Tech News In Brief – 5/28/10

Foxconn to give out raises, relocate workers

Is Facebook popular? Why yes it is. More monthly page views than the next 99 most visited sites COMBINED.

iPad international launch day  – hysteria: not uniquely American.

Battle lines form in Viacom vs. YouTube battle. Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley. Jocks vs. nerds.

Irish News puts up paywall, runs into figurative wall

Microsoft keeps some security patches secret – set to release them at next Windows 7 Launch Party Reunion

One Laptop Per Child for around 100 bucks – by the time this project is realized, all the children will be elderly adults.

Congress develops interest in synthetic microbes that make and eat oil. “HURRY UP!” says BP.

Herb Kohl loves Hulu.

Japanese robot moon base! JAPANESE ROBOT MOON BASE!