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Web tracker NebuAd sued over privacy claims

Angry online subscribers who had their Web surfing habits tracked in detail are suing a Silicon Valley startup that created the technology and six Internet service providers that briefly used it.

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Lady Heather lends a hand on ?CSI?

Victim Ian Wallace was strangled, and his body strapped to the bottom of an SUV. The killer stupidly used nylon rope, which melted, dropping the corpse into the road. The CSIs found needle-play marks around Wallace?s nipples and his tongue had been burned during bondage. His girlfriend, Justine, was also found murdered; she?d been kidnapped, taken to the desert, and hit with her own SUV.

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Author Michael Crichton dies at 66

Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has unexpectedly died in Los Angeles after a private battle with cancer. He was 66.

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Microsoft unveils `cloud computing' product

Microsoft Corp. is taking another step into the world of Web-based computing with a new system it's calling Windows Azure.

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She wants Super Bowl ad ? to get a guy

Amy Borkowsky needs to find a good man, and she wants your help. She?s not asking for much, at least not by the standards of the mortgage industry. Just enough money to buy a personal ad ? during the Super Bowl.

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Al-Qaida denies Web attack, but its sites struggle

The main Web sites that normally carry messages from the al-Qaida terror group remain inoperable more than a month after they went down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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No jail for WA man who posted he'd shoot up mall

A man pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct Tuesday for writing on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall one day after a shooting spree in another Washington state town.

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Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial

The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris mansion. A cast of defendants ranging from a debt-ridden tycoon to a Chinese opera singer.

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Web post inflames post-shooting emotions in Wash.

A Washington state man who wrote on a newspaper Web site that he was going to shoot up a shopping mall says he was just making a point after a mentally disturbed man went on a shooting spree. But prosecutors say he was making a threat.

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Met to offer online service for opera lovers

Legendary performances at the Metropolitan Opera of "La Boheme" with Luciano Pavarotti and "Otello" with Placido Domingo will soon be available over the Internet for the first time.

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Social networking coming to revamped Journal site

The Wall Street Journal is borrowing elements from popular Internet hangouts like Facebook as it seeks to boost usage.

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Comcast to beef up its Fancast entertainment site

Comcast Corp. has reached agreements with several major content providers to offer their shows on its entertainment Web site, Fancast.com.

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6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads

The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd.

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Lawmakers demand info on Web tracking practices

A congressional committee wants the nation's largest telecommunications and Internet companies to explain whether they target online advertising based on consumers' search queries and Web surfing habits.

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Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps

With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast.

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Embarq provides more details on Web tracking test

Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town.

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Online services match travelers and travel experts

If you?re of a certain age, you probably remember visiting a local travel agency. You?d walk in the door, tell an agent where you wanted to go and twiddle your thumbs while he or she made cryptic phone calls and searched mysterious databases. You may have been going to Cleveland, but the posters of Maui and the Mediterranean were awfully enticing.

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Web-based program gives the blind Internet access

Blind people generally use computers with the help of screen-reader software, but those products can cost more than $1,000, so they're not exactly common on public PCs at libraries or Internet cafes. Now a free new Web-based program for the blind aims to improve the situation.

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AOL launches 2 niche sites to grow ad potential

AOL on Tuesday launched new sites on personal finance and photography as part of its bid to grow advertising opportunities by serving niche audiences.

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Injured Nalbandian could miss Olympics

David Nalbandian could miss the Beijing Olympics due a right arm injury.

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Minn. gambling authority questions Obama Web offer

A Minnesota official has asked state authorities to investigate whether a request for money by Barack Obama's presidential campaign constitutes an illegal raffle.

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Review: Strong, innovative Web browsers emerge

With all the recent attention on the new Firefox 3 Internet browser, it's easy to miss two strong, innovative rivals. Add it all up, and Microsoft Corp.'s market-leading Internet Explorer has some impressive challengers.

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Charter drops Web tracking plans

Charter Communications Inc. is dropping plans to track the Web usage of some high-speed Internet subscribers, citing concerns raised by customers, the company said Tuesday.

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Free EA software release spawns 'Sporn'

It?s a simple equation that marketers can?t seem to grasp: The Internet plus free modeling tools equals giant dancing penises.

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Japan arrests 4 over Web threats

Japanese police arrested four people for allegedly threatening copycat killings online after a man posted similar messages on Web sites before stabbing seven people to death, officials said Tuesday.

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