Google—Sauron of the internet, world, and soon: Middle Earth's tech scene—will soon have your life on file, especially with the advent of Google Wave, which is still in the invite-stage. People are now paying for invites.

Damn, I didn't even know those things still existed. A reader emails us with a tip about T-Mobile's Sidekick service being down. Twitter is up in arms! A certain blogger-cum-brand is stirring up chaos! What to do?!