Derrick J. sings with 2 Srilankan backup singers recorded in melbourne Australia. A very popular song titled forever & ever [digg.com/music/DERRICK_J_...]

Virgin Media have confirmed it has received a takeover approach and that it is considering a potential sale. It has not yet been revealed who the potential buyer is, but all fingers are pointing at private equity group Carlyle, who also own the US cable network Insight... [digg.com/tech_news/Virgin...]

I recently answered a long series of questions from someone who is writing a book about virtual worlds, so I thought I would put out one of my responses for discussion. [digg.com/playable_web_gam...]

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to be deployed in 2013, giving scientists a deeper look into space than the existing Hubble Space Telescope. Its task will be to gather infrared light from objects more than 13 billion years old, using technologies that until recently did not exist. [digg.com/space/NASA_s_Nex...]

Interesting post on a pretty slick email marketing tool. Has some intriguing comments about putting this technology into use in the real world. In the post Serge Lescouarnec thinks it would be a good fit for musicians and theaters. I think it would work for anyone trial to get the word out but still retain that 1to1 feel. [digg.com/software/Polite_...]

In terms of cost, iSuppli Corp.’s teardown analysis of Apple Inc.’s iPhone offered few surprises, with its Bill-of-Materials (BoM) closely conforming with their preliminary functional estimate. However, in terms of suppliers, the iPhone is packed with surprises, with newcomers Infineon Technologies AG, National Semiconductor Corp. and Balda. [digg.com/apple/iPhone_Tea...]

New research from FreshMinds has identified a correlation between digital and social exclusion, highlighting the continuing need to bridge the digital divide. The study found that over the past three years there has been very little progress in bringing technology to the 39% of the population who do not have convenient access to the Internet. [digg.com/politics/New_rep...]

Everyone is talking about Facebook, a social-networking site that also allows you to aggregate and monitor content from around the Web. Nonprofits interested in learning more about Facebook should check out Robin Good's Social Networking: A Beginner's Guide to Facebook. [digg.com/tech_news/New_Fa...]