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Google and Zynga: 5 Burning Questions (PC World)

PC World – Popular social games like Farmville, Mafia Wars and Fishville may soon be available to Google users, if recent rumors turn out to be accurate. Google has reportedly invested between $100 and $200 million in the social gaming company Zynga, and the search giant plans to make Zynga a major part of a Google-branded gaming platform called Google Games.   Piling rumors on top of rumors, Google Games is believed to be a part of Google Me, a rumored Google-based social network that would compete directly with Facebook.

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Technologist: Full Immersion in the Cyberworld Is Coming (PC World)

PC World – Although many people already are engrossed in cyberspace, judging by the amount of communicating, socializing and commerce conducted online, we’re at the advent of what will be a near total immersion in technology and the Internet, according to a technologist who spoke Saturday at the World Future Society conference in Boston.

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Google Reportedly Planning Online Music Service (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – In another swat at Apple, Google is reportedly readying a music download service that could compete with iTunes (and Rhapsody and other digital music services). The Wall Street Journal is citing unnamed sources that reveal a Google-branded music play.

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Google to hold Android event in early January (Reuters)

Reuters – Google Inc said it will hold a briefing about its smartphone business at its headquarters next week as rumors continue to swirl that the Internet search giant is preparing to sell a Google-branded device.

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Web posts suggest lonely, depressed terror suspect (AP)

AP – Internet postings purportedly written by a Nigerian charged with trying to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day suggest a fervently religious and lonely young man who fantasized about becoming a Muslim holy warrior.

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Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slump (Reuters)

Reuters – The Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products.

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China to lift Internet, phone bans in Xinjiang: state media (AFP)

AFP – China plans to restore online access and lift a ban on text messages and international calls in Xinjiang, state media said Tuesday, months after deadly ethnic unrest prompted a communications shutdown.

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Picture of Google’s Experimental Handset Appears on Twitter (PC World)

PC World – A picture of an experimental Android handset given out to Google employees had blogs buzzing over the weekend amid signs that the company could offer a Google-branded smartphone next year.

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Google Phone: Another Day, Another Sighting (PC World)

PC World – A second report of a Google-branded mobile phone has emerged online, possibly vindicating TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, who made a similar claim in mid-November, not to mention earlier whispers from other sources. The latest rumor is courtesy of Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson, who reported Monday that a new “Google Phone” will run a new and improved version of the Android operating system:

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French Court Fines EBay $2.5 Million (PC World)

PC World – A French court has fined eBay €1.7 million (US$2.5 million) for failing to comply with an earlier ruling that required the online retailer to prevent the sale of certain brands of perfume to French consumers on its sites.

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