And so to our semi-regulator feature rounding up the news and features we've spotted on our RSS travels.

Perhaps the most unusual story of the week comes courtesy of EWeek Europe, which reported that a quarter of Germans were happy to have chips implanted in their heads if it means shorter lines at the supermarket.

Silicon.com reports on Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms telling told the European e-skills conference in London that CEOs of UK tech companies weree "finding it hard to persuade universities" to run the courses that the IT industries most need.

ZDnet reports on a partnership between Intel, EMC, RSA, and VMware to take advantage of Intel's Trusted Execution Technology in its Westmere processing chips.

The Register writes about Intel's 48-core chips that are being shown at CeBit this year.

Speaking of CeBit, Mobile Computer Mag takes a look at two new laptops from Asus, and comments on the Atom processors inside...

Finally, Information Week has the inside track on new servers from IBM, which incorporate Intel's 45-nm Nehalem processors.