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 O'Connor: I'm Not a 'Feminist' 

Former justice wants kids to learn about courts

Mar 22, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sandra Day O’Connor says the reason she hoped a woman would be named to replace her on the Supreme Court is that it's easier not to be the only woman on the nation's highest bench. As the first female justice, she tells Deborah Solomon in the New York Times... More »

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feminism • women • courts • Sandra Day O'Connor • website • US Supreme Court

 Hit Website in 
 France Revels 
 in Humiliation 

Self-professed losers share the pain on Vie De Merde

Mar 21, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A website inviting users to share tales of misery and humiliation has become one of the most popular sites in France, the Wall Street Journal reports. The editors of "Vie de merde"—roughly, "a crappy life"—sift through about 1,000 submissions a day and post... More »

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Internet • user generated content • France • website • schadenfreude

 Bartering Makes a Comeback 


Mar 14, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Around the world, websites that enable users to trade goods and services for the same are thriving in the down economy, the Washington Post reports. Craigslist, for instance, says bartering on the site has doubled in the past year. One Washington man got a plumber in exchange for a... More »

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Craigslist • recession • trading • website • economic downturn • barter • bartering

Twitter Snags $35M in
Venture Capital

Site will keep growing as it figures out how
to make money

Feb 14, 09 8:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Venture capital partners have poured another $35 million into Twitter, reports Bloomberg. The microblogging site said it still has money in the bank from its last round of financing, but the offer was too good to turn down. Twitter—which has grown ninefold in the last year but still lacks... More »

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social networking • Internet • venture capital • website • Twitter

Photo-Humiliation Site
Sparks Facebook Fury

'Paparazzi for the masses' site YoBusted accused of extortion, copyright infringement

Feb 12, 09 3:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Facebook isn't laughing about a site trying to cash in on people's funny photos, reports BusinessWeek. YoBusted features embarrassing photos sent in by users, often lifted from Facebook. Anybody who wants his or her photo removed has to sign up for a $20-a-month membership. Any "friend" who sends in... More »

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social networking • Facebook • online privacy • copyright • extortion • lawsuit • photograph • website

 Website Knows Why You're Fat 


Feb 11, 09 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Subtle hints from the media about America’s growing obesity problem—shots of pudgy citizens, from the head down—just aren’t cutting it, Time reports. Enter “This is why you’re fat,” a website that displays in shocking detail the indulgent worst of American eating. An... More »

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obesity • Internet • fat • America • website • healthy eating • overweight

 Octuplet Mom 
 Launches Site 
 to Reel in Cash 

'Proud mom of 14' provides updates on newborns

Feb 11, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has launched a website to collect donations, making good on her claim to have an alternative way to provide for her kids. The site features photos of the "proud mother of 14" with her eight newest arrivals, an address to send gifts, and a link... More »

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children • mothers • baby • donation • website • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

GLOSSIES

 Stop Asking 
 About Money: 
 Twitter's Aim 
 Is Higher 

Site seeks to change world, not make cash

Feb 9, 09 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - At Twitter headquarters, the focus isn’t on how to turn the phenomenon into a moneymaking enterprise: it’s on changing the world, Will Leitch writes in New York magazine. “It’s another step toward the democratization of information,” said CEO Evan Williams. “I’ve come to... More »

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social networking • Internet • blogging • website • Twitter • tweet

GLOSSIES

Van Halen: Roth Reunion Solid, New Music on Way


Feb 8, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - After grossing $93 million on tour with former frontman David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen tells Rolling Stone he wants the band back together permanently: “Dave was a blast. And next time we go out, we’re going to have some new stuff, too.” He plans a summer... More »

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shoes • guitar • website • Van Halen • Eddie Van Halen • rock music • bands • David Lee Roth • Wolfgang Van Halen

Dudes Get Paid to Goof Off in Recession

CollegeHumor.com brings sophomoric
fun to MTV

Feb 7, 09 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - High above the streets of Manhattan, where recession fears and Madoff angst prevail, a horde of twentysomethings are filling an office with 40,000 plastic balls—or counting how many bags of Doritos a colleague can eat. Meet the folks behind CollegeHumor.com, the popular, if puerile, website whose TV... More »

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television • MTV • website • CollegeHumor.com • what recession?

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow won’t be onscreen again until 2010, but she’s filling her time with a gym, a PBS TV show, a website, and now a cookbook, the New York Daily News reports. The book, My Father’s Daughter, will stress the importance of families sharing the table. “... More »

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television • film • TV shows • website • Gwyneth Paltrow • cookbooks • actor • gym

Plane Crash Tweets Help Twitter Overtake Digg 

Microblogging site gets the edge in market share for first time since launch

Jan 21, 09 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Twitter traffic has overtaken Digg for the first time since the microblogging site's launch, Hitwise reports. The newcomer edged up to #84 last week—one spot above Digg—after the US Airways crash spawned a huge number of updates. A photo of the scene taken by a Twitter user on... More »

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Internet • Digg • website • web traffic • Twitter • Hudson crash

(Newser) - Websites streaming video of the inauguration reported record activity today, while a partnership between Facebook and CNN enabled thousands of people a minute to comment on the proceedings, Crain's reports. By late afternoon, CNN reported 21.3 million live video streams, while MSNBC had 9 million live streams and 5... More »

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Barack Obama • White House • Facebook • CNN • website • web traffic • streaming video • President Obama • Inauguration Day • political coverage

Man Nabbed in Mississippi for Obama Threats

Wisc. native faces
5 years in prison
for online posts

Jan 17, 09 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - A Wisconsin man was arrested in Mississippi yesterday after posting online threats to kill Barack Obama, the Daily Leader reports. Steven Joseph Christopher, 43, had written “ok we have 9 days until my Presidential Assasination” in an expletive-filled, anti-Semitic posting on the website alien-earth.org. He referred to Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Wisconsin • death threats • assassination • Mississippi • website

Chinese Web Surfers Embrace Facebook Clone

'You have to respect the local user' says Berkeley-educated Facekoo founder

Jan 14, 09 7:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Since its March introduction, Facekoo has drawn 350,000 users and is one of the fastest-expanding social-networking sites in China, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. And, says its Hong Kong-born, Berkeley-educated founder, that’s because it fills a void left by Western sites whose mere translations to Chinese miss all... More »

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China • social networking • censorship • Facebook • website • Internet startups • Internet censorship • Facekoo

 High Traffic Delays 
 Windows 7 Beta Rollout 

Company's site crumbles under demand

Jan 9, 09 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - After promising the world Windows 7 Beta on Wednesday, Microsoft had to pull the plug on its download site due to cripplingly high traffic, CNET reports today. “We are adding some additional infrastructure support,” Microsoft said, “before we post the public beta.” Microsoft hopes to have... More »

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Internet • Microsoft • Microsoft Windows • download • website • Steve Ballmer • web traffic • Windows 7 • beta testing • postpone

Last-Minute Flood Jams College Application Site

Students received timeout errors as server overloaded

Jan 1, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Some high school seniors submitting college applications hours before the Dec. 31 deadline encountered timeout errors and slowdowns that gave them quite a scare, the New York Times reports. The Common Application site—used by a million students to apply for 350 colleges—buckled twice under the volume of last-minute... More »

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technology • college admissions • higher education • website • colleges and universities • college applications • Common Application

OPINION

Status Update: Everyone Else's Life Is More Exciting

Writer bemoans the constant barrage of jealousy from Facebook

Dec 26, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Remember those holiday letters, the ones informing you of all the exciting things your friends did while you sat at home? Facebook brings you that jealousy 24/7, writes Patricia Beauchamp in the Washington Post. While she’s “wondering how much she could get for a box of gaucho pants... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • privacy • Facebook • website • World Wide Web

(Newser) - Rick Warren—whose upcoming invocation at the Obama inauguration is causing a ruckus—has removed anti-gay language from the website of his Saddleback Church, Queerty reports. A page that explicitly barred gays from membership has suddenly gone missing, along with some Catholic bashing and a defense of dinosaurs in the... More »

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website • membership • homosexual • Rick Warren • gays • Saddleback Church

Hackers Trigger Security Panic for Internet Explorer

Experts suggest switching browsers until Microsoft issues emergency patch

Dec 16, 08 5:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A security flaw in Internet Explorer has so alarmed web experts that they are advising people to switch browsers until the problem is fixed, reports the BBC. Microsoft is preparing an emergency software patch to fix the flaw, which has allowed hackers to seize control of individual computers and steal... More »

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Microsoft • hacker • web browser • Internet Explorer • website • computer

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