AMD on Wednesday let Puma out of it cage to high analyst expectations and several hardware makers are putting Puma-based systems on the street. Rival chipmaker Intel embraces overclocking with tools to bring the best performance out of its platforms, just don’t expect the warranty to cover it if things should go wrong.After initially delaying it, Yahoo says it will hold its annual shareholder meeting on Aug. 1, which promises to be contentious as Yahoo grapples with the fallout over resisting a $44.6 billion acquisition offer from Microsoft. Related: Icahn wants to oust Yahoo CEO Yang. Sun says that it will flood servers with solid-state drives later this year to bring more capacity than RAM and improve overall performance. Microsoft breaks its silence to clarify the Windows XP SP3 issue and explain which users need to upgrade their Adobe Flash Player software. And the ‘Net is out of control, but that’s just how it ought to be. “We’re all used to a freewheeling, unregulated, Hell-bent-for-whatever Internet,” Cringely writes in Do not attempt to adjust your Internet. “Now that the Net is growing up, we’re caught in the middle of a power struggle between corporate titans, government bureaucrats, and Just Plain Folks over who gets to call the shots in the 21st century economy. You can probably guess who I’m rooting for in this fight.” Technology Industry