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Is Google going to take Skype off of E-bay's relieved hands? It's just a rumor but everyone's talking about it...

...and it's no rumor -- Google just laid off about 300 people over at Double Click.

In a couple of weeks you'll be able to play with Microsoft Surface. You can place mobile devices on it to learn all about what kind of features they have. Tres Minority Report!

Will there be any iPhones to drop on that surface? There seems to be a shortage of iPhones at Apple stores around the country. Some people say it's because there's a big announcement on the way, others think they just ran out of parts.

Amazon wants you to be able to buy their products via text message. Their new service is called Amazon Text Buy It, and it allows you to compare prices while you shop in brick and mortar stores using SMS - and purchase it too, of course.

Wikipedia celebrates their ten millionth article. It's about a sixteenth century goldsmith and painter, and it's written in Hungarian.

Facebook is asking users to add an app that will help them translate their site into every language in the world.

The culprits behind the Craigslist scam from last week have been caught. The victim didn't get his stuff back, but at least the perps will come to justice.