oDesk is already a fantastic tool for freelancers and web workers , but today they’re getting even more useful. The site that connects buyers (service seekers) with providers (freelancers) is now utilizing Facebook Connect to add social utility to the work force. With Facebook Connect, oDesk buyers and providers can now share their job-related activity on oDesk with their Facebook friends, essentially extending the reach and distribution of available job opportunities and spreading the word about their professional expertise.

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Supercharge Your Job Search With oDesk and Facebook

Ah, Twitter.

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6 Gorgeous Twitter Visualizations

Today, Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it has acquired The Pirate Bay website for 60 million SEK, which is roughly the equivalent of 7.8 million dollars. This was almost immediately confirmed by The Pirate Bay .

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BREAKING: The Pirate Bay Sold For $7.8 Million

A couple of days ago, a group of organizations – trade groups, American, European and Japanese chambers of commerce, and the U.S. National Association of Manufacturers – had protested against the Chinese plan to include web filtering software, Green Dam Youth Escort, on every PC in sold in China. It was an unprecedented move, but as we predicted, it didn’t bring any immediate results, as the big companies already started caving in

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Sony the First to Ship Web Filtering Software With PCs Sold in China

Spending too much time reading friends’ Tweets?

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Too Busy To Read Tweets? Try Twitter For Busy People

Some folks will love this, while others will probably think it’s a sign of the impending Twitter apocalypse.

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Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter