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It's been six years since we first wrote about JK Rowling's confused refusal to offer an ebook, claiming she was worried about "piracy." Of course, as we explained back then, the argument made no sense, since others had already digitized her books, and the only choice for those who wanted ebook options was to go with an infringing copy.

Tech World: "After nearly three years of development the fourth generation of the Horde open source e-mail and groupware suite was released this week bringing with it a more modern code base and social networking features."

Cyber Cynic: "I find it fascinating just how many of Windows 7's best business networking features, like DirectAccess and BranchCache, requires you to also have Server 2008 R2."

If you’re like most people these days, you’ve probably got a lot of music on your computer — whether from your own CD library, or downloaded from Amazon, iTunes, or (ahem) el

Ubuntu Manual: "Boxee is a cross-platform freeware media center software with promising new social networking features.

Boxee is based on XBMC media center, an award winning open source project."

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The Washington Post has pushed out Facebook Connect integration, allowing readers to login to the site using their Facebook credentials as opposed to a WashingtonPost.com account.

Like nearly 200 million other people around the world, Yahoo Inc co-founder David Filo has a Facebook account.

But if Filo and new CEO Carol Bartz have their way, the kinds of social networking features available on Facebook will become part of many Yahoo websites.

The company's first crack at Google's operating system is expected to feature strong social networking features, but it may not debut until the second quarter of 2009.