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Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters
Tagline says it all really, has a huge readership which can cause the Slashdot Effect if you are linked to from the front page.
The Register: Sci/Tech News for the World (Biting the hand that feeds IT)
Lots of Sci/Tech news, is very quirky with strange news titles. Well worth a visit.
Very specific but interesting site (DeepChip comes from Deep Sub-Micron ASIC design) sign up for the ESNUG newsletter.