Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

Preparations have equipment that is Taylor Swift and Kanye West, when the hosts Saturday Night Live "this week. But this SNL cast member Bill Hader, who gets the first shot of the promotional clips.

Adding to the done-to-death genre of jokes zinging West, Hader pretends to take a phone call from the mic — and scene — stealer himself. "Oops, Kanye West just called," Hader tells Swift. "He thinks Beyoncé should host." Here's hoping that means it's out of everyone's system. Swift will pulling a double shift on this weekend's "Saturday Night Live," playing host and musical guest.

Next Wednesday, Swift will compete for entertainer of the CMA Awards. Award went to Kenny Chesney four of the last five years, but the Swift is undoubtedly the star of 2008-2009, and Pop & Hiss not bet against him.

Intel

Intel

New York City prosecutor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday once again piled competition-Chip giant Intel has been the case. No one expected that the prevalence of phalanx of legal battles with Intel in the country and abroad to loosen the tight grip on 80% of the global market for computer processing chips.

But over the long haul, anything is possible. "In terms of impact, these series of lawsuits are either a minor or a major wild card," says Shane Rau, who follows the PC chip market for IDC. "These things are inherently unpredictable." Cuomo, who is expected to run for governor of New York next year, filed a case in U.S. District Court in Delaware accusing Intel of illegally paying billions in kickbacks to computer makers and threatening retribution for anyone marketing PCs powered with chips from rival AMD.

Similar accusations have led to the European Commission fines Intel $ 1.45 billion in May and fined the South Korean authorities "Intel $ 25 million in June 2008. Intel has paid the fines, and is appealing both cases. Meanwhile, regulators in Japan and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission continues to actively investigate business practices of Intel.