• Skype's founders have been deadlocked with eBay for a while over a licensing dispute that threatens the future of the internet telephony service. Now things have escalated, with Joltid filing a lawsuit against Skype, eBay and the investors behind the recent deal to buy 65% of the service for $1.9bn. It feels like this is getting personal, but all sides are staying schtum for now.
• Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it's certainly proving popular among pirates, as the book's publishers chase down copyright infringing versions appearing across the web. And it's giving a boost to the Amazon Kindle - with the Kindle Nation blog reporting that the Kindle edition outselling hardcover versions of the book in early sales on the retail giant's site.
• This week's Technology Guardian is here again, and it's full of stuff to get your teeth into. On the eve of Palm's make-or-break results, we ask whether the Pre can do enough to turn things around, review LG's strange little watchphone and interview David Levy, who predicts that we'll be having sex with robots very soon. Yours with the paper, all for just one measly pound.
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