Sony said netbooks were rubbish. Sony’s changed its mind.

Ah, Sony, Sony, Sony. Just last year your VP of IT products mocked netbooks, describing them as “a race to the bottom”. So what do we have here? My goodness! It’s a netbook!

Two more things on Techradar. First, the Pirate Bay is going legit. That’ll be the end of it, then:

Will The Pirate Bay continue? Of course – but it’ll continue in the same way Napster continues, the old logo and brand name attached to something with very little relation to the original site or service. And the users? Most of them will disappear. People who want to pay for content use iTunes; people who don’t want to pay use The Pirate Bay. The “Pirate” bit is a clue.

And then, Porn 3.0. The adult industry is famous for being an early adopter of new technology, so what’s – ahem – coming soon? Article and images are safe for work, although it does mention “heating element” and “genitals” in the same sentence.

one of our mottos is “never put anything involving a heating element near your genitals”.

As more and more of my writing goes up online, that means more and more of it attracts comments – and because I’m a paid-up member of the “journalism is the start of the conversation” club, I’d like to know when somebody adds something substantial to, or spots a glaring error in, something I’ve scribbled.

Does anybody know of a good, one-stop solution to tracking comments on multiple articles? For example, on Techradar.com I can use the “most commented” thing to see the most recent/busiest comment threads, but ideally I’d like something web-based or RSS-based that would ensure I don’t miss anything.

Does such a thing exist?

Techradar, of course:

So what’s so great about the 3G S?

It’s the latest version of Apple’s much-hyped iPhone, with a faster processor, more storage, a better camera and the ability to bring your ancestors back from the dead.

Web freedom is easy to support when it doesn’t affect your bottom line…

God bless the internet. As shocking events in Iran continue to unfold, bloggers, Twitter users and social networkers are helping oppressed Iranians fight the power.

Even Google is helping… But if the bloggers were in the UK, the newspapers and tech firms wouldn’t be on their side. If there’s money to be made, new media and old media alike will happily help Goliath give David a battering.

Is the upgrade enough to make the 3GS upgrade unnecessary? I think so…

Until third party developers really start to take advantage of the new APIs it’s evolution rather than revolution, but it does keep your phone current without forcing you to shell out any more cash.

The long-awaited Digital Britain report is out, and I’ve taken a look at it twice. First up, the key points:

We won’t be paying for a copyright quango, but our phones will be taxed to finance next-generation broadband – and while the government isn’t keen on criminalising file sharers, ISPs might have no choice but to throttle offenders’ connections.

Then, my take on it:

Digital Britain may not be as revolutionary as some people might have liked – but it’s nowhere near as bad as many of us feared.

If reports are true and Lord Carter’s off to the private sector as soon as Digital Britain’s PDF is posted, he’s not going to be leaving with an angry mob in hot pursuit.

Opera Unite puts a web server inside your browser. It’s really very clever.

When Opera promised to “reinvent the web” this morning, we were cynical – and when it started talking about inventing “Web 5.0” we set our word-guns to maximum mockery.

Then it showed us Unite. We’re not sure about Web 5.0, but we’re convinced that Unite really is worth getting excited about.