Around the Web 12.30.08: Tiny computers, shrinking laptops and lower PlayStation 3 costs

-- Pick your nominee for best supporting robot. Cinema Blend

-- Small is beautiful in molecular computing. Science Daily via Slashdot

-- Sony pares down the cost of PlayStation 3, but not enough to break even, iSuppli says. TG Daily

-- Is Digg rigged? You be the judge. YouTube

-- Netbooks said (again) to be the next wave of personal computers. Slate

-- Adjust your own prescription eyeglasses. Neatorama

-- A new hack can threaten security of e-commerce sites. Washington Post

-- Speaking of e-commerce, here's a comparison of online merchants. NYT

-- Another set of lists: best and worst tech places to work, assuming they're hiring. TechCrunch

-- Alex Pham

Photo: Scene from "Wall-E."  Credit: Pixar Animation Studios