<A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6199093.html?tag=nl.e550">The European Commission issued formal charges against Intel</A> for allegedly using illegal tactics against smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices, a European Commission spokesman said.

The commission, the European Union's top antitrust regulator, has spent years investigating Intel's tactics to determine whether it acted unfairly to preserve its dominance over AMD.