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7:05 PM ET, December 21, 2008

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Brad J. Ward / SquaredPeg:
There's something going down on Facebook.  Pay attention.  —  *First time to SquaredPeg?  Subscribe via Email or RSS today or follow @bradjward on twitter for more frequent updates.  I really need you to listen up for this post.  Please.  —  Something is going down on Facebook, and it has implications for your school.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Marketing: College Prowler Caught Using Fake Accounts and Facebook Groups to Build List  —  In what could be remembered as one of the larger exposés of aggressive viral marketing tactics on Facebook to date, a recruiter in the Butler University admissions department …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
Actual T-Mobile G2 information... maybe  —  We just got a tip about the next Google Android-powered handset for T-Mobile, yes, the G2.  We're running this as a rumor as it's definitely not confirmed, but we'd bet on this turning out to be true as opposed to, well, you know... Here's what our tipster had to say:
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Google Watch:
Google, T-Mobile and The Android G2 Conspiracy  —  I don't have any inside knowledge into T-Mobile's plans for follow-ups to the Google Android mobile operating-based G1, which according to Cell Phone Signal includes a G2 smart phone ready to roll out at the end of January.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
“Holy F**king S**t I Was Just In A Plane Crash!”  —  A Continental airlines 737 slid off the runway in Denver last night.  The engine on the right side burst into flames.  Passengers escaped out the left side on slides. 38 people were hurt.  Fortunately no one was killed.
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
The Year of the Simpler Gadget  —  THE National Bureau of Economic Research hardly stunned the nation this month when it announced that the United States had been in recession since December 2007.  —  And, as it turns out, the buyers of consumer electronics could very well have been a leading economic indicator.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
What the recession means for the Mac  —  Money gets tight.  Buyers get picky.  Price-sensitive consumers — the kind Steve Jobs and Apple famously “choose not to serve” — start shopping for bargain basement PCs and Taiwanese netbooks.  Mac sales plummet.  —  That's the conventional wisdom.
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Nvidia bids to dislodge Intel as rivalry gets ugly  —  Intel and Nvidia are entering into a new, nasty phase of competition.  What's at stake?  Only the future of the personal computer.  —  Though the Santa Clara, Calif., neighbors (only a couple of miles from each other) …
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Nokia eases access to Internet services  —  HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia on Sunday removed one of the key obstacles for takeup of its new Internet offering, combining sign-ins for its overall services site Ovi.com and for its media sharing service.  —  Nokia has bought a dozen companies …
Discussion: GPS Obsessed
Anne Eisenberg / New York Times:
Need a Ride?  Check Your iPhone  —  SOON you may no longer need to stick out your thumb to catch a ride.  Instead, you may get one by tapping your fingers on your iPhone.  —  Avego, based in Kinsale, Ireland (www.avego.com), is demonstrating an iPhone application intended to let drivers …
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Sony teaser site says “revolutionary new VAIO” coming January 9th  —  Look, we're not going to speculate on what Sony has coming on January 9th.  Let's just say that it wouldn't be totally surprising to see some weird, long netbook.  Okay?  Okay.  —  [Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Discussion: Liliputing and Gizmodo
Reuters:
Chinese Internet porn sensation detained by police  —  SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Chinese woman who became an online sensation after posting a homemade pornographic film of herself on the Internet has been detained in Shanghai, according to state media.  —  The 12-minute-video showed the woman …
 
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Ronald Ho / Docs Blog:
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
YouTube Unveils Unique View Counts.  Now You Can Tell If Your Mom Is Your Only Fan
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James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
Touchscreens add nothing to laptop usefulness
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
After Steve Jobs, who runs Apple?
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Jeremy Liew / Wall Street Journal:
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