According to a source close to Facebook, the company plans to acquire social activity service Hot Potato for $10 million in cash. Hot Potato is pretty much Twitter in a broader scope, where users can let their friends know what they’re doing.

Hot Potato was launched in 2008 and has so far raised $1.4 million in VC funding.

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Firefox and Chrome have had extensions and plugins for a while, and finally Apple’s Safari is joining the club. Apple updated Safari to 5.0.1, and released the Safari Extensions Galley, where users can check out some cool extensions for their Safari browser.

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Apple today launched several new products, one of which is a track pad much like the one used on MacBooks, only this one is for desktop use. They also updated the iMac and Mac Pro, and have added a 27″ cinema display. Oh, and they even launched a battery charger. That’s right, an Apple battery charger.

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Amazon has announced that the first book to reach 1 million copies sold on Amazon is Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo”. The book has also been on the New York Times best seller list for a while, as has Larsson’s Millenium crime trilogy.

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The US Government announced today a change in the DMCA which will allow iPhone users to legally Jailbreak their phones and use on other carriers, not to mention install app which aren’t on the marketplace. You can read about the law in detail here (Mashable).

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Despite the antenna problems surrounding the new iPhone, Apple is gearing up to release the phone in 17 new countries this Friday. The countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. This will bring the amount of available countries to 21, with US, France, UK and Japan already having the iPhone 4.

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Apple: Motorola Droid X Loses Reception With Death Grip, Too
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Sure, the iPad is a “magical” device”, but it also costs $500. India is known for making things cheaper than the rest of the world, including tech.

Now Indian minister Kapil Sibal unveiled a tablet which costs $35. It comes with a 7 inch screen, and features a web browser, PDF reader, office software, media player and a bunch of other stuff you’d expect.

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