Last week we published a list of the twenty most media-connected people in technology, compiled by cross-analyzing the people that journalists and bloggers were following to surface a list of the usual suspects.

FORBES: Tech's Twenty Most Media-Connected Editors And Writers

Voting technology became big business following Florida's swinging-chad fiasco in 2000.

FORBES: The Right Touch

But technology executives suffered a backlash following the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and before that, when the much-hyped Y2K or millennium bug turned out to be non-existent after clocks switched from 1999 to 2000.

CNN: Tech experts are key to success

Matt Perkins, of Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) where Mr al-Hilli worked, issued a statement following official confirmation of his death.

BBC: UK

Ian Sigalow, Partner at Greycroft, Chris Moore, Partner at Redpoint Ventures and Roger Lee, General Partner, Battery Ventures provided the following perspectives from their panel titled Technology Trends: A Venture-Capital Perspective.

FORBES: Lessons Learned at Stanford's Digital Marketing Program

The project seems to have raised attention for the two technology giants among Facebook users, whose perception of Toshiba and Intel jumped above non-Facebook users following the series launch.

FORBES: An Alternative Campaign: Intel and Toshiba's Social Film Project

With a Chicago-focused launch scheduled for July and plans to go nationwide in the following months, SceneTap's unique technology will allow consumers to get a real-time snapshot of bars in their area.

ENGADGET: SceneTap app analyzes pubs and clubs in real-time, probably won't score you a Jersey Shore cameo

Kobi Alexander, the former boss of Comverse Technology, is still fighting extradition from Namibia, to which he fled in 2006 following accusations of improper options-backdating. (There has been speculation that he is actually now in Switzerland.) It would not come as a complete surprise if Mr Fuld, a fan of big-game hunting, decided that now is the perfect time for an extended Namibian safari.

ECONOMIST: Jail time for financial titans?