– Twitter goes down and then up and then down again (again), members shake their fists in anger. TechCrunch

– Maryland General Assembly members can now use Facebook but not MySpace.
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– Online real estate broker Redfin will post reviews of real estate agents online. LAT

– Yelp says it’s not trying to shake down merchants. Some merchants disagree. LAT

– We’re spending $350 million to figure out who has broadband? Bits

– Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz convenes an off-site meeting with managers, and perhaps begins to grind her ax. BoomTown

– RIM says it has more BlackBerry subscribers than anticipated, but profits still aren’t too peachy. Silicon Alley Insider

– Sirius XM may file for bankruptcy protection. Whither Howard Stern? NYT

– An inspection finds horrible working conditions at Chinese factories for Microsoft and Dell. Engadget

– Does the Kindle’s text-to-speech software create copyright issues? One author says yes. CrunchGear

– Alana Semuels

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Around the Web 2.11.09: Twitter goes down, authors object to Kindle 2, troubles in Yelpland