Around the Web 2.12.09: Facebook’s modesty, DirecTV gets serious with Sirius, Blockbuster plays games
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Sirius XM is about to get rolled. Will DirecTV come to the rescue? Credit: grilled cheese via Flickr.
-- Sirius XM is on the brink of bankruptcy, so DirecTV tries to make a deal. LAT
-- Techno Source demos a touch-screen Rubik’s Cube that solves itself. Gizmodo
-- Blockbuster will make itself the only online rental service with both movies and video games. PaidContent.org
-- L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival’s slate will include exclusive premieres of Funny or Die branded content. THR
-- Midway, creator of Mortal Kombat, Ms. Pac-Man and NBA Jam, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. LAT
-- Vizio calls it quits on plasma TVs. Gadgetwise
-- The Associated Press used technical trickeration to discover that Facebook’s $65-million settlement payment to ConnectU was $20 million in cash and 1.25 million shares of stock. That means Facebook valued itself at $3.7 billion. ZDNet
-- Students create an unofficial Georgia Tech iPhone application to fill the university’s void. Chronicle of Higher Education
-- Pirate Bay will use Twitter to disburse updates on its copyright law trial next week. PC World
-- Chris Lesinski