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New Sites Unleash Pets.com 2.0

The economics of Internet commerce have changed so much that Alex Zhardanovsky is now taking on the once-seemingly impossible challenge of selling pet food online.

Dude, Where’s My Facebook IPO Filing? (Ashton’s on Hold!)

Mr. Kutcher really wants to know what’s what this fine IPO-awaiting morning.
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Columbia J-School and Stanford Eng Nab $30M Joint Gift for Media Innovation From Helen Gurley Brown

Legendary former Cosmo Editor hands over a huge gift to spur new media on both coasts.
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Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month

Not the big one, but it’s an Apple event, so everyone will get excited anyway.
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You Know You’re Going to Watch It: All About the Times Square Ball

It’s said a billion people watch the six-ton ball drop every year. Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about it.

Last Night’s Amazing 9/11 Memorial Photo Is a Year Old

But more important: Photographer John de Guzman isn’t particularly happy that the image went viral.
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Poker Web Sites Targeted in Federal Crackdown

Eleven people, including the founders of three of the largest online poker companies doing business in the U.S., have been charged in the latest crackdown on Internet gambling by U.S. authorities.

Verizon iPhone Lines Inversely Proportional to Verizon iPhone Rumors

After the nearly interminable buildup to the iPhone’s launch on Verizon–the years of anticipation, rumors and speculation–you’d think eager buyers would be camping out in front of their local Apple Store and that Verizon stores would literally be overrun with frustrated AT&T iPhone users looking for relief. But evidently that’s not the case.

Rupert Murdoch Gives Guests a Sneak Peek of Tomorrow's "Daily" Tonight. Here's What They'll See.

The best ticket in town is the one that gets you into the News Corp. CEO’s apartment for a look at his long-awaited iPad newspaper tonight. I don’t have one! But I’ve got a pretty good idea of what his guests get to gawk at.

Make the Rent Check Out to "Google"

See? Google isn’t a one-trick pony, after all: The search giant is going to become a landlord, after spending $1.9 billion on a building that takes up an entire New York City block. One interesting tenant: Spotify.

IPad Bandit Terrorizes Gotham!