Around the Web 2.20.09: the Microsoft prototype pick-pocket, Wikileaks leaks on itself, LiveSearch snow leopards

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Is Microsoft poking fun at Apple’s new OS? Some bloggers actually think this means a Microsoft-Apple collaboration. Photo credit: Microsoft’s LiveSearch screenshot via Gizmodo. -- Everyone is jibber-jabbering about the feline image behind Microsoft’s LiveSearch. ‘Snow Leopard’ just happens to be the code name for the next version of Apple’s OS X operating system. VentureBeat

-- Facebook Connect launched its first widget -- a simple commenting machine -- which means you might start seeing the log-in system at smaller blog operations soon. TechCrunch

-- A pickpocket scored a top-secret cellphone. He stole Microsoft’s prototype with unreleased Windows Mobile 6.5 installed on it. The Telegraph

-- Wikileaks wikileaked its own donors’ e-mail addresses. Threat Level

-- Though the media landscape at Second Life is desolate, it’s gained a following as an educational collaboration tool. MediaShift

-- Today is Day 5 of the Pirate Bay trial. Are the pirates media moguls or misfits? Ars Technica

-- ShareThis released data about how people share new stories. Facebook has the largest share of shares, save e-mail. VentureBeat

-- I can has Eastern Bloc? A new take on the classic Internet meme that will actually get a laugh out of your most pretentious, academic friends. RolCats

-- A gossip maven’s pick for lame headline of the week: How Using Facebook Could Raise Your Risk of Cancer. Perez Hilton

-- Chris Lesinski