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May chip sales were down 23 per cent on a year ago, but up 5 per cent on April - Chris Nuttall

"In a surprise move, a U.S. judge in Los Angeles has overturned jury verdicts and decided for the time being to dismiss the case against Lori Drew" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

FriendFeed has introduced search that updates before your eyes. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"The consultants at TeleGeography track broadband deployment in 127 countries and have released a chart that shows world broadband deployments by percentage of households that have service." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Vice President Biden today announced the availability of $4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act loans and grants to help bring broadband service to un-served and underserved communities across America." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Gaikai released a video showing how gamers could play any PC game on a Gaikai server without installing it on a home machine." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Facebook's presentation introducing new privacy settings - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Global purchases of IT goods and services by businesses and governments in 2009 are projected to decline by 10.6 per cent compared with the 3 per cent previously projected" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Joost's CEO steps down as the video service restructures after failing to find a buyer. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Wow. That's interesting. Thanks for sharing. - Justin Whittaker

The new browser can load web pages more than twice as fast as 3.0. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by film studios and television networks against Cablevision's networked digital video recorder service. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Facebook appoints David Ebersman, former Genentech CFO. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Several major cellphone makers today agreed to support a European Union push for a universal charger standard." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Today, we are announcing Google SMS, a suite of mobile applications which will allow people to access information, via SMS, on a diverse number of topics including health and agriculture tips, news, local weather, sports, and more." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"The spike in searches related to Michael Jackson was so big that Google News initially mistook it for an automated attack" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Seesmic's Loic Le Meur says video sites bar YouTube are showing no growth. - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"We will offer people in select markets the opportunity to pre-order Windows 7 at a more than 50% discount." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Gartner now expects the PC market to post positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, setting the stage for a healthy market recovery in 2010" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

IBM has launched virtual meetings for its Sametime instant messaging platform. - Chris Nuttall

"id's John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead explained how changing circumstances with Activision and other studios spurred id's sale to Bethesda parent ZeniMax." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"The entry-level, 16Gbyte version of Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 3G S carries a BOM cost of $172.46 and a manufacturing expense of $6.50, for a total of $178.96" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"To optimize the speed of web applications and make browsing the web as fast as turning the pages of a magazine, we need to work together as a community" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"James D. Eason, M.D., program director at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute and chief of transplantation confirmed today, with the patient's permission, that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

""Recognized Landmark: Acropolis, Athens, Greece." Thanks computer." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

The new 3.5 release candidate, launched today, looks like it will compete with Safari for fastest web browser. - Chris Nuttall

"Twitter users everywhere can rejoice, as their most requested and most favorite feature taken from Twitter has just been found." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

"Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago." - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet

Around 75 people were outside the Apple Corte Madera store at 7am as the iPhone 3G S went on sale. - Chris Nuttall

"Today we're making the entire site available in a beta version of Persian, so Persian speakers inside of Iran and around the world can begin using it in their native language" - Chris Nuttall via Bookmarklet