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Charles Arthur’s scooped the media trade titles and – as far as I can tell – even his new employer, by announcing on his blog that he will take over editing the Guardian’s Technology section from November.

Mr Arthur’s recent work as a freelance has included a column in The Independent and fairly regular articles for The Register.

Note my lack of superlatives in the above post – consciously not going for an OBN (Order of the Brown Nose, Private Eye-style). It is, however, excellent news for Guardian Technology readers, of which I am one.

He’s inviting comments about what he should do when he’s running the show on his blog…