I normally do not reply to ACs,but:

2011 EPS 2.39
2012 EPS 2.13
2013 EPS 1.87 (est)

EPS growth rate -4% vs. the semiconductor industry 6.9%

I'd say that is sagging - not a collapse, but sagging, especially for long term investors who are used to double digit gains from the Wintel days

Of course it is an option.

Intel's profits have been sagging for a few years due to the drop in PC sales, which is their core business. They have been unsuccessful for the most part in cracking the mobile device marker despite a lot of effort.

Investors have been pushing management to take some of their world class factories and make money fabbing chips for other companies, something that would have a big impact on their bottom line since their manufacturing technology is a generation ahead of everyone else and therefor would command a premium.

Intel has already signed fab agreements with other companies and it has been common knowledge for a while that Intel and Apple were in talks about just such a deal: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Foundry-manufacturing-Apple-Intel-14nm,21400.html

Not heading in this direction would have caused shareholder revolt.

Isn't it odd that Netflix runs their streaming service on Amazon's infrastructure, given that they are a streaming video customer competitor?

Yes, never say anything unless you're absolutely sure that everyone else agrees with it.

I starting seeing this problem around 8:30 am est and tried to search the web for information about it, to see if it was something specific to my computer/isp/settings.

I guess that is a big limitation of the internet - it's very hard to find information about events as they happen since:
1. Search indexes need to be updated, which takes time
2. Community sites need to wait for stories to be submitted and edited or dug up
3. Major news organizations only rush stories with mass appeal.

I haven't used IRC in a while - maybe it would be better for disseminating breaking tech news? (or I should check out twitter)