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Spurned by Friendster, Google Launches Own Version

The Register: Google debuts Friendster-clone Orkut
CNET: Google spawns social networking service

Google engineer Orkut Buyukkokten spent about one day a week for a few months developing a social networking application similar to Friendster. Having been rebuffed in its efforts to purchase the original Friendster, Google will launch the new service branded as "in affiliation with Google."

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