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We've got some exciting updates this week, so sit tight and we'll get started. Of course, news would not be complete without a special gift from Frank. It appears that he neglected to celebrate birthdays this month. So, in the spirit of better late than never, please rip a zippy yippee if you were born in August, and Frank'll send you a ginger

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[faunaana]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20015098-36.html

MySpace has finally made a concession of sorts: that rival Facebook has grown so dominant that not syncing up to its web of social connections would be a mistake. The News Corp.-owned social network, as was rumored late last year, has "synced" its service with Facebook (and Twitter) so that members can cross-post their status updates as well as shared content.

SOMETHING IS AFOOT

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[salpal]

Oh my God. Skynet.

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[goodomens_ee]

guess what coincidence is even creepier:

http://rbth.ru/articles/2010/05/31/after_facebook_and_livejournal_russia_buys_twitter.html
>>>The Russian investment fund Digital Sky Technologies (DST) is continuing to surprise the world Internet market.<<<
[...] Besides his share of DST, Alisher Usmanov owns stock in Livejournal, [...]

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[aescapes]

Oh god I'm really upset about this right now but your comment just made me LMFAO. ♥ A++

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[leashy_bebes]

Sweet fucking what now?!

...it's really not a huge leap for my inner conspiracy theorist.

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[green_aurora]

I hate MySpace with a passion. At least LJ had some common sense to not do business with them. Well, for now...