The Boring couple was just trying to live their boring life when Google Street View ruined everything. Google won the lawsuit and now millions of people have seen the Boring house. UPDATE: A reader emails to say that a Boring victory is still possible because a judge has not issued a “motion to dismiss.” The Boring story continues…developing…

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The Best Links:

1. Boring House To Remain On Google Street View
2. Google Street View Car Gets A Ticket!
3. Less Boring: Google Streetview Hookers
4. Google Streetview: Original Controversy

TECH BUZZ: A fake Twitter competitor dreamed up as a hoax to rile the Twitter-esque Plurk. Posts purporting the company had actually purchased Plurk eventually caused the real founders to speak up.

The Best Links:

1. How the News Spread
2. Lots of Twitter “Thought Leaders” Were in On It Or Fooled by It
3. Mocking What Shouldn’t Exist With What Doesn’t
4. “It’s probably an elaborate inside joke.”
5. Follow Pheltup on Twitter
6. An Easy Joke to Play on Those With “Social Network Exclusion Anxiety”
7. The Flume: an Older Web 2.0 Hoax

TECH BUZZ: A popular search engine for video that uses speech-recognition software to enhance results. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and Google are both rumored to be looking into buying the company before it goes public.

The Best Links:

1. Blinkx
2. Why It Will Be a Good Buy
3. It’s More Popular Than Google in the UK
4. AdSense For Video
5. The Technology
6. The Company History