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This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Apple Goes To War, Legally, Against Fake Apple Stores . Apple , among numerous moves to protect its IP at the moment, has filed suit in New York to shutter "fake" Apple stores that try to capture some of the look and feel of the real stores, but aren't necessarily approved resellers.

Over the past few weeks, Facebook users saw a spectacular deal advertised by gadget site Dealzon.com: an iPad 2, for only $11.37.

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You may not be shocked to learn that a lot of rumored Apple news is bubbling up around on the Web--here's our round-up of the most interesting bits.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Social Net Hack Hits Millions Of Koreans . Malicious hackers have hit SK Telecom's popular Cyworld social sharing site and the email portal Nate too, stealing data that may include user phone numbers and other more personal (if encrypted) data about millions of site users.

Solar Sisters gives start-up funds--and a $500 "business-in-a-bag"--to door-to-door solar saleswomen, illuminating villages and offering exceptional economic benefits to communities. The ubiquitous AVON saleswomen traveled first by foot, then horse and buggy, and eventually by car to sell cosmetics door to door. In the process, the company built a global business that now earns $10 billion annually.

Almost half of the folks surveyed recently said they'd be tempted into buying an Amazon tablet PC if it were priced below $300. That's a very tricky price point to reach. Meanwhile, all we really know about Amazon's tablet are rumors , hints , and suggestions --but this is typical of the company, and the data is adding up fast, suggesting it's really on its way soon.

The new Personal Genome Machine was used to decode the DNA of the deadly strain of E. coli that ravaged Europe this spring

The numbers for Netflix's second quarter are in, and despite recent criticism, the company's not too far from hitting its mark. Subscriptions are up by 1.8 million, to more than 25 million global subscribers, an increase of 70% year-over-year, while global revenue hit $789 million, a 52% uptick from the same quarter last year--though slightly less than the $791 million analysts had expected

Document embedding and web form building can be a necessity when sharing information, and it's hard to find a reliable service that offers premium business solutions. Mix and match these 7 tools to get the most out of a documents suite, and watch your information work for you. For some, GoogleDocs can be a personal organization savior.

A friend of mine received an anonymous offer for $120, via GoDaddy, for a domain he had owned for years called FuzzWire.com. He did not know the nature of the offer--that is, whether it was from a well-financed startup--but he at least knew that since it came from GoDaddy, and was not just some personalized plea sent by email, that he should test the offers limits.

Don't want to compromise on price? Experts explain how to stay competitive based on the value of your product or service to consumers.

How this socially responsible business is transforming school lunch programs across the country to attack the obesity epidemic Childhood obesity , which has been linked to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, breathing problems, some cancers, and poor self-esteem, is a particularly painful epidemic in our country. Cases of childhood obesity have tripled over the last 20 years, and according to the Center for Disease Control , approximately 17 percent of all children in the U.S. are obese.

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This Massachusetts company connects brands to the influential and elusive busy mom. During an eight-year stint as a lawyer at Harvard Law School, Stacy DeBroff realized that there were many women around her struggling to maintain balance between work and family life.