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Marvel Takes Superheros Online

Hit hard by Internet, comic business hopes fans pay to subscribe

Nov 14, 07 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Comic giant Marvel will soon launch a website where fans can access thousands of new and vintage titles featuring Spider Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and other iconic superheroes. The Internet has dealt a heavy blow to newsstand comic sales, and Marvel hopes to recoup some of the loss with... More »

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Internet • Spider-Man • Marvel Comics • superhero • website • comics • X Men • Avengers • Fantastic Four

NY Romeo Finds His Subway Juliet Online

City rallied to track down mystery woman glimpsed on train car

Nov 9, 07 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - New Yorkers eagerly took up the cause of Patrick Moberg, who spotted the woman of his dreams across a crowded subway car, lost her in the crowd when they both exited the train, and set up a website dedicated to finding her, Reuters reports. Thanks to a citywide outpouring of... More »

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New York City • subway • Brooklyn • love • public transportation • website • romance

Doubts Arise About Web Traffic Tracking

Huge gaps in audience estimates are stunting advertising growth

Oct 22, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you think the internet makes tracking audience numbers any easier, think again. Media companies sometimes report millions more online visitors to their sites than tracking companies like Nielsen—because they use different measurements—and the gap makes online advertisers queasy. It's preventing the industry from growing as quickly as... More »

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Internet • online advertising • Nielsen Ratings • website • web traffic

Jesus 2.0: GodTube Is a Smash With Believers

Site offers networking, user-generated video

Oct 21, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - GodTube, one of the fastest-growing sites on the web, is drawing masses of the Christian faithful to its user-generated videos, social-networking tools and the "GodCaster," which offers live video presentations. It's not a church, the LA Times reports, but a for-profit business backed by a "who's who"... More »

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Islam • Christianity • Judaism • website • GodTube.com • Jesus Christ

Hackers Add Smut to Govt. Sites

They hit California especially hard, and not easy fixes are in sight

Oct 7, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hackers are wreaking havoc on government websites, and the problem isn't going away anytime soon, PC World reports. Last week, people who visited government sites in California and elsewhere were redirected to porn. The feds began pulling the plug on all of California's sites but reversed course when state officials... More »

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Internet • California • adult website • website • Internet security

The Oy
Next Door

New site lets users share complaints
about those
annoying neighbors

Oct 2, 07 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Does your neighbor have a yard full of yappy dogs? How about a subwoofer big enough to rattle your china? Now you can report the jerk on RottenNeighbor.com, a site dedicated to letting aggrieved homeowners and renters vent—and warn those considering moving  nearby. The program uses Google Maps... More »

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New York • Los Angeles • housing • Google Maps • website • neighbors

25 Essential Websites

Email? Shopping? News? Time picks the destinations you just can't live without 

Aug 20, 07 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time's 25 can't-live-without websites:
  1. Amazon.com
  2. BBC.co.uk
  3. Citysearch.com
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Google • Internet • ESPN • eBay • BBC • Digg • Facebook • list • Craigslist • website • Citysearch.com • Del.icio.us • Amazon.com

Site Sells Shares in Boob Jobs

"Benefactors" pay to view naked photos and chat with women wanting implants

Aug 17, 07 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Web entrepreneur Jason Grunstra says his site is just a service connecting people with similar interests. The interest happens to be breasts, and the site connects those who like to look at them with those who'd like to have theirs enlarged. Women upload pictures of themselves, hoping to attract “... More »

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prostitution • surgery • women • Las Vegas • pornography • breast implants • cosmetic surgery • website • benefactors • Jason Grunstra • MyFreeImplants.com

Blog Leaks Facebook Source Code

Concerns persist over social site's security

Aug 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A blog called "Facebook Secrets" posted a restricted section of the site's source code on Saturday, revealing a major security flaw in the popular social networking site. While the leak didn't  reveal any sensitive information, it does raise concerns as to whether the site's 52M users' personal data is... More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • blog • source code • website

Russian Hackers Attack Websites for a Fee

'Online mercenaries' target clients' business, political foes

Aug 2, 07 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hackers across Russia are executing crippling attacks against enemy websites—and they work for hire, Der Spiegel reports. For only a few hundred dollars, clients can retain Russian hackers to disrupt business transactions by launching barrages of pernicious data into their enemies' systems. But a disturbing trend is evident in... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • cyberattack • hacker • Distributed Denial of Service • website • computer

Judge Mulls Second Suit Against Facebook Founder

ConnectU suing Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their code

Jul 26, 07 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former Harvard friends who unsuccessfully sued Facebook's founder two years ago for stealing their idea are trying again. They filed another suit in Massachusets federal court earlier this year; yesterday the judge said he'll rule in two weeks on whether to dismiss it. More »

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social networking • Internet • Facebook • Mark Zuckerberg • lawsuit • ConnectU • website • Harvard

Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

Shares jump 21.4%
as retailer boosts
volume worldwide

Jul 25, 07 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon.com shares shot up 21.4% in after-hours trading yesterday following a report that profits more than tripled in the second quarter thanks to booming sales and a new membership program that offers express shipping for a flat fee, reports the Wall Street Journal. The bump boosted the stock... More »

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Harry Potter • stock market • Internet • online retailers • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • shares • sales • website • book • Amazon.com

Nielsen to Rank Sites by View Time, Not Hits

Web minutes seen
as more accurate measure of use

Jul 11, 07 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nielsen will move to ranking web sites based on how long sites are viewed rather than how many hits a page receives. The shift will boost ratings for AOL and Yahoo, where millions have email accounts, over Google and MySpace. Advertisers will likely still pay rates based on hits, but... More »

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Internet • web surfing • Nielsen • website

Five Priciest Web Domains

Jul 8, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Sex.com -             $12  million   (2005)
  2. Porn.com -           $9.5 million   (2007)
  3. Business.com -      $7.5 million   (1999)
  4. Diamond.com -    
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Internet • list • web • website • web domain • sex.com • porn.com

Best Celebrity Websites

Stars who deliver on the net, from the editors at PC Magazine

Jun 30, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The editors at PC magazine gave high marks to sites they found imaginative (Jeff Bridges), surprising (Pat Sajack), or loaded with great content (Beck). And they dismissed money-hungry sites with a lot of gated content. Here, their faves:
  1. Jeff Bridges (www.jeffbridges.com)
  2. Tyra Banks (www.tyrabanks.com)
  3. Ken
... More »

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entertainment • Maria Sharapova • list • Jeff Bridges • Tyra Banks • Pat Sajak • Tony Hawk • Diane Cook • Bon Jovi • Ken Jennings • Beck • Daughtry • website

Internet Users Slam Chinese Censorship

As top sites are banned, web surfers
rail against 'Great Firewall'

Jun 20, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Frustration with government curbs on the Internet is growing among China's 140M web users. Wikipedia has been banned, and the censors recently shuttered photo-sharing web site Flickr, after a user uploaded a picture of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tens of thousands of human monitors and an elaborate filter system... More »

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China • Internet • Wikipedia • communism • human rights • censorship • privacy • online privacy • Tiananmen Square • online monitoring • Communist Party • Flickr • website

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