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The Macalope Weekly: Choices (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com – We all make choices in life, and some of them are finally coming home to roost. Android wakes up in bed with the wrong search engine while Apple tries to turn its life around and clean up its … Continue reading

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PARTING SHOTS: Living soldier awarded Medal of Honor (The Upshot)

The Upshot – Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade full-on blog treatment today: • Salvatore Giunta, a 22-year-old paratrooper, has become the first living soldier since Vietnam to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He rescued … Continue reading

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GoDaddy.com puts itself up for sale: report (Reuters)

Reuters – Internet domain name registry GoDaddy.com has put itself up for sale, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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Judge allows subpoenas for Internet users (AP)

AP – A federal judge on Friday allowed the holder of a movie copyright to subpoena the names of people accused of illegally downloading and distributing a film over the Internet.

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Roku HD-XR, Apple TV, and Streaming Media on PCWorld Podcast #90 (PC World)

PC World – Want to stream HD movies, TV shows, and music from your PC and the Internet to your living-room HDTV?

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Facebook inches past Google for Web users’ minutes (AP)

AP – U.S. Web surfers are spending more time socializing on Facebook than searching with Google, according to new data from researchers at comScore Inc.

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"Virginity Hit" a bawdy crowdpleaser (Reuters)

Reuters – Essentially the first feature-length YouTube video, “The Virginity Hit” updates the horny-teenager movie to the Internet era.

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EBay wins a round in court against Craigslist (AP)

AP – In a skirmish between two Internet heavy hitters with a tangled relationship, eBay Inc. has convinced a court that it was wronged by antitakeover moves adopted by Craigslist after eBay started encroaching on its online classifieds turf in … Continue reading

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Hackers make 57,000 booby-trapped websites weekly: experts (AFP)

AFP – About 57,000 seemingly legitimate websites booby-trapped by hackers spring up on the Internet each week, computer security researchers at PandaLabs said.

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EBay Claims Win in 2008 Craigslist Suit (PC World)

PC World – A Delaware court has ruled in favor of eBay in its 2008 lawsuit against Jim Buckmaster and Craig Newmark, majority shareholders of Craigslist, eBay said Thursday.

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