Gary Weinrib your cheating is doing you in. You are a criminal, a
swindler, a conniving con-man and your corporations are the evidence.
You deny you own them in this newsgroup, perhaps you're a child, the
NSA is for security of the USA, not for advancing your personal
campaign against the world. Can't Neil the "professor" come up with a
solution? You can't Gary, so why can't Neil? How about your women
witches, the psychics, they know everything, what the hell is wrong
with your god damn witches? They couldn't see this coming they're
defective and phony!
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Cuomo Hits Intel With Suit

By DON CLARK AndLIZ RAPPAPORT
Intel Corp. was slapped with new charges alleging it abused its
dominance of the computer-chip market, this time from New York's
attorney general, whose complaint includes a raft of revealing emails
between some of the technology industry's most powerful executives.

The lawsuit alleges the chip giant threatened computer makers
including Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and International Business
Machines Corp. and paid billions of dollars in kickbacks to stop them
from using a competitor's chips. In one email, Intel Chief Executive
Paul Otellini called Dell, which used Intel chips exclusively, "the
best friend money can buy," according to the suit.

The antitrust complaint, filed in a Delaware federal court, adds to
cases and investigations across several countries that accuse the
Silicon Valley company of anticompetitive practices. Dell, H-P and IBM
declined to comment on the complaint.

Though the charges are familiar, the latest complaint increases the
pressure on Intel, which has already paid a $1.45 billion fine to
antitrust authorities in Europe and faces an investigation by the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.

It also provides the fullest picture yet of the measures Intel, which
for years has commanded 80% of the microprocessor market, allegedly
used to keep rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. from expanding its
market share.

Intel, which is appealing the EU ruling, has denied the allegations.
It says its practices have benefited consumers by bringing innovations
at lower prices. Intel "will defend itself," said a spokesman. AMD
said it welcomed the latest lawsuit and the details disclosed in it.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's complaint includes excerpts of emails
between top Intel executives and leaders at its big partners, who
discuss Intel's market power and fears of retaliation if they dealt
with AMD. It also provides some of the first estimates for how much
Intel allegedly paid in rebates and other incentives to dissuade PC
makers from buying AMD chips.

For example, the complaint alleges that Dell received approximately $6
billion in rebates from Intel between February 2002 to January 2007,
adding that in two quarters of 2006 the Intel payments exceeded Dell's
net income. The Austin, Texas, company for much of the decade was the
only major computer maker that purchased microprocessors only from
Intel.

In one email exchange described in the suit, Dell Chairman Michael
Dell complained to Mr. Otellini over the agreement to use only Intel
chips. "We have lost the performance leadership and it's seriously
impacting our business in several areas," Mr. Dell wrote in November
2005. Mr. Otellini wrote back that Intel had given more than $1
billion in rebates and payments to Dell, which Dell had deemed "more
than sufficient" compensation.

Document: Complaint Against Intel Digits: Dell's Dealings With Intel a
Key Focus Law Blog: Making Sense of Cuomo's Suit Digits: What Did
Cuomo Find in Intel's Emails? In April 2006, after Dell informed Intel
that it had decided to begin buying from AMD, the complaint states,
then-Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said Intel should respond by cutting
off payments and discounts to Dell.

"Not a time for weakness on our part," Mr. Barrett wrote in an email
quoted in the complaint. "Stop writing checks immediately and put them
back on list prices ASAP."

Following the change, rebates to Dell, which totaled about $800
million for February, March and April of 2006, shrank to $200 million
from that November through January 2007, the complaint states.

Mr. Otellini and Mr. Barrett, who has retired from Intel, were not
available for comment. A spokesman said Intel has evidence that
answers issues raised by the emails, but it can't be released due to a
protective order in an antitrust case by AMD.

Some observers found the timing of Mr. Cuomo's move surprising,
especially since some lawyers expect the FTC to soon file its own suit
The FTC declined to comment.

"It is highly unusual for a state attorney general to take on a
national monopoly case before the Feds have acted," said John DeQ.
Briggs, an antitrust expert at D.C. law firm Axinn, Veltrop &
Harkrider LLP.

Benjamin Lawsky, a special assistant to Mr. Cuomo, said the prosecutor
is acting to protect competition. "Of course, we look forward to
continuing to partner with the federal government when appropriate,"
he added.

The case is one of a string of high-profile investigations launched by
Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who is expected to run for New York governor in
2010.

Mr. Cuomo described Intel's practices as harming consumers, companies
and governments. He said Intel has "no laws of supply and demand,"
adding that it "ruled with an iron fist"

Intel argues that the rebates and other incentives targeted by
regulators are lawful forms of price competition, based on the volume
of chips customers purchase.

In the case of H-P, which was a regular AMD customer, the complaint
states that Intel was determined to limit sales of AMD-based computers
to corporate customers, a lucrative segment of the market. Internal H-
P emails cited in the complaint say executives became worried that
Intel could retaliate by reducing support for a chip line called
Itanium that was crucial for some H-P computers.

Confronted with Intel threats and eager to retain rebate payments, the
complaint alleges, H-P agreed to restrictions that include limiting
global sales of AMD-based desktop PCs to business to no more than 5%
of that business. One agreement between the companies, negotiated in
2004, contained incentives that H-P calculated was worth $182 million
to the company, the complaint states.

IBM, which in 2003 agreed to use AMD chips in some server systems, was
pressured by Intel not to extend its use of that technology, the
complaint states. In April 2004, for example, Intel agreed to pay IBM
$130 million not to launch a line of servers using AMD chips, the suit
states.

In a statement, IBM said it "has cooperated with the requests for
information from the government, and believes it has conducted its
business appropriately.We have no comment on the allegations in the
complaint."