From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices admitted late on Wednesday that at present it is only shipping sixteen-core AMD Opteron "Interlagos" 6200-series chip for high-end servers with two or four sockets as it is priority for the company. The AMD Opteron "Valencia" 4200-series server...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.'s next-generation Core i7 "Sandy Bridge-E" microprocessors for performance enthusiasts will deliver from 12% to 65% higher performance compared to current extreme chips, according to estimates by the manufacturer. Thanks to Sandy Bridge micro-architecture...

From InfoWorld: As she approached her third anniversary as Yahoo's CEO, Carol Bartz couldn't overcome a recent string of missteps that apparently eroded the board's confidence in her and eclipsed her achievements as leader of the embattled Internet pioneer.

Bartz took over from co...

From PC World: Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that activation keys for the game "Dirt 3" that shipped with some of its products were compromised, potentially causing a delay before the vouchers can be redeemed.

AMD said the keys were hosted on a third-party fulfillment agency...

From CNET News.com: Add Sprint to the list of big names choosing to speak now rather than hold their peace on AT&T and T-Mobile's dreams of corporate matrimony.

Saying it would violate the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Sprint today filed a lawsuit opposing the deal before the same...

From DailyTech: HP has been in the news a lot recently. The company is the largest shipper of PCs around, but it is unable to compete in the tablet and smartphone market.

HP was considering the sale of its computer business, but is now said to be leaning more to a spinoff than...

From DailyTech: If new reports are to be believed, Intel Corp. may be preparing to bury Meego only nineteen months after the smartphone, tablet, and laptop OS project was announced.

Intel had grand hopes to dominate the world of smart phone software when it paired up with Finland's...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday confirmed that it had begun revenue shipments of its next-generation Opteron microprocessors powered by Bulldozer micro-architecture with up to sixteen cores and known under Interlagos code-name. The first servers based on the new...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has altered its high-end desktop product plans for next year and cancelled its Komodo central processing unit (CPU) with eight or ten processing cores as well as canned Corona platform. The modified roadmap of AMD includes Vishera...

From Tom's Hardware: Intel released 11 new "Sandy Bridge" processors for the LGA 1155 socket. The release looks to address some price points in the below $100 range and take aim at AMD's "Llano". The Core i3-2125 is one chip designed to take aim directly at the "Llano" with its clock...