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Microsoft now values Facebook at $10 billion
Seeded on Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:47 PM EDT (BBC News)
Microsoft is reported to be in talks to buy a stake in Facebook that could value the social networking website at as much as $10bn (£5bn). The talks could lead to a showdown with Microsoft's rival, Google, which is also keen to invest in Facebook
Scaling the Social Web
Seeded on Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:26 PM EDT (Business Week)
Move over, MySpace. Online players from media giant Viacom to auctioneer eBay are adding networking features for their users.
Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Boo'd In Texas For Saying The Moon Reflects Sun
Seeded on Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:41 AM EDT (bsalert.com)
Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.
Second Life's Real-World Problems
Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:11 PM EDT (TIME)
I'd heard Second Life was having some problems but didn't know it was this serious.
Sony Expects Vid Game Losses to Continue
Thu May 17, 2007 12:29 AM EDT
Sony will lose about 50 billion yen ($413 million) in its video games business this fiscal year, and recovery won't come until the arrival of more games to play on the PlayStation 3 machine, a company executive said Thursday.
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Barack Obama on the role of religion in politics
Seeded on Mon May 14, 2007 4:39 AM EDT (dangerousintersection.org)
Given the increasing diversity of America's population, the dangers of sectarianism have never been greater.
Pentagon Limits Troops' Web Access
Mon May 14, 2007 3:52 AM EDT
Lt. Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, puts a blog on the Internet every now and then "to basically keep my friends and family up to date" back home.
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Romney Says Voters Will Accept a Mormon
Sun May 13, 2007 7:07 PM EDT
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he also is troubled by the Mormon church's past practice of polygamy, but that he can overcome voter concern about his religion.
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Music Piracy Crackdown Nets College Kids
Sun May 13, 2007 2:50 PM EDT
At first, Sarah Barg thought the e-mail was a scam. Some group called the Recording Industry Association of America was accusing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore of illegally downloading 381 songs using the school's computer network and a program called Ares.
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Google Expands Office Software
Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:48 PM EDT
Google Inc. plans to launch software similar to Microsoft Corp.'s popular PowerPoint program as the two companies vie to dominate the online experience.
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Obama's $25M Haul Rivals Clinton Camp
Wed Apr 4, 2007 11:03 AM EDT
With a stunning $25 million fundraising haul for his presidential campaign, Democrat Barack Obama affirmed his status Wednesday as Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief rival. The freshman Illinois senator proved he could channel his appeal into significant financial muscle, and he dispelled, for now, questions about the durability of his anti-war, "hope"-driven candidacy.
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Mexico City Explores Wireless Internet
Tue Apr 3, 2007 12:04 AM EDT
The city's new mayor said he hopes to offer high-speed wireless Internet to all 8.7 million residents of this sprawling metropolis, even as it struggles to supply basic services such as water and electricity.
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Construction on Online Back Alley Halted
Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:20 AM EDT
A key Internet oversight agency put the brakes on plans to construct an online red-light district, rejecting for a third time a proposal to create a voluntary ".xxx" address for pornographic Web sites.
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Hacking John McCain
Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:59 AM EDT
If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him. He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
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Dems Challenge Bush With Iraq Timetable
Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:47 PM EDT
A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.
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Rumor: Apple to postpone Leopard until October
Seeded on Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:11 PM EDT (digitimes.com)
Apple is expected to launch its next generation Leopard operating system (OS) in April, but according to industry sources, the release of the new OS will be postponed to October to allow Apple to make Leopard support Windows Vista through an integrated version of its Boot Camp so …
LA Minister Sues Over Marijuana Bust
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:27 PM EDT
A minister who was arrested on charges of marijuana possession has sued police for $30 million, contending his civil and religious rights were violated because he heads a church that uses pot during worship.
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Bush and Congress at Odds Over Iraq War
Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:54 AM EDT
The Iraq war lumbered into its fifth year Monday with President Bush pleading for patience to let his revised battle plan work and Congress' new Democratic leaders retorting that no patience remains.
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Presidential Hopefuls Make Myspace Pages
Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:15 AM EDT
Prospective voters eager to learn more about John McCain or to become an Internet "friend" of Barack Obama now have a new online opportunity. MySpace.com, the popular social networking site, on Sunday launched a section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election.
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New ID Theft tool: Copy Machines
Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:20 AM EDT ()
Hard Drives In Copiers May Keep Your Papers Photocopiers Use Hard Drives To Store Scans
Gonzales Rejects Calls for Resignation
Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:36 PM EDT
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.
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Viacom Sues YouTube Over Copyrights
Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:01 AM EDT
Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. is suing YouTube for $1 billion, claiming that the video-sharing site had built a business by using the Internet to "willfully infringe copyrights on a huge scale."
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How the NCAA Screwed Up the Men's Basketball Tournament … Again
Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:45 PM EDT
Just one year after finally getting it right …
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