StraightUpSocial News Links for 10/27/2008

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MySpace Gives Up On The Netherlands

Robin Wauters at TechCrunch reports on the move by MySpace to pull out of the Netherlands after being unable to dethrone the leading Dutch social network: Hyves.

Hunt For Bin Laden Moves To Twitter

James Lewin at Podcasting News previews a draft US Army intelligence report that examines how Twitter and other social media technologies could be used by terrorists.

Introducing Google Earth for iPhone

Peter Birch at the Official Google Blog introduces another reason to carry around an iPhone or iPod touch: access to Google Earth.

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