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Jul 09 2008 12:00am EDT

First Bytes: Mossberg, Pogue, Google, more...

-- Walt Mossberg and David Pogue are battling over coverage of the new iPhone. Walt is Fox Business's new pundit. Pogue is the new CNBC gadget guru. [WSJ, NYT]

-- Google has launched its long expected new virtual world. Second Life has to be hating real life right now. [TechCrunch]

-- "One-third of consumers in the U.S. and U.K. have made a copy of a DVD within the last six months," said Ars Technica. [AT]

-Sam Gustin. □


Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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