SAP said its third-quarter results will be below expectations due to a sudden drop-off in sales that the software vendor blamed on the turmoil in the world's financial markets.

Remember Nicholas Ciarelli, the precocious tween who started a successful Apple rumor blog, only to have it shuttered by the company's legal team? He's now posting on the DailyBeast, and he's got some interesting things to say about his favorite plaintiff: namely that since the negative PR resulting from Ciarelli's case, Apple seems to have realized the buzz-building value of early leaks and non-response to rumors. Nicholas might still be pretty young, but he's also still right. It's definitely worth a read. [DailyBeast]

Eclipse3.1M3 comes out later today..

A novel youtube page promoting Nintendo's latest platform game. The page itself adds context as the video progresses.