Facebook's news-feed patent could mean lawsuits

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Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming "feed" technology -- more specifically, "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network," complementing another patent filing that has been published but not yet approved.<div class="feedflare">
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