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Jan 12 2009 9:14am EDT

First Bytes: The valueof internet activity

A Harvard physicist has determined the amount of carbon dioxide generated by each Google search. [Cnet]

Burger King is trying to lure Facebook users by getting them to "un-friend" some of their Facebook friends. [Bits]

Roger McNamee talks to Kara Swisher about why the Palm Pre is the end-all-be-all. [AllThingsD]

Microsoft is working on touchscreens for personal computers. [WSJ]
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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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