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by Laura Rich
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Status Update: Argh. Scrabulous. Is Gone.   Vote Your Yahoo Board... Vivi Nevo, anyone?

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Jul 29 2008 3:56pm EDT

Last Bytes: Scrabulous, HP, Vonage, Sprint, Palm

-- Facing a lawsuit from the Hasbro, Facebook has yanked Scrabulous, much to the displeasure of the game's fans. [Portfolio.com]

-- In a move aimed squarely at Google, PC giant Hewlett-Packard has inked a cloud computing partnership with Intel and Yahoo. [GigaOm]

-- Web phone company Vonage has Marc Lefar as its new chief executive, replacing interim C.E.O. Jeff Citron, who will remain as non-executive chairman. [Reuters]

--  Sprint-Nextel has been ordered to pay $73 million in refunds to its customers after losing a key early-termination-fee case. [Dow Jones]

-- Is Palm, the beleaguered smart-phone maker, poised for a comeback? [CNBC]

-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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