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A Kansas man has filed what he hopes will become a class action lawsuit against Time Warner Cable. The company requires subscribers of premium channels to rent a cable box from the company instead of allowing them to use their own, which he considers to be an illegal tying arrangement that is barred by the FCC. Read More...

A recent iSuppli report estimates that Intel took market share from AMD in the first quarter of this year, but the smaller CPU manufacturer is still moving in the right direction compared to its disastrous 2007. Shanghai may still be at least six months away, but AMD isn't just marking time. Read More...

Warner Music Group boss Edgar Bronfman said yesterday that music labels aren't "real" partners in the rhythm game market yet. Unless Warner sees more cash, it will be "hesitant" to license further tracks to Guitar Hero or Rock Band.Read More...

The latest round of rumors to emerge from the negotiations among Google, Yahoo, and the Department of Justice suggest that the two web companies are willing to limit the revenue flowing to Yahoo in order to win antitrust approval.Read More...

AMD revised its financial projections for the first quarter of 2008 today, and the news isn't pretty. The Sunnyvale-based CPU manufacturer lowered revenue projections by approximately $100 million, and announced plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce.Read More...

Third quarter microprocessor revenue numbers are in, and AMD appears to have lost a bit of ground year-on-year, while Intel picks up the difference. We discuss the ramifications, and swing back for a general look at AMD news in October. Read More...

Jerry Yang would rather pick a partner himself, before Microsoft imposes its will on his company. If MySpace won't come to Yahoo's rescue, maybe AOL will.Read More...

The latest data indicates that worldwide server shipments grew 12 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased about six percent. Gartner attributes the growth to consumption in the developing world and an ongoing shift to x86 servers. Read More...

As the maneuvering continues ahead of Yahoo's August 1 shareholders' meeting, the company and Microsoft are both looking to relieve Time Warner of its AOL subsidiary, although for very different reasons.Read More...