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Aug 18 2008 6:47pm EDT

Last Bytes: EA/Take-Two, GPhone, "White Spaces," Apple Fire

- Video game maker Electronic Arts has withdrawn its $2 billion offer for Take-Two Interactive, the shop behind the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series. [NYT]

- Here comes the GPhone! How much of a threat does it pose to the iPhone and the BlackBerry? [Portfolio.com]

- Google is pushing its plan to open up the unused "white spaces" between television channels for new Wi-Fi networks. The company says its good for the public, as well as its own bottom line. [Portfolio.com]

- The fire that broke out at Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters last week resulted in $2 million in damages. [Ars Technica]

- A Bronx woman named Denise Barker has agreed to settle charges that she stole eight songs using the file-swapping service KaZaa for $756 per song. Hey, that beats $150,000 per song (the Copyright Act's official fine). [Wired]

-Sam Gustin

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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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