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Aug 08 2008 7:35am EDT

First Bytes: Google, EFF, iPhone, Vonage

Google notes that its $1 billion investment in AOL in 2005 may have been overvalued. [AllThingsD]

The ACLU and the EFF don't want the government to be able to obtain information on where you've been using your cell phone. [Ars Technica]

Gartner says iPhones can be used for business, sort of. [Bits]

Vonage is having some trouble finding more people who want one of those -- what do they call them? -- land-line phones in their homes. [News.com]
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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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