Intel antitrust, 'Net bug, coding error

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too.

1. NY attorney general files antitrust lawsuit against Intel FTC expected to take antitrust action against Intel: Cuomo alleges in the lawsuit that the company employed a "systematic campaign" of illegal conduct, including exclusive agreements and threats of punishment, to protect its microprocessor monopoly. The FTC is widely expected to take its own antitrust action against the Intel.

2. Vendors scrambling to fix bug in 'Net's security: Software makers worldwide are trying to fix a serious flaw in technology that securely transfers information (or at least is supposed to securely transfer information) over the Internet.

3. Major Facebook, MySpace flaw may expose users' private data: Yet another threat, this time via coding errors, emerged for the privacy of personal data of Facebook and MySpace users.

4. Who's in charge of Android development: Google or developers?: For those who have suspected all along that Google is much more in charge of Android development than its "open-source" tag would suggest, various industry observers, including Google partners, contend that's the case. But there may be good reasons for that, chief of which is to make sure that software actually gets released.

5. The definitive Android smartphone guide: And for those who are trying to figure out which Android-based smartphone to buy, Network World's Brad Reed has done the heavy lifting of comparing features and prices in this informative -- and, at least for the moment, definitive -- slideshow.

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