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Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $711 million

http://www.sfgate.com

U.S. District Court judge in San Jose has awarded Facebook $711 million in damages in an anti-spam case the social-networking giant filed against online marketer Sanford Wallace, who is known as the "Spam King."

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ICANN approves non-Latin domain names

http://news.cnet.com

The organization responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses has approved a new plan to allow non-Latin characters in Web extensions. Known as Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), the system is designed to globalize the Net so regions around the world can use their own local alphabet characters to surf in cyberspace, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said Friday.

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The Internet at 40: History Began With Its First Crash

http://www.pcworld.com

Why do we today celebrate today--October 29--as the Internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time--and crashed.

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New Avatar Trailer Hits the Web

http://mashable.com

Although the official trailer isn't supposed to hit the web until tomorrow, Film School Rejects has tracked down a high-quality foreign leak (we think it's from Thailand, but if you recognize the language let us know in the comments) that they got via The Film Stage. The Film Stage also has an unreleased featurette with even more new footage.

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Ubuntu 9.10 just released

http://www.physorg.com

Canonical is releasing Ubuntu 9.10, the Karmic Koala, the latest version of its open-source operating system, and it aims to attract business and enterprise users to join the growing numbers of Linux enthusiasts.

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Discount Death: Wal-Mart Sells Caskets Online

http://247wallst.com

The price of being dead just dropped. It is a good thing, given the troubles in the economy.

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