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Hot or Not has sold for over $20 million dollars to the Canadian company Avid Life Media. The original cofounders, James Hong and Jim Young are stepping down after the acquisition and will no longer be involved with the web phenomena they had originally created in 2000 as a joke. When asked what he’s going to do next, James Hong differentiated himself from all the Type A workaholics in Silicon Valley. Quote: “I have no problem sitting doing nothing at all.”

For all you Mac users out there that have been dissatisfied over the new release of OS X Leopard, feel free to cheer loudly after downloading the latest update. This new update addresses all the current complaints that users have been making vocal through blogs and twitter channels, and shows that Apple really does listen to its customers.

Firefox 3 is nearing completion and a new public beta is now available, fixing some security problems and speed problems in the old beta releases. I’ve been using this version for the better part of a day now, and it is impressive! It’s fast, and has a cool new way for bookmarking your favorite sites. Well worth checking out. (Warning: None of your plugins will work.)

Wired magazine has an interesting article up- going over the history of Google’s colorful logo. They even include different iterations of the logo through time, showing that its powerful simplicity was done on purpose.

Want to listen to your music on any computer in your house? Jukefly is a handy little app that will let you do just that, and it’s completely free. All you need to do is download a small application, and it will turn any Windows machine into a web based streaming JukeBox.