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Roundup: Building43 launches for net enthusiasts, Twitter verifies accounts and more

Here’s the latest action:

Nintendo fends off patent trolls — The game industry leader just won yet another patent suit, this one falsely claiming that the Wii can play DVD movies.

Rambus settles with EU — The memory chip designer has agreed to cut some of its royalty rates to settle antitrust charges in Europe. Bloomberg has the story.

Building43 launches, inspires glee in internet groupies — Robert Scoble’s latest project, an online community for internet news junkies has gone live. TechCrunch has more.

Twitter knows who you really are — The micro-blogging site has launched verified accounts. Finally we’ll find out how many celebrities are who they say they are.

How Intuit beat Microsoft — Quicken trounces MSN Money. CNet has the details.

What will Dell do with $10B? — Rumors say a big acquisition is in the works. The WSJ looks into it here.

Yahoo taps chip guy for CFO — Former Altera chief financial officer Tim Morse has signed on to join Carol Bartz & Co.

Green jobs poised for growth spurt — Even though green-collar hiring stalled in recent months, it’s predicted to grow at more than double the rate for traditional jobs going forward.

China’s net censorship thaws — The government has unblocked access to several web sites that became difficult to access last week, including Twitter, Flickr and Bing.

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