We did it.  —  As I write this, join.app.net just met our 500K goal, with 38 hours left.  —  Data Export  —  When you are logged into the App.net alpha, we provide a button which will email you a .zip file of all of your content in a structured format.  If you are an alpha tester, go ahead and try it out.

Recycled: inside the GameStop factory where gadgets are born again  —  “If you want to understand GameStop, you must understand refurbishment,” says GameStop CEO Paul Raines.  It's not the most evocative mission statement, but it's brought me to Grapevine, Texas, where Raines is speaking.

Demonoid Domains Go Up For Sale  —  With an army of passionate fans, Demonoid was spoken about fondly by many in the torrent community.  Just two weeks ago it was one of the world's largest and most thriving torrent sites but a DDoS and hacker attack followed by a police raid brought it to its knees.

Google: Many Popular Sites Will Escape Pirate Penalty, Not Just YouTube  —  Google says that YouTube isn't going to somehow solely escape its new “pirate penalty.”  Any popular site may be OK, as the penalty works off of more than pure copyright infringement reports.

Barnes & Noble cuts prices across its Nook lineup, vies for your budget tablet affection  —  In what could be seen as a response to the positive reaction that Google's $200 Nexus 7 has garnered, Barnes & Noble has just cut down the prices on all three of its Android-based, seven-inch Nook Tablets.

Facebook Is The Ant; Zynga Is The Grasshopper  —  Editor's note: Adam Rifkin is co-founder and CEO of PandaWhale, an online network of interesting things and people.  He has never owned Facebook or Zynga shares. .  You can follow him @ifindkarma.  —  Facebook and Zynga have experienced …

Google chiefs could face MPs over tax avoidance schemes  —  Google chiefs face the prospect of being hauled before MPs to explain themselves over their tax avoidance schemes, the Independent has learned.  A member of the Treasury Select Committee called the company's practices …

Fox sues to shut down Aereo copycat over TV streaming  —  Broadcasters have been battling for months to shut down Aereo, a service that uses dime-size antennas to stream TV to Apple devices.  Now, the fight has taken a strange new twist.  [Note: this post has been updated with BarryDriller comments]

Malaria is no excuse for patent trolling, Mr. Myhrvold  —  Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures, took issue with GigaOM this week after we expressed skepticism about his company's plans to hire a “VP of Global Good.”  —  In an interview with tech site Geekwire, Myhrvold said …