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Here are the interesting things that the tech reporters and editors for The New York Times found on the Web on Thursday. Find more Scuttlebot items here.

The Most Interesting Uses of Facebook’s New Open Graph
ALLTHINGSD.COM | Mashups, purchases and other things to do with vendors using Facebook’s Timeline. – Damon Darlin

U.S. Online Ad Spending to Approach $40 Billion in 2012
EMARKETER.COM | Trade publication says online ad spending will rise 23 percent in 2012. Total is more than newspapers and magazines combined. - Quentin Hardy

A Facebook App to Find Financial Aid
FASTCOMPANY.COM | The app alerts people to scholarships based on their Facebook profile information.– Suzanne Spector

Notification Control
NOTIFICATIONCONTROL.COM | I hate unnecessary e-mail notifications. Notification Control lets you clean them up in one swoop. – Nick Bilton

Which Protest Was More Effective, Google’s or Wikipedia’s
THEATLANTIC.COM | Interesting take from @TheAtlantic ‘s @beccarosen on which SOPA protest was more effective: Google’s or Wikipedia’s. – Joshua Brustein

ESPN’s Bill Simmons Has Committed 98 Potential SOPA Violations
DEADSPIN.COM | Uh Oh. Looks like @sportsguy33 could be a violator if SOPA became law, even though ESPN is a major supporter. – Joshua Brustein