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Blogs feed information frenzy on Mumbai attacks

a shared story    5 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action after Islamist gunmen launched waves of attacks in the heart of India's financial capital, highlighting the emergence of citizen journalism in news coverage. Some, including a blogger named Vinu, were furiously uploading photos...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Spam Filters Threaten Free Speech on the Internet

a shared story    4 days 19 hours 13 minutes ago
Spam was once a simple annoyance. But its exponential growth -- reports suggest that about 90 percent of all e-mail is spam -- has led e-mail users to build daunting ramparts to block unwanted messages and companies to circulate blacklists of alleged spammers. One cannot...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Forecaster lops 10 pct off 2009 online ad estimate

a shared story    5 days 12 hours 13 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Online coupon sites see sharp rise in visitors

a shared story    5 days 21 hours 14 minutes ago
Looking to save money in a bleak economy, shoppers are increasingly using an old technique that has been updated for the digital age - coupons. Traffic to Web sites that compile coupons from a variety of stores has increased sharply over the past year, as...   comments (0)  | report problem


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'60 Minutes' report: How online gamblers unmasked cheaters (CNET)

a shared story    2 days 16 hours 13 minutes ago
CNET - In the wild, wild west, when a poker player was caught cheating it was a capital offense, with the punishment quickly dispensed right across the card table. But today if you're caught cheating in the popular and lucrative world of Internet poker, you may...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



In-Flight Wi-Fi Aboard the Virgin Party Plane

a shared story    4 days 16 hours 13 minutes ago
PC World - On a flight from San Francisco to San Francisco that seemed loosely based on the Snoop Dogg film Soul Plane, Virgin America demoed its Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service this past weekend amid a cabin full of Web celebrities. (And, for some reason, me.)...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Online retailers may feel a chill in holiday spending

a shared story    5 days 15 hours 13 minutes ago
The economy could hit e-commerce hard this season, forecasters say. But Web stores are counting on the downturn to drive shoppers to their computers. For more than a decade, online retailers could count on big growth no matter the economic climate. But this holiday season, the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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If You Post It, They Will Pray

a shared story    4 days 11 hours 14 minutes ago
Prayer has found a home on the Web with sites that allow anyone to request, for free, that strangers pray for them.   comments (0)  | report problem
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Yahoo and Virgin agree British mobile search deal

a shared story    2 days 20 hours 13 minutes ago
Reuters - Yahoo and Virgin Mobile have agreed a deal making Yahoo search the exclusive pre-installed search service for Virgin's 4 million mobile subscribers in Britain, the two companies said on Monday.  comments (0)  | report problem


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eBay 'Cyber Monday' Luxury Door Buster Might Include $1 Corvette

a shared story    2 days 21 hours 13 minutes ago
Today, Black Friday is a distant, blood-soaked memory, and the tamer online affair known to the marketers who created it as "Cyber Monday" will arrive tomorrow. Look for a Gizmodo roundup of what to expect on tomorrow later this evening. For now, revel in the crazy...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



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