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Our weekly recap from last week included a FriendFeed acquisition and the public launch of the new Facebook search. While it will be hard to beat those stories, we still have plenty of Facebook news that took place over the last 7 days. Additionally there are plenty of stories that we didn’t cover on this site that we think are important to highlight so don’t miss out on this week’s recap if you want all the latest Facebook news!

MySpace Acquires iLike
The biggest news story of the week was that MySpace acquired one of the largest Facebook application developers:…


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Google preparing to launch a PC operating system

In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs that is tied to its Chrome Web browser.
The software, called the Google Chrome Operating System, is initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. Google said it believed the software would also be able to power full-fledged PCs.
The move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of…

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