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		<title>Booting Up: Fake Press Releases Edition</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:20:07 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Jessica Roy</dc:creator>
				
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<p>Nintendo is releasing a Wii Mini on December 7th, just in time for the holidays. [<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/27/3696494/wii-mini-release-date-december-7th-best-buy">The Verge</a>]</p>
<p>Startup incubator Y Combinator has announced a VC program, allowing YC students access to guidance and an $80,000 investment from firms like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. The program will replace the Start Fund. [<a href="http://ycombinator.com/ycvc.html">Y Combinator</a>]</p>
<p>First we worried that tech sites were turning into press release regurgitation factories; now it turns out some of those press releases aren't even true. Here's how PRWeb helps distribute fake and sketchy press releases. [<a href="http://searchengineland.com/how-prweb-helps-distribute-crap-into-google-news-sites-140597">Search Engine Land</a>]</p>
<p>Tumblr has broken into the top 10 sites in the U.S. with a worldwide audience of 170 million people. [<a href="http://staff.tumblr.com/post/36598494153/top-10">Tumblr</a>]</p>
<p>Don't worry: the Pentagon says a human will always decide if a robot kills you. Feel better now? [<em><a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/human-robot-kill/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialmedia&amp;utm_campaign=twitterclickthru">Wired</a></em>]</p>
<p>Kickstarter is being sued for patent infringement over a $3 million 3D printing project. [<a href="http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-lawsuit-formlabs-3d-printer/">The Daily Dot</a>]</p>
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<p>Nintendo is releasing a Wii Mini on December 7th, just in time for the holidays. [<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/27/3696494/wii-mini-release-date-december-7th-best-buy">The Verge</a>]</p>
<p>Startup incubator Y Combinator has announced a VC program, allowing YC students access to guidance and an $80,000 investment from firms like Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst. The program will replace the Start Fund. [<a href="http://ycombinator.com/ycvc.html">Y Combinator</a>]</p>
<p>First we worried that tech sites were turning into press release regurgitation factories; now it turns out some of those press releases aren't even true. Here's how PRWeb helps distribute fake and sketchy press releases. [<a href="http://searchengineland.com/how-prweb-helps-distribute-crap-into-google-news-sites-140597">Search Engine Land</a>]</p>
<p>Tumblr has broken into the top 10 sites in the U.S. with a worldwide audience of 170 million people. [<a href="http://staff.tumblr.com/post/36598494153/top-10">Tumblr</a>]</p>
<p>Don't worry: the Pentagon says a human will always decide if a robot kills you. Feel better now? [<em><a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/human-robot-kill/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=socialmedia&amp;utm_campaign=twitterclickthru">Wired</a></em>]</p>
<p>Kickstarter is being sued for patent infringement over a $3 million 3D printing project. [<a href="http://www.dailydot.com/business/kickstarter-lawsuit-formlabs-3d-printer/">The Daily Dot</a>]</p>
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