Our quiz this week is rife with rumors about Android, Apple, and Dell. Along the way we also touch on Vista SP1, Sequoia Voting Systems, FCC auctions, and Eliot Spitzer's e-girl. Correct answers are worth 10 points, and some questions have more than one answer. Are you ready to rumble? Then let's begin.

-- Dan Tynan

1. Last week AOL bought the planet's third-largest social network for $850 million. What was it called again?

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