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by Andrea Chalupa
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Sep 30 2008 8:37am EDT

First Bytes: Tech Meltdown, Facebook, Nokia, Princeton

--The stock meltdown hit tech the hardest. Is there a spending freeze for Apple and other tech products ahead?
[NYT]

--On top of launching a new application for the iPhone last night, Facebook also unveiled a new homepage and has gone Hallmark with the tagline: "Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life." Too many marketing meetings lately?  
[TechCrunch]

--Nokia's CTO Bob Iannucci steps down for "personal reasons," just days before Nokia was to unveil its highly anticipated new touchscreen phone, Tube.
[Endgadget]

--Researchers at Princeton found four major websites vulnerable to "across-site request forgery attack," including INGDirect.com, that lets hackers transfer money out of a victims bank account.
[Slashdot]

-Andrea Chalupa
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