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Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:

How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate — “While the bust led to the arrest of just one hacker among many, it sheds light on the shadowy underground of the business of illegal piracy. It also offers a peek at how investigators try to head off a major piracy disaster before it happens.”

4 ways to automatically get automatically rejected by an angel investor — “I’ve started three companies, and now I’m an angel investor. So I’ve been on both sides of the table.”

World of Warcraft ordered to shut down in China again — “The Chinese version of popular game World of Warcraft is a cash machine for its maker, Activision Blizzard. But the massively multiplayer online game’s fate is up in the air again.”

Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of special offers — “TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Offerpal Media chief executive Anu Shukla got into a brouhaha over special offers, which are used to monetize social apps on social networks, at the close of the Virtual Goods Summit on Oct. 30.” Shortly after the fight, Offerpal named George Garrick as its new CEO, but the company says the timing was coincidental.

McAfee says piracy has tripled in the wake of Pirate Bay prosecution — “The number of new piracy sites on the web has tripled in the third quarter, despite prosecution of the owners of the controversial Pirate Bay file-sharing web site.”

And here are five more stories we thought were important, thought-provoking, or fun:

Max Levchin on Slide’s big virtual goods bet, scams, and mating — “I sat down with CEO Max Levchin to ask about how his vision for the company has evolved and how he’s changed as an entrepreneur since launching the company four years ago.”

Skype is finally free: eBay settles with Skype co-founders, clearing the way for buyout — “Now the Internet phone company will be sold to a consortium of investors that includes Skype’s co-founders.”

Boxer pushes Climate Bill forward, whether GOP likes it or not — “Fresh off last week’s health care reform win, president Barack Obama and his allies in Congress have turned their attention to climate change — particularly the Kerry-Boxer bill that would establish a carbon trading system and set renewable energy targets in the U.S.”

Greylock Partners recruits LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, raises $575M fund — “Reid Hoffman, the founder and chairman of popular professional networking site LinkedIn, is joining venture firm Greylock Partners as an investing partner.”

TeleNav IPO: If Google starts a free service, we’re doomed. Whoops — “TeleNav, which provides voice-guided navigation services on mobile phones, filed for an IPO today. The company’s offering, though, goes head-to-head with Google’s recently announced Google Maps Navigation offering.”

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