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Brown branded 'unfaithful tart', 'slut' by users of mums' website
Gordon Brown has been branded an 'unfaithful tart', a 'slut' and a 'slapper' by users of Mumsnet, a community website set up by mothers to give advice on parenting and family...


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Google almost cent percent sure to exit from China
Seemingly torn between Chinese censorship and Chinese opportunity, international search engine Google is now "99.9 percent" certain that it will shut down its Chinese search engine,...
Venezuelan Web Site Rejects Chavez's Allegations
A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the...
High-tech Event Crowd Urged To Save The Planet
at a key high-tech event. Designers Accord founder Valerie Casey issued the rallying cry at a South By South West (SXSW) gathering considered "spring break for geeks" and a Mecca for...
News Sites Popular But Few Will Pay: Report
AFP/Getty Images/File – The homepage of the New York Times is displayed on a laptop. A new report highlights that few news consumers...
Internet Marketing Sensation William Bud Gragg Has Reached A Milestone With Carbon Copy Pro
William Bud Gragg, a former real estate investor, has just been elevated to L1-Leadership-Status at Carbon Copy PRO after only four months as a powerhouse Internet...
Green Key And Expedia To Recognize Sustainable Hotel Operations - Leading Travel Website Incorporates Green Lodging Certifications Into Hotel Listings
Green Key Global today announced that Expedia has incorporated the Green Key Eco-Rating Program into a new feature on its website that allows listed properties to showcase their commitment to "green"...
Internet Revolution Catching On Strongly
Dubai: All of us know at least one of them — those who spend 24 hours a day on Facebook or watching online videos. Well, they may no longer be a minority as more and more people are using the...
Did Bing Outsmart Google In Their Real Time Results Strategy?
struck a deal with Twitter . Both would make use of the Twitter fire hose to spread the words we were all sending out through Twitter. Google chose to go for the integrated results. Real time...
The Sacred Ground Of Flight 710
Watch national video » Fifty years ago, on St. Patrick's Day 1960, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 took off from the Twin Cities, stopped at Chicago's Midway Airport and then took off again...
Hot Leads: Startups, Expansions, Moves, And New Products And Services
Scottrade opened a branch office at 1528 Cortez Road W., Bradenton. Brooks Vanderzee will manage the office. Vanderzee was previously assistant branch manager at the company’s Sarasota branch...
Turning Tweets Into Sales: Twitter’s Allure Is Tough To Translate Into Dollars, Though Dunkin’ Donuts Is Tracking Results
Twitter represents a gold mine of marketing possibilities, but the vast majority of firms haven’t figured out how to transform those 140-character tweets into sales. One exception is...
Team Player: Ken Bero
basketball team forward — and technology sales and marketing veteran — Bero, who saw what needed to happen at Datawatch, and got...
Techies Take Immersive Dome Experience To New Frontiers
Pradeep Sen, project leader on a National Science Foundation grant, said the funds will help researchers develop more effective immersive technologies for domes, such as this one in the UNM ARTS Lab,...
News Sites Popular But Few Click On Ads Or Will Pay
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news...
What Does Google Social Search Mean For Seo?
Social Search . In a nutshell, it takes a logged in user's personal connections and searches through them to find whatever they're looking for. The results are incorporated right into the results of...
Jack Rabbit Hops Onto Travel Web Sites
(L) Sage Inn GM Cheryl Johnson and Andrew Van Luchene of Jack Rabbit display the Santa Fe inn’s Web site linked via BookDirect to the S.F. Convention Center’s Web...
Fcc Proposes Major Push For Access To High-speed Internet
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine America's media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country's...
Harding Helps Wild Win Again, 4-2 Over Blues
Watch national video » ST. PAUL, Minn.—Strong goaltending has been a hallmark of the Minnesota Wild's nine-season existence. During this transition to a new coach and a new playing style in...
Evans Just Misses Another Triple-double As Kings Beat Timberwolves
Watch national video » SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Heading into the fourth quarter with a 33-point lead and victory nearly assured, the biggest drama remaining for the Sacramento Kings was whether...
Venezuela's Chavez Calls For Internet Controls
By Eyanir Chinea & Frank Jack DanielCARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is criticized by media freedom groups, called on Saturday for regulation of the Internet...
Minnesota Gophers Skate To Mediocrity In 4-1 Loss To North Dakota In Wcha Playoffs
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Gophers' self-proclaimed season of redemption ended Sunday night where it started five months ago in hostile Ralph Engelstad Arena, and it was a textbook downfall. ...
'mission: Impossible' Star Peter Graves Dies In L.a.
LOS ANGELES—Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running...
Internet Fraud's U.s. Price Tag Put At $550 Million
U.S. citizens reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 in Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams, according to...
U.s. To Roll Out Major Broadband Policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will announce a major Internet policy this week to revolutionize how Americans communicate and play, proposing a dramatic increase in broadband speeds that...
With Late Push For Ncaa Tournament, Gophers Get In
Watch national video » MINNEAPOLIS—Two weeks ago, it looked like Minnesota was bound to be left out of the NCAA tournament. But using the program's first appearance in the Big Ten...
Website Spotlights Swindles By The Rich
Submit your comment The swindling saga of Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff has inspired the creation of The Vile Plutocrat, a website devoted to the notion that "rich people suck". The Vile...
Australia Defends Placing Filter On Internet
Monday, March 15, 2010 SYDNEY: Australia Sunday defended its plan to block some Internet content, such as that featuring child sex abuse or advocating terrorism, after a media rights watchdog warned...
Amazon Reacts To New Colo Tax, Costing Affiliates
affiliate marketers — Web sites and bloggers that help it sell products. In severing those ties, Amazon blamed a new state law requiring it to collect up to an estimated $4.6 million in online...
New Digg More Personal, 'wicked Fast'
Austin, Texas (CNN) -- The popular news-sharing site Digg is getting an overhaul that will personalize results, dramatically expand content and, most importantly, make the site "wicked...
Reports: Ladainian Tomlinson Spurns Vikings For To $5.2 Million Deal With Jets
Running back LaDainian Tomlinson agreed today to a two-year contract with the New York Jets, according to reports. Tomlinson's deal is worth $5.2 million, according to the New York Daily News, and...
Bloggers Battle Corruption In Russia
's latest, surprising, political duel pitting tenacious bloggers against bureaucrats whose excesses went a step too far. Russians typically shrug their shoulders at the lavish lifestyles of...
Internet 'in Running' For Nobel Peace Prize: Bbc
‘The internet’ is in the running for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The BBC reports that ‘the internet’ is among a record 237 individuals and organizations nominated, up from...
Caringbridge: Mondale's Cancer Makes Inroads
MINNEAPOLIS — WCCO Radio host Eleanor Mondale is embarking on a new round of chemotherapy after an MRI scan showed her brain cancer has grown. A message Sunday on Mondale's CaringBridge Web...
'alice' Extends Her No. 1 Stay With $62 Million
LOS ANGELES — Alice is still ruling the movie palace. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio estimates...
Website Spotlights Misdeeds Of The Rich And Powerful
has inspired the creation of The Vile Plutocrat, a website devoted to the notion that "rich people suck." The Vile Plutocrat gathers news about the misdeeds of "the entitled...
Venezuelan News Web Site Accuses Chavez Of Seeking To Crackdown On Cyber-critics
CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan Web site that was accused by President Hugo Chavez of spreading false reports of killings said Sunday the government is trying to restrict criticism, but announced...
Shariah-compliant Funds On Website
RIYADH: Al-Rajhi Capital, the investment arm of Al-Rajhi Bank, signed a distribution agreement with Derayah Financial on Saturday which would enable its Shariah-compliant mutual funds to be available...