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It's quite startling to arrive on the English version of Wikipedia and find just a single ominous image urging visitors to learn more about its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act bills, currently active in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

You can understand Wikipedia's concern since, if passed, SOPA would require Wikipedia to monitor every site they link to, with any link to an infringing site potentially forcing them offline. It's not surprising that Google, Reddit, Craigslist, WordPress.com and many other high-profile sites are making today a day of protest about the damaging impact these bills could have on a free and open internet. Where have you spotted the protest today?

At market close today Apple has pulled ahead of Exxon Mobil and it is now the most valuable company in the world. Apple's market cap now stands at US$337.17 billion.

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs presents his proposal for a new Apple Campus to the Cupertino City Council. This presentation was recorded Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Cupertino Community Hall.

Regardless is you love or hate Apple you will equally enjoy Scoopertino's satiric take on Steve Jobs, Jony Ive and all the cool products the company makes. The site is well written and produced. Great fun for the weekend.

Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns, according to several Google employees.

The directive to move to other operating systems began in earnest in January, after Google’s Chinese operations were hacked, and could effectively end the use of Windows at Google, which employs more than 10,000 workers internationally.

First, watch the original Google Chrome ad if you haven't seen it yet.

And, here is Opera making fun of Google.

Oh, and the funny part is — Opera is doing it on Google's very own YouTube.

If you're looking for something fun to do with your iPhone while hanging out start taking pictures of everything around you, then upload them to Panoramio.

If you know the source of this image, pls comment.

"It's somewhere between Ariel and Wingdings"