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Justin Timberlake: Stealth Silicon Valley angel? (Reuters)

Reuters – As it turns out, Justin Timberlake’s role as Napster founder Sean Parker in “The Social Network” was a wink and nod to the celebrity’s little publicized role in driving Silicon Valley start-ups.

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Tests show wireless network could harm GPS systems (AP)

AP – New test results show that a proposed nationwide wireless broadband network would produce significant interference with GPS systems used for everything from aviation to high-precision timing networks to consumer navigation devices.

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Street Fighter IV Volt tops iPhone Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious – Be warned: The title leading off this week’s Best Games list is a quality release, but it’s going to frustrate you. That’s because Street Fighter IV Volt is merely a slight update to Capcom’s high quality fighting game Street Fighter IV due to the addition of online multiplayer. If it sounds like fun, you’re right, it can be – until you take on some eight-year-old with an insane mastery of Ryu’s fireball move and some kind of supernatural ability to anticipate every time you’re even thinking about jumping.

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Reports say FTC investigating Twitter (AP)

AP – Federal regulators are looking into the interactions between Twitter and a company called Ubermedia, which develops applications that help users follow and communicate with each other on Twitter’s popular online messaging service, according to two published reports.

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Google+ tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious – Google is percolating something new, feeding us bit-by-bit the details of its latest social coup. The search engine is testing the waters of today’s social web culture, launching Google+ in private beta

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