socialmedian: Roundup: FriendFinder sued for risky business, Digg toolbar sighted, Nokia looks to laptops and more

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Roundup: FriendFinder sued for risky business, Digg toolbar sighted, Nokia looks to laptops and more

Source: VentureBeat

Feb 27, 2009

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Here’s the latest action:

Pirate Bay takes fascist funds — The large bittorrent tracker’s major financier, Carl Lundstrom, has been connected with neo-nazi groups and political parties.

Nortel lays off 3,200 more — The telecom company will cut its global workforce by 10 percent over the next several months as it tries to bounce back from bankruptcy.

FriendFinder called out for risky business — The adult web site’s former human resources director is suing over scandalous behavior and violation of labor laws. Valleywag has the dirty details.

Facebook feeds Perez — Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton may hate the social networking giant, but it turns out he gets more traffic from the site than from Google.

Digg toolbar could take a bite out of StumbleUpon — TechCrunch takes a look at Digg’s secretive toolbar beta, which includes a big button for random browsing, much like StumbleUpon.

Netflix to launch streaming-only subscriptions — The video rental service plans to offer subscriptions for just its popular streaming movie capabilities alone.

Microsoft takes aim at TomTom —

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