TECH BUZZ – CollegeHumor was all set to take on Facebook staffers in a beer pong tournament until the social networking site pulled out at the last minute, blaming the forfeit on “legal and PR reasons.” Some might be surprised to learn that web developers would so enthusiastically partake in actual real life competition, but then again, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Steve Jobs in a cage match.

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1. Gawker Says “Challenge!” To CollegeHumor
2. Beer Pong Tournament Isn’t Making Facebook Any Older (And It Probably Should)
3. Facebook Beer Pong Tourney Gets Cancelled, All Bets Are Off
4. Facebook has a prom, too?!
5. Facebook Backed Out of a Beer Pong Tournament Via Tumblr [Remove Friend, Please]
6. “But What Are We Going to Do With These Awesome Balls?”

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TECH BUZZ – Imagine if your life worked just like it does on the mammoth social network. Scary, right? Because, really, if someone ever actually claimed aloud to be looking for “random play,” you’d probably suggest they immediately get tested for “random STD’s.”

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BUSINESS BUZZ – Fallout from Facebook’s Beacon ad platform takes on the concrete form of a civil lawsuit. The Beacon backlash continues: A woman in Texas has filed suit against Blockbuster for revealing her rental choices without permission, violating the 1988 Videotape Privacy Protection Act. Facebook isn’t named in the suit.

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1. “Poison Ivy” Fans Should Be Wary
2. The Plaintiff Calls Out Blockbuster for Invasion of Privacy
3. Perhaps This Will Revive the Beacon Backlash!
4. First Beacon Lawsuit Quietly Filed in Dallas County

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CULTURE BUZZ – Miss New Jersey is being blackmailed over some photos taken from her Facebook site. A mysterious blackmailer wants her to turn in her crown or the photos will go online, but the plucky pageant winner’s not giving in to the demands. The first Facebook scandal!

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1. Video: Amy Polumbo Pictures Revealed!
2. Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo Reveals Breast-Biting Blackmail Photos On “Today”
3. Amy Polumbo Photos
4. Miss New Jersey Photos
5. Miss New Jersey Keeps Crown Despite Racy Photos
6. Video: Miss New Jersey Press Conference
7. Update! Miss New Jersey Receives 2nd Package
8. Amy Polumbo Nude Photos?
9. Pageant Officials: Let Amy Polumbo Reign!
10. Miss New Jersey Fears Pix
11. Polumbo’s Blackmail Over Cabaret?
12. Miss New Jersey Online
13. Betting on Release of Amy Polumbo Photos
14. Amy Polumbo: O Muy Aplomb!
15. Miss New Jersey Photos “Not Illegal”
16. Miss NJ Revealed as Attention Whore (Not Real Whore)
17. See the Beauty Queen apologize to America for being disappointingly average!
18. Amy Polumbo Blackmail Photos Released. Boring. Next.
19. Amy Polumbo Reveals Blackmail Pictures
20. Nude Photos Ain’t Gonna Slow Her Down
21. Photo Gallery of Miss New Jersey 2007
22. Polumbo’s Scandal Like A Scene From Drop Dead Gorgeous
23. This Could Be Amy Polumbo’s Big Break

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