Linear Technology reported revenue for the fiscal third quarter ended April 1 of $255 million, a bit above the Street consensus of $253.98 million; EPS of 32 cents a share was in line with expectations. Linear also said that “inventory in the marketplace appears to be more balanced than in previous quarters,” but that “visibility continues to be low and customers remain guarded in their forecasting and inventory management.”

I seriously doubt you'll see a PS3 under the tree this Xmas (and if you did, someone proabably paid way over the RRP!!!). But if you are lucky enough to find one, and after you've grown bored of the lame launch titles you'll also find it could be a powerful tool in fighting protein-based diseases. Using distributed computing technology, Sony has teamed up with Stanford University's Folding@home project to take a quantum leap forward in simulation processing power.

Bob Pease cracks me up. He's just got a unique way of looking at things.