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New Meme Hits Facebook, 'No One Should Die Because They Cannot Afford Health Care'

Can simply posting a Facebook status update -- and encouraging all your online followers to do the same -- influence policy decisions? We may shortly find out.


SBA Takes Aim at Larger Audience Through YouTube

The federal Small Business Administration is trying to expand its audience by launching a free video channel on YouTube. The SBA YouTube channel debuted recently with a 60-second introduction to SBA, its programs and services, and a 10-part "Delivering Success" series co-produced with the U.S. Postal Service.


Google Voice Answers Nation's Call

Google is tinkering with a new service that could transform the way troops on the frontlines communicate with their families on the homefront. Google Voice assigns users a single U.S. phone number that can ring at phones in multiple locations like the home, office or on a cellular device -- all at the same time. Coupled with a feature that stores and transcribes voicemail in e-mail form, Google Voice can relieve some of the technical hassles that come with staying connected.


CocoPerez.com: Perez Hilton's New Web Site

In case a single Web site brought to you by Perez Hilton isn't enough, the self-proclaimed Queen of All Media has launched a second one. If the famous celebrity blog PerezHilton.com is made up of two parts snark and one part fashion, then the new CocoPerez.com is the other way around.


gdgt: The New Online Home for Gadget Fans

Conceived by its founders as a gadget site where fans could "hang out all day," gdgt combines a sleek interface, gadget database, and social networking-style features to create a forum where the devices are the stars


Google Tries to 'Caffeinate' Search

Google lifted the lid a bit Tuesday on a once-secret project -- called "Caffeine" -- to improve its search engine. Caffeine doesn't look any different from the old Google search engine, but it ranks results differently. The search giant says the new architecture, which isn't finished yet, will "push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions."


Gawker Sites Silenced by Web Attack

On Sunday and Monday, the popular Web sites run by Gawker Media went off the grid after an apparent hacker attack. As such, devoted readers of the company's flagship site, Gawker.com, which chronicles Manhattan-centric media machinations, may have missed giblets of gossip like Ryan O'Neal accidentally hitting on his daughter, Tatum, at Farrah Fawcett's funeral and the Twitter habits of Sarah Palin's hairdresser.


Bing Gains One Percent of U.S. Search Share in July (MSFT,GOOG,YHOO)

Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing gained an additional 1 percent of the U.S. search market in July, according to a Reuters report that cites Internet data firm StatCounter.


Firefox Claims a Billion Downloads

Internet surfers have downloaded the open source Firefox browser more than one billion times, the software's distributor, the Mozilla Foundation, said Friday.


Michael Jackson's Death Meant Busy Times for Spammers

When Michael Jackson died on June 25, his fans mourned -- and cybercriminals swung into action. Within 38 hours, they forged alliances with familiar partners to trigger global spam campaigns that capitalized on the singer's death. That was a potent reminder of the dangers that computer-savvy lawbreakers pose in a world that increasingly depends on the Internet for communications and commerce.


The Importance of Broadband

While President Barack Obama and Congress have made clear how important broadband is to our nation by putting $7.2 billion in stimulus funding behind broadband initiatives, there still seems to be a perception gap among many non-adopter citizens. In short, there is a lack of understanding of the value broadband connectivity can bring to their lives. The U.S. Telecom Association recently said many citizens aren't adopting because of "perceived lack of Internet relevance."


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