Pictured left is Prof. Bonnie Nardi, one of the luckiest ladies alive. The National Science Foundation in the USA has decided to grant her $100,000 of American taxpayer's money to study World of Warcraft. Or, to be specific, why Americans make more modifications to the game than Chinese players do. Gosh, that's a lot of money.

The Professor, who has already studied how the Chinese play the MMO, said:

"We are examining the many reasons for this disparity, including cultural and institutional factors. The vast majority of Chinese players are not 'gold farmers'... They're ordinary players like anyone. The media has blown that story out of all proportion. Many people think Chinese play for a job. They play for fun..."

In the grand old tradition of the internet, and given that Google's new Chrome browser appears to be pretty much all the news that's out there today, I thought we could have a good old fashioned quiz. It's simple - answer each question and then at the end it'll tell you which browser matches your personality.

Let us know your score and what browser you are in the comments!

A survey by phone network 3 has revealed some nasty statistics about quite how much you lot work. Turns out that 31% of you feel you have to be contactable by work whenever and wherever you are, 23% of you have answered calls or sent emails whilst down the pub, 25% have worked on public transport and 13% of you have sent emails and made work calls from the doctor's surgery (in the waiting room, I presume).

As a person who's done two of those three things in the last few days, and worked on public transport today, I think this survey does somewhat misrepresent matters. I've fielded calls in the pub after work in the past, and then gone and dragged colleagues down to the pub because they've been working too hard! Secondly, if you're sat somewhere waiting for something - in a Doctor's surgery, or on a bus perhaps, it's only natural that you might get bored and check your emails if you've got a Blackberry. I think that's perfectly normal.

Hidden within the Brandchannel survey that Daniel wrote about below is a rather amusing story about the polled people wanting to sit next to Apple, Virgin, Google, Coca-Cola and Nike at a dinner party, if push came to shove. Of the 3.7% of people who chose Google, one commented "I'd like to get to know them better, or at least hop into bed with them for a quickie!".

Of the 14.3% who chose Apple, one claimed it was "because I'm sure they'd develop an easier and simpler way to throw a dinner party". So, I present you with the below poll - which tech giant would you choose to sit next to at a dinner party?

This week I'll be on Radio 4 spouting off about Britain's credit crunch and the possibility of an economic recession, and how that affects those of us who love nothing more than indulging in items we don't *really* need, like Sky+, the latest iPods, and various other gadgets.

If you'll allow me, I just want to gather some information from all you lovely Tech Digest readers, on whether the credit crunch is affecting your spending, so I can sound all knowledgeable and impress the pants off your parents as they listen to the programme whilst gardening etc. So, if you wouldn't mind sparing me ten seconds...

It's been four days since the iPhone went on sale here in Europe, and what Tech Digest is wondering is...have you unlocked yours? Obviously the iPhone is exclusive to O2, but with the 'jailbreak' hack, users can unlock it to work on any chosen network.

Or is that wrong in your eyes? Are you happy to pay O2 £35 a month for the privilege of their crummy reception and 18-month contract? Let us know in the poll below, please!

For all-things iPhone-related, check out our brother blog, iPhonic.

Now that you've had your say about which political party has made the least amount of effort to target us web-savvy citizens, cast your vote in the final poll regarding which party has impressed you the most.

Who is the most web 2.0 savvy out of David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Ming Campbell?

Once you've read the previous feature about which of the three main political parties in the UK are the most web 2.0 savvy, cast the only vote that matters this year, in our web 2.0 Houses of Parliament Hall of Shame election.

If we're not being called to vote in a snap Autumn general election, this is the next best thing. Give your two pence worth and tell us, who has made the least amount of effort online, and who should be given a place in our web 2.0 Houses of Parliament Hall of Shame.

As you learnt on Monday, Shiny Media is expanding even more into the Web 2.0 world, with the recent creation of our Who Ate All The Pies football web community. We also have Shiny Fashion Forums for all our fashionista friends, but would you be interested in seeing a community targeted, well, at you? Somewhere to discuss general gadgetry and geekery, yet another excuse to skive off work? If you could be so kind as to fill in our poll below, we'd be very happy bunnies.

The results are in, the ballots have been counted, and we can now confirm that...drumroll, please...49% of our readers cannot wait to get their grubby little paws on one of this year's hottest announcements in the technology world, Microsoft's Surface.

A further 15% of you weren't that interested in it, with 13% liking the concept, but only for commercial use, and another 13% of readers believing the idea to be bonkers and that it'll 'never catch on'. The remaining 10% of you cheeky sods voted that you wish Steve Jobs had thought of it first!

Well, give him a few months, he's bound to rip it off Microsoft, if history is to be believed. Ouch...

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