Amazon acquiring Woot.com

Amazon will be acquiring Woot.com deal site. TechCrunch is stating that the sale will be for $110 million. For Woot it will remain business as usual.

via Cnet

Google Me to be Facebook Alternative

According to Kevin Rose, Google will launch a Facebook competitor called Google Me. This makes sense since people are spending more time on Facebook than using Google search. Adam D'Angelo former Facebook CTO also says that Google Me is real and that Google has a lot of resources invested into it.

via Slashgear

Roc Nation+Skullcandy Aviator Headphones

Here we have the promo video for the upcoming Roc Nation Skullcandy Aviator headphones. Check out the video now.

June Launch for Opera DS Web Browser

Cubed3.com has the scoop that the Opera DS web browser will drop in June in Japan.

via Cubed3

ARM debuts Sparrow multicore netbook processor

MWC '09 we're getting our first look at Sparrow, a Cortex A9 processor aimed squarely at netbook manufacturers. This is a multi-core update to the Cortex A8, and maybe the chip in the next gen iPhone. Toshiba, Pegatron and Wistron are all said to be showing demos of their ARM-powered netbooks at the conference this year, with a company spokesman saying that Ubuntu for ARM will go public in April.

via Engadget