The 13th Annual Webby Celebration took place in NY on June 8, 2009

Jimmy Fallon accepted his Webby Person of the Year Award with a nod to his Late Night predecessor, saying “Thank God Conan got promoted.” The talk show host won the award—considered the Internet’s version of an Oscar—for using the Web, including a blog and Twitter, to interact with fans and prepare for his Late Night takeover.

Before the ceremony, held in New York City on June 8, Fallon elaborated on Conan O’Brien’s promotion and his first week as host of The Tonight Show. “Loved it. It’s a good lead-in for us,” Fallon said. “It’s strong, it’s young, and our numbers are staying strong.”

Fallon’s former SNL castmate, Seth Meyers, hosted the ceremony for the second consecutive year and talked about the Webbys' growing popularity. “I know it’ll really be a big deal when I’m no longer a big enough name to host it,” he joked.

Other winners included Lisa Kudrow for her comedic performance as Dr. Fiona Wallace in online series Web Therapy, about a therapist who video chats with her patients. But Kudrow hopes e-therapy doesn’t become the next Twitter. “A therapist doing online therapy…to do three five-minute sessions? It’s a really bad idea!” she said.

Sarah Silverman took home the best actress prize for her two of her viral videos, the YouTube hit “I’m F----ing Matt Damon” and her call-to-action commercial “The Great Schlep,” which asked Jewish kids to visit their grandparents in Florida and convince them to vote for Barack Obama.

And since the Webby’s celebrate everything online, Arianna Huffington, who won for best political blog, used her five-word speech to defend TheHuffingtonPost.com’s domination over print media: “I didn’t kill newspapers, OK?”

Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.

A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

Here's how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind the wave and see how it evolved.

New anti-DRM T-shirt design.

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Budget shopping tips: MP3 players (from http://media-saver.com)

If you’re on a budget & shopping for a fresh MP3 player, here are a not many general tips for locking down a suitable,satisfactory deal.

First & foremost, do some math so you is able to obtain a realistic idea of how a lot storage you will need for all the music, photos, & movie you wish for to obtain on the go. The less storage you need, the cheaper the price. If an MP3 player includes a slot for memory expansion, you is able to always increase the capacity down the road.

Also, be realistic of the functions you need. MP3 players that assistance movie playback are fun at first, yet not many people possess the period to transfer & view movie on a regular basis. You is able to discover excellent audio-only MP3 players for under $50, yet a decent video-capable device is hard to discover for less than $100.

If you’re specifically shopping for an iPod, you’re going to possess a tougher period snagging a bargain. Apple holds a tight leash on prices, & sales are scant. You is able to always shop Apple’s selection of refurbished iPods, available straight through the company’s online store. College students & faculty is able to in addition obtain advantage of Apple’s annual Back to School promotion, which obtains location June through August, & typically offers specially priced bundles of iPods & Mac computers.

Back-to-school sales aside, we recommend not buying an MP3 player in late summer if you’re after the latest & greatest tech. Apple & Microsoft typically release their fresh models in the fall. That said, if you’re OK with being a step behind, summer sales is able to be a excellent manner to snap up deals as stores clear their shelves of final year’s models.

"Terminator Salvation"

This weekend I watched the "Terminator Salvation". It was impressive, but I was expecting more...

"Terminator Salvation" is set in post-apocalyptic 2018, where John Connor (Christian Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

New iPhone Cuts a Bunch of Prices

It comes with a more-powerful three-megapixel camera than previous generations. The camera will also be able to shoot video. The phone will include still photo and video-editing software, and it will throw in hands-free voice control. Battery life has been extended, Schiller said.

While the new 3GS will begin selling for US$199 for a 16 GB version and $299 for 32 GBs starting June 19 (with a two-year service agreement), Apple's loudest shot across the bow at the rising tide of smartphone competitors like Palm (Nasdaq: PALM) More about Palm and Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) More about Research In Motion may be its new $99 price tag for the current iPhone 3G More about 3G. That goes into effect immediately.

Nokia N97 - new touch-screen device

Nokia on Thursday launched its latest touch-screen mobile device N97. The fully-loaded multi-media handset comes with five megapixel camera phone and supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of internal memory.

OMG!!! I want one :)