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Online Friending
Grows Stranger

Facebook, MySpace pals won't deliver chicken soup when you're sick

May 18, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - How many online friends is too many? Facebook insists users can only have 5,000—and that's not enough for some, discovers Stephen Levy in Newsweek. "Who am I to say no to friendship?" asks one user who spends 12 hours a day on Facebook and has a... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • Facebook • website • Friendster • online friend

 50 Ways to Hock Your Lover 

ExBoyfriendJewelry.com offers more than just a penny for your thoughts

Apr 26, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diamonds really are a girl's best friend, especially when auctioned off to sympathetic sisters on ExBoyfriendJewelry.com. EBay offers goods without much backstory, but the founders of the gem-hocking site put a personal twist on swapping, selling, and auctioning artifacts of toxic relationships, the New York Times reports. More »

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divorce • eBay • love • breakup • website • jewelry

Joie de Vivre Sapped, French Turn to Web

Site houses tales of woe, provides outlet, voyeuristic thrill

Apr 25, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - French website Vie de Merde is receiving all the misery it can handle, Der Spiegel reports. Since its February launch, France’s answer to group therapy (translated "life is shit") has posted 2,400 tales of woe. Another 40,000 are waiting in the wings, says its founder. More »

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depression • France • website • therapy • schadenfreude • voyeurism

Traffic On the Rise at AOL's Content Sites

Internet giant's transition to ad-driven firm picking up pace

Apr 25, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's been a while since AOL was associated with rising numbers, but a jump in traffic to its content sites shows the company's transition to an ad-supported business is on track, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company redesigned its news, sports, and health sites and created some new ones... More »

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Internet • Time Warner • AOL • website • Internet advertising

Lieberman Campaign, Not Opponents, Crashed Site

Site was 'overutilized and misconfigured'

Apr 10, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI found accusations by Joe Lieberman’s campaign that challenger Ned Lamont’s supporters crashed the Connecticut Senator’s Web site on primary eve in 2006 to be unfounded, reports the Stamford Advocate after obtaining federal documents. Instead, it was probably Lieberman’s camp itself that brought down... More »

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politics • cyberpolitics • Joe Lieberman • website • campaign • Ned Lamont

 Pizza.com Name Sells for $2.6M 

1994 buyer (for 20 bucks) cashes in

Apr 4, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The domain name pizza.com sold at auction yesterday for $2.6 million, netting a tidy little profit for a Baltimore man who bought 14 years ago for $20, the Baltimore Sun reports. Seller Chris Clark held onto the name over the years, making sure to keep up with the... More »

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Internet • domain names • website • pizza • web domain • pizza.com

Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

Court sees violation of fair housing laws

Apr 4, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roommates.com is violating fair-housing laws by asking users their gender, sexual preference, and whether they have children, and using that information to match them,  a US Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. Judges said such questions would be illegal if a real estate agent asked them over the phone... More »

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Internet • discrimination • housing • Craigslist • civil rights • website • liability • classified ads

 Search Feature Riles Retailers 

New search-within-search feature serves users well, but merchants are steamed

Mar 24, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has some other companies up in arms with a new feature that keeps the search engine front and center even when results are coming from a merchant’s website, the New York Times reports. Google’s new search-within-search feature brings up a search box that keeps the user with... More »

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Google • website • Google Apps • online shopping • online search

Website Offers Post-Mortem Security

Departed users can leave wills, photos, passwords to family

Mar 14, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think of it as a safe deposit box for the dearly departed: A website in California allows subscribers to store digital versions of important stuff—wills, photos, credit card numbers, bicycle lock combinations, you name it—so beneficiaries don't have to scramble after the funeral, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.... More »

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Internet • will • death • website • Internet security • encryption • passwords • AssetLock.com • Collin Harris • testament

Hookers Today Depend on Tech for Success

Spitzer case shows how web, IMs, e-funds drive business

Mar 12, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer's woes are shedding light on the new world of the oldest profession. Prostitutes and escort services use online social networking to find business, IMs to record the time spent with a client, and the web to make payment simpler and more private, reports the AP. New technology also... More »

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Internet • prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • website • instant messaging • electronic funds transfers

 A Brothel Manager's Guidebook 

Lessons learned from Spitzer's favorite online escort service

Mar 12, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate.
  1. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s
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entrepreneurs • prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • website • brothel • online crime • prostitute • prostitution ring • Emperors Club

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Case of circumvented Flickr privacy settings has parents worried

Feb 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The privacy settings on online photo-sharing sites aren’t always foolproof, as one Washington mother discovered. After posting pictures of her kids skinny-dipping on Flickr and marking them “private,” she found recently that they had been viewed thousands of times, the Washington Post reports. "Are creepy people... More »

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online privacy • digital photography • Flickr • privacy settings • Shutterfly • Snapfish • website

Paul Turns Attention to State Race

Hopeful plans to trim prez campaign and focus on reelection

Feb 9, 08 7:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Ron Paul posted a blog last night saying that he's pivoting away from the presidential race, Politico reports. He plans to focus on running for Congressional re-election in Texas and wrote that he will not stump as a third-party federal candidate. He is also trimming his national campaign staff, the... More »

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Texas • Ron Paul • website • Republican candidate • Republican presidential primaries • delegates

Sir Paul Denies Heart Surgery

On website, former Beatle says ticker tests, not angioplasty, was the call

Jan 31, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sir Paul McCartney has publicly denied claims that he was hospitalized for heart surgery, NME reports. Earlier this month, the Sun reported that the legendary former Beatle had undergone a coronary angioplasty. But today, McCartney reassured fans and friends on his website that he had simply been tested for a... More »

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Paul McCartney • angioplasty • heart disease • heart attack • website • Beatles • false statements

Thailand Axes Anti-Monarchy Website

Critical postings, government shutdown may spark legal fight

Jan 6, 08 6:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A Thai ministry has shut down a website critical of the country's monarchy, the AP reports. Postings on Sameskybooks.com questioned news accounts that all citizens mourned the king's sister, who died Wednesday, and criticized officials. "I think we're one of the few sites posting remarks against the monarchy,... More »

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Internet • politics • Thailand • monarchy • freedom of expression • web hosting • website • Internet service providers

Retail Scores Big on Unused Gift Cards

$7.8B in cards unused annually; some states want cut of profit

Jan 5, 08 8:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Retailers are likely rubbing their hands with glee after shoppers snapped up $97 billion in gift cards this year, up from $83 billion in 2006. Why the excitement? The industry makes billions each year from “breakage," or gift card money that is never spent. Lost, discarded, or under-used... More »

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retail • Maine • website • bills • holiday shopping • gift • gift card

Standardization Stifling Change: Web Designers

W3C brokered 'browser wars' but now seen as roadblock to change

Dec 20, 07 11:56 PM CST
(Newser) - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been the Web's governing body since the "Wild West" days of the mid-90s. It helped end the Netscape/Explorer "browser wars", but  Web designers today are worried that the body's standards management process has slowed the pace of change down to dial-up... More »

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technology • Internet • web browser • website • regulation • W3C • World Wide Web • web standards

Penthouse Buys Swinger Social Network Sites

Mag, video company sees sex-related content moving online

Dec 12, 07 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Stung by the blow that free videos have dealt to the sex-related entertainment industry, Penthouse Media Group is investing $500M in social networking sites. Penthouse has acquired Various Inc., whose flagship site, adultfriendfinder, is a self-described personals community for swingers and sex, the New York Times reports. More »

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social networking • cybersex • Maxim • website • Penthouse • Various Inc. • Marc H. Bell

The Trouble With Web Metrics

Advertisers struggle to agree on criteria for judging sites

Dec 1, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Worried about how many hits your blog is getting? Stop. Hits are so 90’s. These days, advertisers care about page views… or is that time spent? [User] sessions? Click-through? The web generates metrics like “a fire-hose shoots water,” a top web-measurement exec told the Economist, leaving... More »

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Internet • website • Internet advertising • click throughs • web metrics

Anorexia Blogs Shut Down

Microsoft pulls four sites after complaints

Nov 21, 07 4:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Four websites hosted by Microsoft's Spanish division have been shut down for allegedly promoting anorexia and bulimia. The sites were closed following complaints by a Catalan provincial government internet watchdog, Iqua. It's the first time that a host has voluntarily closed websites accused of promoting eating disorders following complaints by... More »

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bulimia • Microsoft • anorexia • website • Iqua • Porcelain Princesses

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