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Event: Millennials-the generation born between the early '80s and '90s-are digital natives who are constantly connected and ready to consume information day and night.

But will the news—whether delivered in traditional formats, through social networking or smartphones—hold the interest of this well-educated, civically engaged generation?

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The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Google has been talking to companies that make social networking games.

Games like Farmville, which is played within Facebook, draw tens of millions of players a month and are potentially lucrative for the sites that host them.

Earlier this year, Google unveiled a networking service called Buzz, but critics complained about privacy concerns.

What began as a Harvard-only website is now the social networking tool of almost 500 million people worldwide.

David Kirkpatrick examines the site's short history and its long-term potential in The Facebook Effect.

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Search giant unveils new social-networking tool, as well as a plan to provide Internet access. Also: The birth of a gaming start-up.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency likes to run contests for geeks. Previously they held a robot race in the desert.

DARPA is interested now in social networking. The agency recently held a challenge mobilizing thousands of people worldwide to find out how people gather and report information using tools like Twitter.

Dr. Peter Lee, of DARPA, talks to Ari Shapiro about the experiment.

CNET gets a sneak peek of the upcoming Twitter, Last.fm, and Facebook apps for Microsoft's game console.

The social networking Web site MySpace is cutting more than 400 positions. MySpace is making drastic moves because revenues are dropping and the site faces tough competition from Facebook.

The company says the layoffs are an effort to return MySpace to a "startup culture."

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