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Where has the weekend gone? Between the Olympics and the Massachusetts tax-free holiday, I’m spent (literally!)! Here is what you’ve missed:

First Android phone to be shipped in November… without Microsoft Exchange? - Engadget
Intel to release 160GB solid state hard drives, faster, bigger and use less energy - Tom’s Hardware
Dell’s Mini Inspiron laptop specifications [...]

It is going to be a really busy week here at TNMS but we will get you stories as fast as we can!
Here is what you missed:

Lenovo makes a splash intro in the netbook department - Liliputing via Gizmodo
Acer’s netbook extended battery only 1/3 the cost of actual netbook! - Engadget
Blackberry’s Flowberry theme for [...]

The Consumerist has alerted us to a new promotional offer from Comcast. New subscribers who sign up between July 28th and August 17th will receive a frickin’ Nintendo Wii. I really wish that I liked Comcast, because this is a pretty sweet incentive. Unfortunately, they’ve given me more than enough cause to [...]

So a while back, Corey informed us about the new netflix player that allows you to stream your Netflix movies straight to your TV, instead of having to sit in front of you PC like a geek. This was new territory Netflix and was a step in the right direction, but as you read (or [...]

From our contributor Nathan:
Movie Review: Second Skin (trailer at end)
My only attendance at the recent 2008 Boston Independent Film Festival was to see Second Skin, a documentary about the subculture of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) and gamers. Not being a “gamer” myself, I went into the movie with a thinly [...]

As you may or may not have heard (most likely the latter), Microsoft is working on some new motherboards and chipsets. Technically speaking, it’s unknown whether they will be used for an upcoming revision of the Xbox 360 or for it’s predecessor. But rumor is, these will be used for both refurbished models and a [...]

Here are some of the top stories from this past weekend (May 3rd and 4th) that may be of interest and of importance. I will be doing a weekend recap every Monday so you won’t miss out on the important tech news.