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Twitter Tells Yelling Senator to Shove It, Timberlake in Facebook Movie

by Leila Brillson on September 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM



Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines...

  • Regardless of personal stance on the hotly debated issue of health care, yelling "You lie!" at the leader of the free world during a civilized joint session of Congress verges on lunacy. Or at least the Net thinks so, as Twitter exploded after Joe Wilson's outburst last night. [From: CNN]
  • Justin Timberlake has allegedly signed on to David Fincher's Facebook movie. Not as Mark Zuckerberg -- that's supposedly Michael Cera-lite Jesse Eisenberg -- but as Napster's flashy co-founder Sean Parker. [From: Guardian.co.uk]
  • When the Newspaper Association of America called for proposals on how to manage content while still making money, Google became an unlikely ally, proposing an extension of Google Checkout, suggesting "open need not mean free." [From: Nieman Lab]
  • The New York Times' social network -- which allows readers to post, share, and comment on stories with other Times readers -- is now synched with users' Twitter feeds. Which is great, because we've always wondered who actually uses TimesPeople. [From: Mashable]
  • Feeling envious that your buds got to go to Penny Arcade Expo, while you just checked out updates on Joystiq? Well, feel better. Over 100 cases of H1N1 (AKA Swine Flu, and now AKA Nerd Flu) have been reported at the convention. [From: Wired.com]
  • Investors were wowed yesterday when Google, in demonstrating its commitment to developing cutting edge advertising options, displayed the capability to play video in the space traditionally reserved for the company's ubiquitous text ads. We're hoping this doesn't slow down our browsing. [From: CNET]

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