News Bytes for 10/27/2008

Dutch court convicts two juveniles of stealing virtual items in a video game

Multiplayer online game based on Star Wars — Knights of the Old Replublic coming in 2009 from BioWare

Apple hit its goal of 10 million iPhones sold in 2008

Clear sticky tape emits x-rays when dispensed in a vacuum

FBI catches up with Miley Cyrus’ email hacker

20% of analog over-the-air TV users will let their sets go dark and never switch to digital

Linux kernel hits coding milestone — 10 million lines

New British gadget blocks spam voice calls

Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows software patch

Apple video chips in newly-announced laptops support special hybrid SLI high-performance mode

New today — Google Earth on the iPhone

Attack of the purple tomatoes

Students competing for slots at top colleges resorting to Facebook sabotage

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