Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) have fallen below $2, dropping more than 3 percent to $1.86 by the end of the trading day on Thursday. That's not only a 52-week low for the Sunnyvale chip designer, but it's the first time the company's stock has dipped below $2 since 2008. A recent report indicating AMD had hired J.P. Morgan Chase to "explore options," including an outright sale of the company, sparked the downward spiral, and though AMD has denied claims it's shopping itself around, investors are understandably skittish.

Mike Lazaridis, the Greek Canadian businessman who founded Research In Motion (RIM) and recently stepped down as the company's co-Chief Executive Officer, is putting his money where his mouth is. Lazaridis wholeheartedly believes big things are in store for RIM, and while it might be easy to dismiss his outwardly optimism as mere lip service, his investment of an additional $50 million in company shares speaks louder than words, though he had a few of those to spend as well.

The topic of Facebook becoming a publicly traded entity is increasingly a matter of "when" and not "if," and if we're to focus on the former, the most likely answer is sooner rather than later. Nailing down an exact time frame has been difficult. Mark Zuckerberg isn't exactly approaching an IPO with any sense of urgency, though as competition heats up with Google and its Google+ platform, going public may be more important than he realizes.

Some in the blogosphere have taken notice that AMD director Claflin Bruce L. sold off 3,447 shares of Advanced Micro Devices, as reported in an SEC filing on Friday. Claflin, who served as 3Com's CEO prior to joining in August 2003, was listed as the Sunnyvale chip maker's "Director" within the filing rather than his full title of Executive Chairman of the Board.