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Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'

(Posted on  CNET News.com - Media  about 1 month ago)

Hot off the heels of rival MySpace's announcement that it would be connecting its profile content with other social-networking sites, Facebook revealed its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites. (visit source article)
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