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Jan 29 2009 5:22pm EDT

Last Bytes: Amazon, Google Earth, Pipl, Bob Pittman

Did Santa bring everyone a Kindle this year? Amazon shares soared after it posted better than expected earnings and the "best ever" holiday season. [Reuters]

Can technology help you quit smoking cigarettes? [Wired]

Attention pot farmers! Google Earth can detect your field of green. [Ars Technica]

If you can't find the dirt on your blind date from Google, try Pipl. It knows a scary amount of stuff about people [Techcrunch]

Bob Pittman just loves newsletters. [AllThings D]


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