Filed under: Desktops, Laptops

Well they’ve been sniffing around the chip giant for quite some time now, but the European Commission has finally issued “formal charges against Intel for allegedly using illegal tactics against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices,” and according to a spokesperson for the EC, “the statement of objections has been sent.” Supposedly, the EU’s top antitrust regulator “has spent years investigating Intel’s tactics to determine whether it acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD,” and now the time has finally come for the hammer to drop. Sadly, further details about the grievances have yet to be divulged, but we doubt Intel, who declined to comment on the situation, will be brushing this off its shoulders anytime soon.

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Filed under: Transportation

According to breaking news from NASA, a space program worker is alleged to have deliberately damaged a computer that was meant to fly aboard the Endeavor in less than two weeks, in an apparent act of sabotage. NASA says the unnamed individual, who works for one of the space agency’s subcontractors, cut wires inside a computer that was headed to the International Space Station (ISS) on the shuttle. The alleged tampering occurred outside of NASA operations in Florida, but the agency isn’t naming the subcontractor or where exactly the incident took place. The agency hopes to fix the damage and launch the Endeavor August 7th, as planned. As this appears to be the first ever report of sabotage on the space program, you can expect to hear a lot more on this story in the very near future.

[Via TheWolfWeb]

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You probably learned your basic human anatomy sometime around grade school. Textbooks said your blood was red and a scraped knee on the playground confirmed it. We bleed red because of hemoglobin, an iron-containing protein that carries oxygen throughout the body. So… Why Are My Blood Veins Blue?

Filed under: Cellphones

Well this should shake up the market a tad, Korea’s monster provider is purportedly in talks to acquire Sprint Nextel. No details have been released yet — nor any solid confirmation from either side — but we’re seeing it and hearing it all over this morning. It would indeed be interesting to see Korea’s largest carrier get into the market over here — well, aside from Helio — if only so we can get at some of those slick, slick, Korean handsets. It seems that Telecom mergers are the new black, with Bell Canada and Telus’ attempt eventually falling off the rails, we’ll see how SK Telecom and Sprint get along.

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Filed under: Handhelds

We already had a pretty good idea of what Bookeen had in store with its new Cybook e-book reader, but the company has now gotten all official with it, letting out word that the device has entered production and is set to be available in September. Now dubbed the Cybook Gen3, the device makes use of E Ink’s Vizplex e-paper technology to give you a 166 dpi resolution on its 6-inch screen, and promises to last for 8,000 page flips before needing a recharge. What’s more, Bookeen’s also announced that it’s struck a deal with Mobipocket to license and distribute the Mobipocket e-book format, giving Cybook users access to some 50,000 titles. According to Bookeen, it’ll be offering the Cybook in a variety of different “packs,” the lowest cost of which will set you back $350.

[Thanks, David R]

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