CNET - What with a deepening global recession it’s been pretty much a lousy 2008 for most folks, but it’s closing on a very good note–if you happen to be an elephant, that is.
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NewsFactor - Just by reading this online story, you are part of a groundbreaking trend. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press released last week, the Internet has passed newspapers as the most popular source for news.
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NewsFactor - Facebook has found itself at the core of a heated controversy after the popular social-networking Web site removed photos of breast-feeding mothers. The company threatened to close the account of 23-year-old Heather Farley after she posted two photos of herself breast-feeding her infant daughter.
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PC World - Computer chip makers Intel and AMD are ending 2008 with a quad-core bang. Intel has a new mobile processor - the Intel Core 2 Quad Mobile Processor Q9000 - that is being hyped by Acer in its just announced Acer laptop. AMD reportedly already has its upcoming Phenom II processors
popping up online for pre-orders to consumers. The catch, neither AMD or Intel have made official announcements about either chips - yet.
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AFP - British patients could soon rate their doctors by posting reviews on an official health service website, Health Minister Ben Bradshaw said in comments published Tuesday.
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Reuters - Earlier this month Adam Sandler, whose new family movie “Bedtime Stories” debuts in U.S. theaters on Christmas Day, agreed to answer some questions posed by kids on Reuters’ Fan Fare blog.
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AP - Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its “best ever,” saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on its busiest day — a rare piece of good news in a season that has been far from merry for most retailers, including online businesses.
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PC World - Verizon Communications has won USD$31.15 million in damages in a cybersquatting case it brought against domain registry OnlineNIC, while Microsoft is seeking judgment against the same company and Yahoo has recently filed similar charges.
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AFP - Internet startup UrbanBaby.com was very successful in its infancy.
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Reuters - The kind of ratings used for films could be applied to Web sites in a bid to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Britain’s minister for culture has said.
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