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Grab some coffee and thank the gods you weren't replaced by a temp in Bangalore. It's a happy happy Monday, because:

  • It's the new Digg.com! Mommy! Mommy! It reads more than tech news! [Digg]
  • Cartoon Steve Ballmer sounds only slightly more abrasive than Real Steve Ballmer. And this version of the Microsoft CEO (made for anti-offshoring group TechsUnite) shouts a funnier "developers developers developers" chant. [TechsUnite.org]
  • The heads of failed game console maker Gizmondo — a crowd already linked to grand theft auto (not the game, the crime), impersonation of police, and business corruption — may have done some wonky fundraising for their L.A. telecoms group, Xero Mobile. That's what the SEC investigators say, anyway. [London Times]