• How could we ignore the news that scientists believe they may have - finally - detected dark matter? We couldn't. The announcement yesterday possibly marks the end of nearly 80 years of searching to find the material which, we're told, keeps the universe glued together. I'm rubbing my hands together in glee at the prospects for a sudden burst of development in physics. Surely teleportation can only be a few years away now.
• Canada's BlackBerry-making Research in Motion surprised quite a few people when it announced a surge in profits for the past quarter, on the back of more than 10m handsets sold around the globe. And according to ComScore, the BlackBerry continues to extend its lead in mobile phone web browsing - with the iPhone now creeping up to a point where it has now overtaken Windows Mobile.
• Mark Shuttleworth, the open source pioneer who is a driving force behind the popular Linux OS Ubuntu announced yesterday that he was stepping down as CEO of his company, Canonical. He still plans on being heavily involved in the Ubuntu community, but didn't really give a solid explanation on why he's stepping back now. For more insight, check out an interview we did with him last year, and (for comparison) another one from 2002 focusing on his role as a space tourist.
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