Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Forget The Pre, Palm’s Got A Second Device Coming Out This Year.  We’re Calling It The Mini-Pre  —  I came across some very interesting news today.  I was mostly minding my own business, hammering away at our various sources in the hardware industry and trying to dig up some sort of […]

Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog:
A whole new FriendFeed  —  You might have noticed that FriendFeed looks pretty different today.  We’ve just launched a whole new design, and a host of features and improvements that comes along with it.  —  We unveiled this look three weeks ago in beta and have been busy gathering feedback […]

Wall Street Journal:
In Major Shift, Apple Builds Its Own Team to Design Chips  —  Apple Inc. is building a significant capability to design its own computer chips, a strategy shift that the company hopes will create exclusive features for its gadgets and shield Apple’s work from rivals.

Wall Street Journal:
Apple Builds Own Team to Design Chips  —  Apple Inc. is building a significant capability to design its own computer chips, a strategy shift that the company hopes will create exclusive features for its gadgets and shield Apple’s work from rivals.  —  The Silicon Valley trend-setter …

Adam Smith / Google Public Policy Blog:
Google Book Search settlement will expand access  —  Over the last few weeks we’ve heard a number of questions about the Google Book Search settlement and what it means for readers.  Over the coming days, we’ll attempt to answer some of those questions on this blog, but first […]

Fred / A VC:
The Venture Capital Math Problem  —  Yesterday Albert and I visited one of the investors in our fund.  The good news is they are happy with the job we are doing.  The bad news is they are frustrated with the venture capital asset class.  —  We got to talking about the […]

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Phishing Attack Underway At Facebook.  Don’t Sign In To Fbaction.net  —  We’ve received multiple tips of a new phishing attack that has broken out on Facebook.  If you get an email message that looks to be from Facebook with the subject, “Hello,” and featuring the text below, don’t bother clicking on […]

Sean Percival / lalawag:
Yahoo! Layoffs Begin  —  Our sources reveal that the anticipated 700 layoffs have already started at Yahoo.  After posting falling results for Q1 a week ago, shiny new CEO Carol Bartz indicated this round of layoffs was on the way.  Expected to be around 700 employees, we are told the actual […]

Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
An Early Peek Under The Palm Pre’s Hood  —  Preliminary analysis by iSuppli suggests Palm will spend about $138 to build the new smartphone, almost half what it’s expected to charge Sprint  —  To say Palm has a lot riding on the Pre smartphone is an understatement.

Hugo Miller / Bloomberg:
Palm May Cap Pre Stockpile to Boost Cachet With Brand-Conscious Consumers  —  Palm Inc. may stockpile fewer than 400,000 Pre models when the touch-screen device goes on sale this year, making the phone scarce to enhance its allure to consumers, analysts said.