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Apr 07 2009 5:27pm EDT

Last Bytes: Google on the Defensive

A day after the editor of the Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators--particularly Google and its Google News product--as "parasites or tech tapeworms", Google defends itself, saying it's not "evil or illegal." [Mixed Media]

The new "variable" pricing model on Apple's iTunes is confusing everyone. Why are some songs 99 cents, and others $1.29? [Bits Blog]

Silicon Valley VC firms make the shift from libertarian to Keynesian, but will that help? [WSJ.com]

FriendFeed could very well be the trendiest App that no one uses. [Techcrunch]

by Joan R. Magee

Joan R. Magee


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