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Facebook has recently purchased the popular photo app, Instagram for $1 billion. (AP Photo)

Will Facebook camera app replace Instagram?

Did Facebook buy Instagram to prevent some seirous patent infringement suits? Just a month after buying the social photo site for a cool billion, Facebook today launched a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Facebook Camera that performs some of the same funcitons much serves the same functions.

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Dish Network under fire: Is there really no such thing as a free entertainment lunch? Depends on who you're asking. Sony and Tivoli Audio have just introduced free (at least for a while) music streaming apps for the iPhone/iPod. But three broadcast networks yesterday filed suits against Dish Network, to try and squash the "Auto Hop" feature on its new boxes that makes prime time viewing ad-free.
Will Facebook camera app replace Instagram?: Did Facebook buy Instagram to prevent some seirous patent infringement suits? Just a month after buying the social photo site for a cool billion, Facebook today launched a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch called Facebook Camera that performs some of the same funcitons much serves the same functions.
TV remote control inventor leaves his mark on technology: We should all hit the pause button for a second for Eugene Polley, a tech innovator often called the czar of zapping, father of the couch potato and first beach boy of channel surfing.
Cable Companies Link WiFi Hotspots: If you travel, your high speed Internet access account may have just gotten more useful. This morning five major cable companies - Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable - announced a joint partnership to enable free access at local Wi-Fi hotspots for customers of any participating provider.