Around the Web 5.27.09: the Zune HD, a Blockbuster video game rental service, Nokia’s troubled app store

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-- Microsoft says the Zune HD, a touch-screen rival to the iPod, will be out this fall. Boy Genius Report

-- The worldwide recession has created dozens of hot young start-ups in India. AP via LAT

-- Ashton Kutcher threatens to sign off Twitter if the microblogging service partners with a reality TV show. CNN

-- Blockbuster will launch an online video game rental service to better compete with Netflix. Silicon Alley Insider

-- A former TV evangelist buys AmericanLife, a Christian cable network. AP via LAT

-- Twitter’s founders say they’re planning to stay with the company for the long haul. Bits

-- Time Warner will reportedly decide at a board meeting Thursday whether to spin off AOL. TechCrunch

-- Nokia’s app store has a terrible first day, crashing and getting routinely mocked. USA Today

-- Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, knows a thing or two about computers and technology. Wired

-- Alana Semuels

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