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ActiBlizzard! Activision and Vivendi Games (owners of Blizzard, which makes World of Warcraft) merge in an $18.9 billion deal. Big stuff - but small compared to Vivendi overall.

Russian upstart SUP buys mega blogging community LiveJournal from SixApart. This will let SixApart focus on its blogging software products, Movable Type and SixApart. SUP had already been managing LiveJournal's popular Russian section for over a year.

Online ad sales have a bright future, despite a shakey economy. The sector will pass magazines in total ad sales in 2010, having already passed radio this year.

Wikipedia to start paying contributors - specifically, illustrators. In other news, Satan & Saddam are looking to move to a warmer climate.

The US Government fights energy dependence by inventing a perpetual motion machine. No - really!

NBC follows up on threats to pull its videos down from iTunes. Some dregs remain.

Japanese cell phones are so advanced they even write novels.

Time Warner will not add wireless to its dense portfolio of consumer services.