The "Neflix Effect" - it really could be called the "Profit Effect" or the "Profit Motive" because it's all about low variable costs for provisioning additional subscribers, and the flow of nice juicy profit margins that follow.

What if an organization of anonymous, distributed hackers can willingly - with enough time, effort - hack into any system in the world?

If you love the cloud, and find yourself spending time doing things such as email, social networking, and listening to music, then it could be ideal.

The biggest news so far is Google's entry into the movie rental business that will put the company into competition with Netflix, Amazon and Apple iTunes most notably.

ComScore reports that Android grew its subscriber base 6% q/q and now owns almost 35% market share.

It feels like 1998 (or 1979) again.

Apple wants to be the next big company to be attacked by Poppa Hacker.

Will Sony's move into the market be a success, and possibly take away share from the Apple iPad?

Despite being on iTunes for only a few hours, the early user reviews are quite positive, and the average score currently is 4+.

If you close your eyes, and whistle some Beatles tune, you might even have the crazy idea that this is the tech world's version of communism versus capitalism.