Spacex successfully launched their privately developed Falcon 1 version 4 rocket into orbit yesterday.
SpaceX video.
SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 1 to Orbit - Marketwatch, Sept 29 2008

According to Amazon, the best-selling notebooks are actually netbooks. Netbooks account for 18 of the top 25 selling laptop computers in the Amazon most-popular list, with the $399.99 Acer Aspire One at the top of the list.
According to Vijay Rakesh of ThinkPanmure, the tremendous success of the small, cheap and light netbook threatens Macbook sales [...]

LG announces their 10-inch mini-notebook called the X-Note Mini.
Atom-based CPU, 10-inch screen, comes in white, pink or black … not much to distinguish it from the many other netbooks out there, aside from the logo & choice of models.
LG Electronics, 10-inch mini notebook ‘X-Note MINI’ Release - LG new release, 2008-09-25

HTC, who manufactures the T-Mobile G1 with Google mobile phone - also known as the HTC Dream - , believes that the device is so good that it has the potential to ‘obsolete the personal computer’. One Florian Seiche who is VP HTC Europe, also says that the browsing experience is as good as a [...]

Happy 10th birthday, Google!
To celebrate, Google kicks off Project 10 to the 100th, which is a call for “ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible”. So if you have a suggestion in the gategories of Community, Opportunity, Energy, Environment, Health, Education or Shelter, or the ever-popular Other, submit them to [...]

Yves Rossy aka FusionMan flung himself out of an airplane over France today, ignited his jet pack and flew to England. Flight time - 15 minutes.
Rossy used ACT carbon fiber wings (not too far removed from the wax wings used by Icarus) powered by 4 JetCat P-200 turbine engines.

…nice accomplishment, but a consequence might be [...]

T-Mobile officially anounced the T-Mobile G1, aka HTC Dream, or Google Phone etc, the first Android-based mobile phone.
The T-Mobile G1 was unveiled Tuesday September 23 2008 at Guastavino’s in New York City.
The launch event included execs from Google, HTC and T-Mobile, with an apparently unexpected visit by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who seem [...]

Google launched their Transit on Google Maps service in NYC September 23 2008. Sergey Brin and Larry Page were on hand at Grand Central Station to offically to announce the tool and to demonstrate its features.
If you’re in one of 58 cities in the U.S., or 17 abroad, you can [...]

Leica camera announces their new S-system of DSLR camera, based on a new 37 megapixel 30×45 mm CCD sensor from Kodak. Image processor is called Maestro is “ultra-fast”, according to Leica and was developed together with Fujitsu. Body size is similar to 35mm DSLR cameras.
The “S” in S2 apparently derives from the fact that the [...]

Olympus will be showing a concept Micro Four Thirds camera at Photokina. Mock up only, but it cetainly looks to be slim and svelt.
Olympus Developing New E-System Four Thirds System-Compliant Digital SLR Camera - Olympus press release, September 22 2008