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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Breakfast briefing: Games industry slump continues into summer

• Another blow to the myth of the recession proof gaming industry: sales fell by 31% in the past three months, which Reuters says is the largest decline since 2000.

• The saga of documents stolen from Twitter is remains ongoing. TechCrunch says it has finished posting its material - but the real row continues to be about the ethics and legality of the move. TechCrunch editor Eric Schonfeld said "we have been given the green light by Twitter to post this information" - but that characterisation has been roundly rejected by the company, which says "we absolutely did not give permission for these documents to be shared".

• Oh Friday, has it really been a week since we last frolicked with you? How shall we spend our weekends? Reminiscing about Jennicam? Watch a fan-created remake of Star Wars? Any other tantalising choices?

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