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31 Mar 2009 21:46

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Tech: Why Microsoft is killing their Encarta online encyclopedia

  • 97% of all Internet users looking for an online encyclopedia go to Wikipedia source
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12 Mar 2009 10:32

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World: The German school shooter’s warning, written on the Web

  • Everyone laughs at me. No one recognizes my potential. I mean this seriously. I have got a weapon here and tomorrow I am going to go to my former school and give them hell.
  • Tim Kretschmer • The student who shot up a school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 15. He said this to a friend on the Internet the night before. Most of his victims were female – including eight female classmates and three female teachers. (Update: This information has proven to be false. – Ed.) • source
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10 Mar 2009 20:41

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Biz, Politics: Yo Apple, mind not putting this massive ad on every site?

We get it. It’s a big ad. And it’s cool and well-done. But it’s on all of our favorite sites. All of them. source
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06 Mar 2009 15:41

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Biz: Let’s shoot holes through that “nobody reads newspapers” argument!

  • 30% of people read the print edition of a newspaper daily or near-daily source
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03 Mar 2009 21:40

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Tech: This Web browser predates Mosaic. It coulda been The One.

Meet Erwise, a browser created by Finns who don’t know how to strike while the iron is hot. source
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25 Feb 2009 11:00

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Tech: The Internet in 1996 vs. 2008: My, how times have changed.

  • 30 minutes Amount of time people with Internet access spent online in 1996. (We were playing Quake, ourselves.) source
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10 Feb 2009 20:33

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Offbeat: You a farmer? Sow your seed on the singles market

  • Because finding the farmer’s daughter is tough. There are niche dating sites for Christians, fat people and emo kids. So why shouldn’t there be one for people who wake up early to run the tractor and make sure their crop isn’t ruined? That’s the theory behind Farmers Only, your best chance at creating your own American Gothic. It’s led to a bunch of marriages and possibly a little making out behind the barn. source
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09 Feb 2009 10:57

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Tech: Who needs cable TV when you have online video services?

  • 14.3 billion videos were watched online in December, many at YouTube, the medium’s 900-pound gorilla source
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01 Feb 2009 17:12

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Culture, Tech: Super Bowl Sunday: Hate football but love commercials?

Check out the commercials here and skip all those guys tackling each other. source
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30 Jan 2009 08:40

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Biz, Tech: Amazon’s sales are so good, it don’t matter if the Kindle’s ugly

  • $6.7 billion in sales in the fourth quarter for the online retailer source
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