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Apr 22 2009 9:55am EDT

First Bytes: Cyberspies and Belgian Bots

Yahoo just keeps on its losing streak as it announces a 78 percent profit drop, and cuts more staff. [WSJ]

Redfin expands its online real estate brokerage in the wake of government's settlement with the National Association of Realtors. [TechCrunch]

Obama has plans to fight cyberspies. Meanwhile, the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin said that F-35 classified information was not breached by those pesky cyberspies after all. [Reuters]

The Belgians have created a cuddly, intelligent robot named Probo to play with sick children, but not everyone thinks Probo is so cute. [io9]

Advanced Micro Devices posts a wider loss than expected as chip sales slow. [NYT]

Is Chris DeWolfe being pushed out of MySpace, or not? [TechCrunch]

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