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North Carolina jobless claims overwhelm Web site - Statesman Journal

6 Jan 2009 at 12:10pm  RALEIGH, N.C. ? Unemployment is up so much in North Carolina that the state?s Internet site for benefits crashed twice this week under a rush of claims. Once the system was back up, the state set one-day records both for the amount of ...

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Teenagers Post Risky Information On MySpace - Redorbit.com

6 Jan 2009 at 8:28am  More than half of U.S. teenagers write about risky behaviors like sex and drugs on their MySpace accounts, according to researchers. Experts believe young people do not realize how public sites like MySpace may be opening them to risk. "We found the ...

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China to crack down on 'harmful' websites - Independent

6 Jan 2009 at 7:02am  China , the world?s biggest Internet market by users, announced a nationwide crackdown on Web sites that it says spread pornography, singling out search engines including Google and Baidu for criticism. China?s Ministry of Public Security and six ...

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Netflix to Stream Video to LG?s Hi-Def TV Sets - Tvweek.com

5 Jan 2009 at 1:44pm  As it continues to expand its movie rental service to new devices, Netflix inked a deal with LG Electronics to stream Netflix videos on LG?s high-definition television sets, the companies announced today. Under the deal, consumers will be able to ...

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News-sharing redefines an industry - Bangor Daily News

5 Jan 2009 at 5:59am  NEW YORK ? Just a dozen years ago, newspapers on either side of Arlington, Texas, fought fiercely for every reader in the fast-growing city, spending millions of dollars to expand their staffs and cover the smallest meetings and sporting events. So ...

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