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Facebook Buys FriendFeed: What Does It Mean? | PC World
JR Raphael digs on what FriendFeed’s acquisition by Facebook could mean for the social network. I’d like to see FriendFeed’s live feeds incorporated into Facebook’s news feeds and the pause feature would come handy for the hardcore users as well. While you are at it, you could check out JR’s new geek humour gig called eSarcasm.

Apple working on software fix for MacBook Pro hard drives | CNet
Good news for unibody MacBook Pro users coming from Jim Dalrymple’s way: Apple is working on a software fix for the clicks made by the new 500GB 7200RPM HDDs. I got mine replaced, but it still clicks once in a while. Come on Apple! Spare us the pain already…

Major labels preparing new digital album format | Guardian
Sean Michaels brings the news of another upcoming formats war, this time for digital music albums. As Apple is preparing Cocktail to deliver an alternative experience to music CDs, so are the the record labels. Interesting news, especially as iTunes is the king of the digital music marketplace but all the music comes from the record labels.

SlingPlayer 1.1 for iPhone promises 3G streaming | Engadget
Ross Miller has the scoop on Sling’s new player app for iPhone, which could bring 3G streaming to those outside the US. SlingPlayer for iPhone is crippled to WiFi-only streaming at the moment. The update has been submitted to Apple but that doesn’t guarantee it will get approved.

Caffeine: Google’s New Search Index | Search Engine Land
Google unveiled its next architecture for search, code-named Caffeine, and includes crawling, indexing, and ranking changes. Vanessa Fox has the low-down on what implications this has and how it compares to Microsoft’s recently-launched Bing.