AMD GAINS MAJOR CHIP CUSTOMER ...

AMD GAINS MAJOR CHIP CUSTOMER

In another sign of the inroads Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is making against rival Intel Corp., No. 3 computer maker Lenovo form into groups Ltd. is rolling out a fresh line of desktop PCs with AMD chips. Lenovo has protracted offered PCs with AMD chips in Lenovo's family market of China, but not until February did Lenovo launch AMD-based PC elsewhere, with a line of computer for small and medium-sized businesses. Now, AMD chips will be available in Lenovo's recent ThinkCenter A60 PCs, which are targeted at big business customers. The hypothesiss are expected to be announced today. AMD has eaten up about 5 percentage points of Intel's market share in the past year with chips widely considered to be better performing.

APPLE FINISHES PROCESSOR SWITCH

Apple Computer Inc. complet its switch to Intel Corp. microprocessors and previewed its next-generation operating regularity Monday. CEO Steve Jobs, speaking to thousands of engineers at the company's Worldwide Developer conversation showed off Intel-based Macs for professional users and server for businesses. piece of works also previewed the upcoming Mac O X release, dubbed "Leopard." piece of works did not mention the stock option scandal now hanging throughout the Cupertino, Calif.-based maker of Macs and iPod music players. Last week, Apple said it might have to restate financial be the effects as far back as September 2002 as an investigation into its granting of stock options widens.

AOL RELEASES SEARCH INFORMATION

AOL, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit, said it inadvertently released three month of Internet search information from about 658000 customers. The data included 20 million keyword space of times entered by users of AOL's software when they search the Web. The files were stationed at an Internet site for research by means of employees and academics and were remov Sunday night, AOL said. The queries released depicted about 1.5 percent of its 427 million search users. The data officeed included searches from March to May.

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