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Published: Dec. 11, 2008, 9 a.m.

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\\nSony has finally released its Second Life-ish virtual world Home for the PlayStation 3. It\'s still officially in beta form, but now everyone can now enjoy the simple pleasure of decorating their very own virtual apartment and being virtually socially awkward.
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\\nGoogle said at the LeWeb conference in Paris that it will bring its web browser Chrome out of beta sometime soon, perhaps even as early as tomorrow. This could pave the way for a pre-installation deal between Google and computer manufacturers. Can you say Internet Explorer vs. Netscape part two?
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\\nGoogle has started adding digitized copies of magazines to its Book Search database. Now you can find all of those New York magazine, Popular Science and Jet articles that you missed out on when they first appeared in print decades ago.
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\\nMovies have been disappearing from iTunes and Netflix at a fairly regulary rate. What could be behind this mysterious phenomenon? Well, if you guessed lisenecing disputes, you won\'t be that surprised.
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\\nTiVo\'s new Pause Menu service lets advertisers display ads whenever users pause live TV. I wish we could fast-forward to see if the new service helps TiVo win back subscribers, boosts the company\'s falling revenue and explains what the hell that smoke monster really is.
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\\nThe NBA has teamed up with Turner sports to broadcast February 14\'s"NBA All-Star Saturday Night" in 3-D at 80 movie theaters around the country. Because nothing says "I love you" like watching a 3-D slam dunk contest with a theater full of strangers.
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\\nStarting next year, Hewlett-Packard will begin selling a new laptop battery that won\'t start degrading for three years. It can also be charged to 80% capacity in just 30 minutes. I\'ve also heard it can solve crimes, but that sounds more like a half-truth.

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