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Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:11:29 +0000

Reuters - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they’ve quickly become one of its most popular items.

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Google to shut down virtual world website (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:11:44 +0000

Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.

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Was Google Lively DOA?

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:11:50 +0000

Over the summer Google released Lively by Google, its version of a virtual or persistent world. Though it got early support by participants and brands such as National Geographic, there was insufficient momentum to sustain the Google Labs venture. This morning the Official Google Blog posted Google Lively will shut down at the end of the year. “Google has always been supportive of this kind of experimentation because we believe it’s the best way to create groundbreaking products that make a difference to people’s lives. But we’ve also always accepted that when you take these kinds of risks not every bet is going to pay off,” it said on the blog. Additionally the Lively.com Web site urges users to create memories of their virtual experiences by recording videos and screenshots.

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Online advertising up 11 percent from last year (CNET)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:23 +0000

CNET - The growing economic slump doesn’t appear to have fully struck Web advertising.

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NASA Successfully Tests ‘Interplanetary Internet’ (NewsFactor)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:11:59 +0000

NewsFactor - Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program.

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Google empowers users to edit search results (AP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:11:12 +0000

AP - If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won’t see them again.

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‘WoW: Wrath of Lich King’ sets sales record (CNET)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:13 +0000

CNET - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the mega-popular online game, sold 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours last week, setting what its publisher said is an all-time record for PC games.

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Certification credited with boosting online confidence (CNET)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:11:05 +0000

CNET - Extended certificate validation for Web sites has boosted online confidence in 2008, according to a statement released Thursday by the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA).

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Calif. eHarmony Case Proceeds as Class-Action (PC Magazine)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:11:33 +0000

PC Magazine - The day after online dating site eHarmony reached a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general’s office regarding gay and lesbian customers, a California Superior Court judge ruled that a separate case could proceed as a class-action.

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Google picks Austria village for new European server farm (AFP)

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:11:17 +0000

AFP - Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday.

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