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Feb 20 2009 5:52pm EDT

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Giving up Facebook for Lent. What would Jesus' status update be? [Wall Street Journal]

Tumblr reverses its ban on several blogs dedicated to excoriating famous-for-being-famous blogger Julia Allison. Let freedom ring. [New York Times]

View the volume of CO2 emissions in your geographic with the latest manipulation of Google Earth. [Green Sheet]

Rental prices slashed at Rose Tech Ventures' incubator offices in New York City's Flatiron building. For just $350 a month, you too can have drop-in access to the office's VOIP telephony, 6 mbs broadband, shared board rooms, team spaces, and video studios. [Silicon Alley Insider]

The Obama administration is mulling the constitutionality of the Copyright Act's $150,000 penalties for pirated song downloads. [Wired]

Get an Ivy League education for free thanks to digital video lectures from Academic Earth. [The Big Money]

Free electronic reader applications for iPhone are casting a shadow on Kindle 2's imminent release. [News & Observer]

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