New York sues Intel over bullying, bribes

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a suit Wednesday against Intel for allegedly forcing or paying kickbacks to computer manufacturers to use their chips over those of rivals. The suit was filed in the US District Court of Delaware, and comes amid increased scrutiny over the company's business practices. AG Cuomo claims Intel got computer makers to a carry its chips in exchange for billions of dollars of payments masked as "rebates." The company also allegedly threatened to punish manufacturers that worked with Intel's competitors like AMD. Cuomo said Dell has taken $2 billion in "rebates" in 2006 from Intel to put the company's chips in its computers. Ed Black, president of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, said that Cuomo's 83-page suit outlined new evidence involving the rebates.