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Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... Urban Outfitters has plugged into the Zuckerberg machine to let you organize your shopping by 'Most Liked.' [From: AllFacebook] Continuing its recent history of underwhelming announcements, MySpace is now letting you sync your status updates with Facebook. Embrace your roots, MySpace, and call us when you've got customizable animated ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... According to a Financial Times report, Google has been in talks with major studios about a pay-per-view YouTube movie service. [From: Financial Times] Funny cat photo entrepreneur Ben Huh offered to purchase Reddit from Condé Nast following last week's Prop 19 ad brouhaha. [From: The Next Web] Foursquare just passed the 3 ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines.... Foursquare mayor wannabes have an extra incentive to return to their pub or hot dog joint of choice. The location-based service will now let you know when you're within a mere 10 check-ins of an elusive mayorship. [From: foursquare blog] Google's new Gmail calling functionality has been used over 1 million times in the service's first ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Playboy has hopped on the tech bandwagon in recent months with both a NSFW website and a 3-D print spread. The empire that Heffner built is now extending its reach into the gaming marketplace, thanks to a partnership with Bigpoint. [From: Joystiq] Kindle 3 reviews are starting to hit the Web, and David Pogue praises Amazon's ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple and Fox's News Corp. are reportedly engaged in "advanced talks" about implementing a $0.99 iTunes TV show rental program, with CBS and Disney purportedly interested, as well. [From: Engadget] After a year of development, Yahoo! and Microsoft have finally completed Yahoo!'s Bing-powered Web, video and image "mega search." ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The "Old Spice Guy" just valiantly strode off with an Emmy award, and Urlesque is honoring the viral phenomenon's accomplishment with a variety of LOLcat-themed captions. [From: Urlesque] The appearance of 'Halo Reach' on filesharing sites has prompted Microsoft to ominously, in the words of a 12-year-old messageboard flamer, warn ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Apple is reportedly trying to patent technology that would allow it to remotely commandeer stolen iPhones, but its patent application apparently indicates that jailbroken or unlocked devices could also warrant the kill switch. [From: Engadget] Dish Network is officially introducing DishOnline tomorrow, and the streaming service ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... North Korea, which seems to have finally bought into that whole World Wide Web fad, apparently just created a Facebook page to go along with its new YouTube and Twitter accounts. [From: Yahoo! News] HP exec Todd Bradley reportedly confirmed the expected arrival date of the company's webOS tablet, when he announced during a ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Intel recently received a stern lecture from the federal government about how to play fairly with others, and the folks at security firm McAfee must be pleased with the chip giant's desire to expand. Intel is doling out $7.68 billion for the antivirus software company, reportedly because security has become something that "people ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Netflix continues to fortify and expand its catalog through exclusive premium network deals, but its library apparently won't include HBO. The cable channel does, however, plan to launch its own HBO Go service (for home consoles, iPads and other mobile devices) within the next six months. [From: Engadget] Incorporating ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Based on Goldman Sachs' assessment of "underwhelming" initial sales, the new BlackBerry Torch probably won't help RIM reverse the recent, astronomical ascent of Android. [From: Business Insider] A licensing dispute with Universal Music Group UK has forced the removal of Grooveshark from Apple's App Store, although previously ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... WIkileaks founder Julian Assange has grabbed a column with Swedish publication Aftonbladet. While speaking to the paper's editor, Assange divulged his site's plans to seek Swedish constitutional protection and to release 15,000 more classified documents. [From: Mathaba] Phillip Markoff, the alleged "Craigslist Killer," ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Free Press plans to lead an army of allied organizations, including MoveOn.org, Civic Action, ColorofChange.org, Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, in a Net neutrality protest today at Google's Mission View, California headquarters. If you just heard a strange sound in Lower Manhattan, that was a huge ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... MySpace continues to roll out site alterations in preparation for its "full relaunch" this fall, and the latest upgrades include a streamlined home screen and a more pronounced user stream. But will all this be far too late? [From: Boston.com] Sony Ericsson may drop the essential mobile for gamers this fall -- in the body of an ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Skype has reportedly been embroiled in a lingering legal dispute with BSkyB (part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. family) because "Skype" includes the word "sky," the name of one of Murdoch's networks. There is no word yet, however, if News Corp. plans to go after the Alan Parsons Project in hopes of redubbing its hit to "Eye in ...