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Roundup: Amazon takes over reader social networking, IE8 to subtract ads, bad signs from China and more

Chris Morrison, VentureBeat08.26.2008
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Amazon buys social network for book lovers — Shelfari, a small social network for bibliophiles, has been acquired by Amazon.com, according to John Cook at the Seattle PI. Amazon also has a stake in Shelfari’s main competitor, LibraryThing.Internet Explorer to subtract some ads — A feature called InPrivate Blocking will stop... (Read more)

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