, a marketing executive, e- mailed a client several times but his messages were not getting through.