1. and : AMD and Intel surprised us with word that they have settled an ongoing antitrust and intellectual-property legal spat. The settlement could have far-reaching effects, even to the point of leading the two rivals to cooperate with one another.
2. and : HP is buying 3Com for US$3.7 billion, which financial analysts said will pose a threat to Cisco.
3. : A Flash flaw of "huge" magnitude is "frighteningly bad," with the potential for any site to be compromised that allows users to upload content. Yikes!
4. and : Google is releasing to open source an experimental programming language called Go, which is said to show a lot of promise but could take years to really take hold.
5. : There's nothing quite like a deathmatch, with photos, to amp up the headlines, especially when the matchup is Motorola Droid versus the iPhone.