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Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses

October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s) | User comments: 8

(AP) -- Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.


Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant

October 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?


IBM builds online version of China's famed Forbidden City

October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 2

IBM on Friday opened online doors to a virtual version of the famed Forbidden City in China that served for centuries as an exclusive realm for the nation's emperors.


YouTube adds full-length TV shows to video menu

October 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

YouTube said Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video snippets.


Google gets into video games -- with ads

October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory - though it won't exactly be in the form of a shoot 'em up game.


EU proposes increased rights for Internet shoppers

October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- The European Commission wants to give Internet shoppers more rights and better protection, in an effort to boost Internet shopping across the continent and provide consumers with more competitive prices.


'Mail Goggles' might prevent e-mail regrets

October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | No comments yet

(AP) -- Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty.


MySpace, HP in deal to encourage photo printing

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site's users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co., MySpace hopes people will increasingly print these images ...


Create your own search engine

October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Doing a Google search can sometimes be overwhelming because it provides so many results. Creating a Google Custom Search Engine allows you to only search the sites you choose, so you get fewer results. You may want to have ...


Yahoo! to do list: unveil new calendar

October 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Internet giant Yahoo! on Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its Web-based calendar, in its latest bid to stay ahead of rival Google.


Facebook co-founder leaves for new venture

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The college roommate who helped Mark Zuckerberg start Facebook is leaving the fast-growing social networking website in a matter of weeks to create a new Internet technology firm.


Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start

October 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year.


Web ad sales dipped from previous quarter

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- U.S. Internet advertising revenue dipped slightly in the second quarter from the previous three-month period, which likely is a ripple effect from the bad economy given that prior to 2008 the market had seen several ...


YouTube flips switch on new sales channel

October 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

(AP) -- Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site ...


A safety net for social networking

October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Someone out there, some stranger, might know things about your teenager that even you don't know. What music they like. Who they're crushing on. Who they're fighting with.


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