From The Consumerist:

Consumerist reader K. recently ended his 4.5 year tenure as a Geek Squad member at Best Buy. And while he says that he considers his time there to be "generally a positive experience," K. did feel that there is some backstage info the public might want to know.

From ArsTechnica:

In a surprise announcement at Computex in Taiwan, AMD unveiled its plans to produce a Bulldozer-based APU, codenamed Trinity. The company also launched its Z series chips, aimed at Windows tablets, and announced the official branding for its Llano APUs. ("APU" is AMD-speak for a processor that combines CPU and GPU cores on a single die.

From the Inquirer:

Wants the right to sell your photos without cutting you in on the proceeds

PHOTO SHARING WEB SITE Twitpic has caused a bit of excitement on Twitter this morning after changing its terms and conditions to imply that it owns the rights to all your uploaded photos and may sell them to whomever it pleases, without cutting you in on the proceeds.

From the BBC:

Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype.

The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.

From ArsTechnica:

Several years ago, Chet Kanojia was enjoying a brisk career providing data collection and ad exchange services to broadcasters and cable companies. He'd sold his business to Microsoft, and was working on integrating his operation into the huge firm.