Around the Web 12.9.08: Sony slashes jobs, Atari buys Cryptic and rumors of DRM-free iTunes
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-- Atari-Infogrames snags Cryptic Studios, developer of City of Heroes, for $27.6 million. PaidContent.org
-- Apple rumored to announce DRM-free iTunes. AppleInsider
-- Friendster scores a compatibility patent. CNet
-- Sony cuts 8,000 jobs, closes two plants to cope with bad economy. Sony
-- Google crosses item off its to-do list by adding a task list feature for Gmail. TechCrunch
-- Clerk Dogs website ranks movies based on reviews by video store workers. NYT
-- GoodReads and Reading Trails make recommendations for digital bookworms. Freakonomics
-- Apple removes GPS from its iPhone for Egypt to comply with the country’s anti-terrorism laws. Telegraph
-- Alex Pham