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301Works is a project which ensures that shortened URLs can live on in case the company providing the link shrinking service goes out of business.
TechCrunch has been covering this topic all week - ever since tr.im announced their plans to turn off their link shrinking service:
http://adjix.com/iyxj
Mashable's coverage of this announcement made it to the front page of Digg:
http://adjix.com/jb8u
You can find the full press release here:
http://adjix.com/izhi