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(Newser) - A British website is accusing churches of political correctness after they made changes to age-old Christmas carol lyrics, the Telegraph reports. Vicars say the edits aim to remove gender-specific or racially charged words, but the editor of a Christian site calls it "a festive car crash. Half the congregation... More »

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censorship • religion • politically incorrect • website • Christian conservatives • Britain • Christmas • Church of England • A Christmas Carol • war on christmas

Obama Loyalists Block Questions About Blago From Website

Fans flag mentions of ties as 'inappropriate'

Dec 11, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Supporters of Barack Obama appear to be doing their best to wipe questions about indicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from the president-elect's new "Open for Questions" website, Politico reports. The site, designed to allow citizens to submit questions for Obama and vote on one another's questions, allows users... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Illinois • website • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • President Obama

Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes

Board keeps up with 'the changing media landscape'

Dec 8, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pulitzer board has expanded its criteria for award-worthy journalism to include Internet-only publications, Editor & Publisher reports today. While Pulitzers will be available to web outlets, sites must be “text-based” and publish original content at least weekly to be considered. The board made changes in an effort to... More »

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media • Internet • online media • Pulitzer Prize • journalism • website

OPINION

 Skip Doctor-Rating Websites 

Physicians find sites mostly content-free, easily manipulated

Nov 28, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The Internet allows people to rate just about anything, so you’d think that rate-your-doctor websites would be a useful, possibly even live-saving resource, right? Not so, writes Kent Sepkowitz for Slate. A physician himself, Sepkowitz set out to find out what he could learn about himself and various colleagues.... More »

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Internet • physician • doctor • website • reviews • approval ratings

(Newser) - Britney Spears is returning fire on the paparazzi by mocking them on her website, the BBC reports. The singer plans to post a "paparazzie award" every week along with a video of a bumbling photog. The first clip shows a pap falling over, camera in hand, over the... More »

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Britney Spears • Internet • paparazzi • website


 Cyberattack in 
 Gay Marriage Battle 

California campaigners call FBI after alleged cyberinvasion crashes site

Oct 31, 08 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Campaigners seeking to keep gay marriage legal in California say a sophisticated cyberattack crashed their website, the Wall Street Journal reports. The group has complained to the FBI that the No to Proposition 8 website was brought down for several hours Wednesday night by a coordinated "denial of service"... More »

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California • gay marriage • hacker • website • denial of service attack • Proposition 8

 Paltrow Starts Lifestyle Website 

Actress plans to share slice of what she's learned on Goop.com

Sep 23, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - On top of co-hosting a PBS travel and cooking show, Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has launched a lifestyle website called Goop.com, the Huffington Post reports. In an essay, Paltrow says she’ll share what she’s learned and the advice of her “sages” in the still-empty sections such... More »

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celebrity • lifestyle • website • Gwyneth Paltrow

Pay-It-Forward Movement Finds Niche on Web

Small but growing number of sites
highlight good deeds

Sep 19, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is home to a small but growing trend that would seem anathema to hard-headed bloggers and pithy posters who regularly lay waste to others online: niceness. In Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere, the Inquirer finds, civic-minded netizens are setting up sites that extol, and even enable, random acts... More »

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Internet • blogging • website • hero • good samaritan • kindness

 Thai Protests 
 Trigger Web Crackdown 

After violent protests, state hopes to quash 400 sites that threaten 'national security'

Sep 3, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thai authorities are trying to shutter 400 websites, the Guardian reports, in the wake of anti-government demonstrations in Bangkok that led the prime minister to declare martial law yesterday. The move targeted sites that were said to have “disturbed the peaceful social order and morality of the people,... More »

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national security • Thailand • state of emergency • website • martial law • Internet censorship • Thai protesters • court order

ANALYSIS

Baseball Strikes It Rich With Online Content Pitch

MLB web presence adds to—not detracts from—fans' TV, ballpark experiences

Aug 29, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major League Baseball’s full-bore embrace of the internet is paying off for its online service, Jay Yarow writes in BusinessWeek. Most professional sports leagues limit web content for fear of encroaching on TV ratings, but MLB’s Advanced Media allows streaming video of full games, downloadable highlights from every... More »

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Internet • MLB • advertising • online • website • online ads • baseball content • baseball

GLOSSIES

Twitter Doesn't Sweat the
Profit Margin

Microblogging site puts effort in infrastructure, not its biz model

Aug 5, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twitter, a unique blogging service that lets its users update every minute detail of their day using a computer or cellphone, is steadily growing in popularity, but founder Biz Stone isn't worried about making money from the site yet. With millions in venture capital stored up, Stone is more focused... More »

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social networking • Internet • website • Twitter • Biz Stone

Web Whizzes Renovate Rickety Sites to Flip for Profit

Real-estate 'turn-over' tactics move to Internet

Jul 29, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Web entrepreneurs are taking a page from the real-estate book: they’re buying badly designed websites cheaply, fixing them up, and selling them at a profit. Website sales on eBay and similar sites have soared in the past few months, with many site-flippers happy to sell for just a few... More »

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Internet • business • website • Internet advertising • World Wide Web

 Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites

Google tracks major milestone—150 sites for everyone on the planet

Jul 26, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet now hosts a staggering 1 trillion unique web sites, according to Google researchers. The million million sites—over 150 for everybody on the planet—are growing by billions of pages a day, PC World reports. Google doesn't index all those pages, but plots them on  a complex graph.... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • website • Internet domains

 Hottest Digital Music Sites 

Wired listens up so you don't have to

Jul 9, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wired Listening Post blog names its favorite digital music websites based on how they benefit music fans, as well as their impact on the industry.
  1. Imeem: for music embedding
  2. IVideoSongs: for guitar lessons
  3. Omnifone: unlimited access on the go
  4. Mog: for music blogs
  5. Muxtape: create MP3 mix "
... More »

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music • music industry • website • fans • Internet music

Web Crashes Take Bigger Toll, Fuel Bigger Outrages

One engineer has a site to check whether favorite sites are actually down

Jul 5, 08 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - A crashing website once was no big deal, but now it can cost a company millions and send customers into fits of rage. In a sign of the times, one San Francisco web engineer has started downforeveryoneorjustme.com, allowing visitors to see whether a site is down or if it's... More »

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Internet • website • computer servers • Amazon • Twitter

Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation

Google, Yahoo get software to better read, index Flash files

Jul 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, web developers have faced a tough choice: Make their pages pretty with Flash animations, or optimize for search engines? Now, Flash maker Adobe has tried to make that choice easier, by giving Google and Yahoo the software to read and index Flash files. “For end users, they're... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • search engine • website • Adobe • Flash

 The Next Big Web Start-Ups 

MIT offers a look new software to improve how we communicate online

Jun 28, 08 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s next in the wide world of Web?  MIT’s Technology Review lists 10 up-and-coming apps and gadgets to make communicating even easier:
  1. Pinger. Like texting, but with your voice: leave voice messages for your friends on the company’s server.
  2. Pownce. A microblogging service like Twitter—
... More »

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Internet • Web 2.0 • website • startup • Internet applications • gadget

OPINION

'Dudes Next Door' Spread Cool Via Email

Thrillist, 300K readers and growing, offers daily tips for guys

Jun 19, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Binoculars that can be discreetly filled with alcohol and a giant burger that requires the use of five napkins exemplify the "dude next door" cool that Thrillist.com promises with its daily emails, Meredith Goldstein writes in the Boston Globe. The 3-year-old site has 300,000 subscribers, say its... More »

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Internet • email • men • website • thrilllist.com • Daily Candy

Surfers Beware: Danger Could
Lurk at .hk, .cn

Those domains most likely to house ill intent, security study finds

Jun 4, 08 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A study by antivirus software firm McAfee warns Web surfers to be cautious of sites on certain domains, the AP reports, with corner-cutting registration companies often skipping security precautions. The domains .hk, .cn and .info were found to be riskiest. More »

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Internet • fraud • web surfing • spam • identity theft • website • Internet fraud

Bored at Work? Site Disguises Classic Lit

Readatwork.com lets you fool the boss

May 30, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Business world got you down? Want to escape into a classic poem or short story? The New Zealand Book Council has made a website to help you: ReadatWork.com. The site brings up a fake Windows desktop with folders and PowerPoint files, the Wall Street Journal reports. Click on them,... More »

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corporate culture • literature • reading • poetry • office • website • novel

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