TECH BUZZ – “Georgia is no longer friends with Russia.” “Russia sent Georgia 97,482 gifts.”War is funnier as a Facebook news feed.

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The Best Links:

1. Earth’s News Feed
2. Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)
3. Facebook’s April Fools’ Joke
4. Facebook in Real Life

TECH BUZZ – The Facebook version of the Scrabble game has been shut down in the U.S.The online addiction of millions has been broken in the single removal of a Facebook app. Will this break bad for Hasbro? Will online Boggle enjoy a surge of popularity? And how will word-people now lord their superiority over the rest of us?

The Best Links:

1. You Can Still Play Scrabulous Online, Just Not On Facebook
2. Hasbro Makes Children Cry
3. Hasbro Singlehandedly Boosts Office Productivity Nationwide
4. Scrabulous Apocalypse
5. Adults Mourn The Loss Of A Game That Allowed Them to Escape Their Office Reality
6. Did the Shutdown Happen Because the Agarwalla Brothers Wanted More $$$?
7. Hasbro Outplays Scrabulous
8. Facebook Makes Scrabulous Go Bye-Bye
9. Angry Parents Will Irrationally Protest Hasbro
10. Surprising That There Haven’t Been More Punny ‘Hasbro Gets Triple Word Score’ Headlines. Just Sayin’

TECH BUZZ – CollegeHumor was all set to take on Facebook staffers in a beer pong tournament until the social networking site pulled out at the last minute, blaming the forfeit on “legal and PR reasons.”Some might be surprised to learn that web developers would so enthusiastically partake in actual real life competition, but then again, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen Steve Jobs in a cage match.

The Best Links:

1. Gawker Says “Challenge!” To CollegeHumor
2. Beer Pong Tournament Isn’t Making Facebook Any Older (And It Probably Should)
3. Facebook Beer Pong Tourney Gets Cancelled, All Bets Are Off
4. Facebook has a prom, too?!
5. Facebook Backed Out of a Beer Pong Tournament Via Tumblr [Remove Friend, Please]
6. “But What Are We Going to Do With These Awesome Balls?”

TECH BUZZ – Imagine if your life worked just like it does on the mammoth social network. Scary, right?Because, really, if someone ever actually claimed aloud to be looking for “random play,” you’d probably suggest they immediately get tested for “random STD’s.”

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BUSINESS BUZZ – Fallout from Facebook’s Beacon ad platform takes on the concrete form of a civil lawsuit.The Beacon backlash continues: A woman in Texas has filed suit against Blockbuster for revealing her rental choices without permission, violating the 1988 Videotape Privacy Protection Act. Facebook isn’t named in the suit.

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1. “Poison Ivy” Fans Should Be Wary
2. The Plaintiff Calls Out Blockbuster for Invasion of Privacy
3. Perhaps This Will Revive the Beacon Backlash!
4. First Beacon Lawsuit Quietly Filed in Dallas County

CULTURE BUZZ – Miss New Jersey is being blackmailed over some photos taken from her Facebook site.A mysterious blackmailer wants her to turn in her crown or the photos will go online, but the plucky pageant winner’s not giving in to the demands. The first Facebook scandal!

The Best Links:

1. Miss New Jersey Keeps Crown Despite Racy Photos
2. Miss New Jersey Photos
3. Amy Polumbo Photos
4. Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo Reveals Breast-Biting Blackmail Photos On “Today”
5. Video: Amy Polumbo Pictures Revealed!
6. Pageant Officials: Let Amy Polumbo Reign!
7. Amy Polumbo Nude Photos?
8. Update! Miss New Jersey Receives 2nd Package
9. Video: Miss New Jersey Press Conference
10. Photo Gallery of Miss New Jersey 2007
11. Nude Photos Ain’t Gonna Slow Her Down
12. Amy Polumbo Blackmail Photos Released. Boring. Next.
13. Amy Polumbo Reveals Blackmail Pictures
14. Miss NJ Revealed as Attention Whore (Not Real Whore)
15. See the Beauty Queen apologize to America for being disappointingly average!
16. Miss New Jersey Photos “Not Illegal”
17. Miss New Jersey Fears Pix
18. Polumbo’s Blackmail Over Cabaret?
19. Miss New Jersey Online
20. Betting on Release of Amy Polumbo Photos
21. Amy Polumbo: O Muy Aplomb!
22. This Could Be Amy Polumbo’s Big Break
23. Polumbo’s Scandal Like A Scene From Drop Dead Gorgeous