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Facebook: The Movie

Sony Pictures and producer Scott Rudin are said to have contracted with Aaron Sorkin--writer of movies such as A Few Good Men and Charlie Wilson's War and for the television series West Wing and Sports Night--to write a script about the genesis of Facebook.

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Conde Nast Moves Into e-Commerce with Wine Widget

In the first of several e-commerce partnerships it plans for its Web sites this year, Condé Nast is allowing users to buy wine at its food site Epicurious.com. Content from the site comes from sibling magazines Gourmet and Bon Appétit.

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Google Friend Connect Adds Support for 47 More Languages

Google Friend Connect has announced support for 47 new languages. (It's already supported in English.) Google Friend Connect launched last year and is a tool for web developers to add social networking to websites. It simply allows people to log into the network via their Google account.  

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Amazon Sued Over Kindle Cover Said to Crack Screens

 The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, where Amazon is based, claims that the covers designed and sold by Amazon to protect the device often end up cracking the Kindle screens due to pressure on the hinge. The plaintiff alleges that a customer service supervisor at Amazon acknowledged that such cracking was a "common problem" but would not be covered by a warranty. Geise was instructed to pay $200 for a replacement Kindle, the complaint says.

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Newspaper Publisher Gannett Swings to Second-Quarter Profit

In a hopeful sign for the newspaper industry, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 83 other daily papers, on Wednesday reported a second-quarter profit that easily topped the estimates of Wall Street analysts and sent company shares up more than 20% by midday.

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Facebook Hits 250 Million Users Worldwide

Facebook, which recently passed News Corp.'s MySpace as the most-visited social network in the U.S., now counts 250 million users, having added 50 million since early April, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a blog post on Wednesday. "The rapid pace of our growth is humbling and exciting for us, and it affirms that people everywhere are realizing the power of staying connected to everything they care about on Facebook," wrote Zuckerberg. "