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Apple announces the MacBook air - a tiny laptop with an untiny price. It's not the world's smallest laptop, and will lock you into a proprietary battery that you can't replace. But it sure looks cool.

Apple debuted its movie rental service. It has a small library for now, but so did iTunes when it launched. Apple TV gets a major makeover to keep up.

The iPhone also got some long-awaited apps. Oh - and Apple has a new wireless backup applicance.

Ticketmaster buys scalping service (make that Ticket Resale Marketplace) TicketsNow. This not long after suing StubHub for providing similar services.

Amazon is going to ignore a French law forbidding the discounting of books, and run up a big fine while they're at it. If you support Amazon on this one, sign the petition.

Or sign this petition - one meant to save Windows XP.

Facebook accounts for one out of fifty Internet visits in the UK.

So they why would they want to buy Plaxo? TechCrunch doesn't see a good reason for this.