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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 [...]

Some quick updates on what you’ve missed this weekend:

Video card wars! Intel vs. Nvidia vs. ATI - Tom’s Hardware
Motherboards with dual-core Atom processors are being made! - Guru3D
Intel’s new processors to be called “Core i7″ - Guru3D
MIT hackers break down subway fare system - Techdirt

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 [...]

Weekend recap but first some quick TNMS updates.
We won’t be publishing the grand opening of the Boston Apple Store video as it is way too big of a file (to edit as well) so instead, I will take screen shots of the store and post additional pictures. But we will have another “How to…” [...]

If you want a weekly update on tech news, Gizmodo has that covered this weekend.
I’m here to talk about the email I received on Thursday from GoDaddy about the failure to register my newly purchased domain. I received another email from GoDaddy, only this time, it was from the President of this domain seller. [...]

Quite a few stories this weekend (of course being the first weekend of the 3G iPhone).

XBox360 20GB for $299? Better believe it! - Gizmodo/Kotaku
Typing with one hand… wait, its typing on one hand! - Engadget
Internet speeds at 640BG/sec, that’s 17 DVDs of info per second! - ZDnet via Digg
Microsoft’s offer for Yahoo!’s buyout has [...]

Quick recaps:

iPhones go on sale this Friday at 8am - CrunchGear
Blackberry rolls out touch screen phone? - Gizmodo
Toyota Prius’s go solar to go more green! - Engadget

Not a whole lot this weekend… Hit the links for the full stories.

Comcast misleads customers and public about service - Yahoo!

Ice found on Mars! - CrunchGear
A tent that charges cell phones off of wind and solar energy doubles as temporary shelter - Gizmodo
Finally, a viral video. This one is very interesting first found on [...]

Here are some of the stories of interest this past weekend!

New Transformers 2 pictures here, first found on Digg
Intel releases news on a new quad core processor for budgeted computers
Google will be developing software to let you know if your ISP (internet service provider, such as Comcast, Verizon FiOS, Charter, etc) is slowing down your [...]

No recap but stay tuned tonight for a summary of Apple’s WWDC from many different sites blogging this live
Engadget
Gizmodo
Twitter/Summize
cNet
CrunchGear

Hope everyone has had a relaxing and wonderful long holiday weekend. There are a couple of stories this long weekend that we found interesting and noteworthy. Read them after the jump!

There were NO big stories this weekend but some follow-ups from this past week. Hit the link to read more!

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.