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Stories by: Heather Havenstein

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    NASA's Mars Lander tweets and blogs about its death 12/11/2008 08:09:00

    "Take care of that beautiful blue marble out there in space, our home planet. I'll be keeping an eye from here."
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    My.BarackObama.com stays online after election 11/11/2008 09:05:00

    While much has been written about  the impact of President-Elect Barack Obama's successful use of social networking and other Web 2.0 tools, the campaign had been mum about the future of My.BarackObama.com, the campaign's social network, immediately after last week's election.
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    Google calls off search advertising deal with Yahoo 06/11/2008 08:37:00

    Google Wednesday announced that it is ending its effort to forge a search advertising partnership with Yahoo.
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    MTV, MySpace join forces to make money from pirated videos 04/11/2008 08:46:00

    While online video has proved to be one of the most popular Web 2.0 applications, the sites that show them are constantly battling to fend off copyright infringement notices from broadcast and media companies that own much of the video content posted by users.
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    Google sheds light on 'Dark Web' 03/11/2008 08:40:00

    Google this week took another step in its effort to shed light on the so-called Dark Web with its announcement that its engine can now search scanned documents in Adobe Systems's PDF format.
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    Google offers Gmail users a window into Calendar and Docs 29/10/2008 10:06:00

    Google this week unveiled gadgets created by its Google Labs project that allow Gmail users to look at Google Calendar and Google Docs data without having to open the hosted applications.
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    Obama still dominates in Web 2.0 world, Internet searches 24/10/2008 07:53:00

    Three days before the Iowa caucuses in January, the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama launched a new application on Facebook directing supporters to urge their friends in Iowa to help make Obama the Democratic nominee.
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    As layoffs loom, Yahoo comes under fire from users 21/10/2008 07:55:00

    Yahoo, already under fire for changing user profiles, is reportedly planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs. The layoff announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, when the company is slated to report its third quarter financial results.
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    Yahoo aims to get more social with updated user profiles 20/10/2008 06:13:00

    Yahoo continues to roll out its Open Strategy aimed at overhauling its platform and services by opening itself to more developers and becoming more social with the debut Thursday of a new universal user profile.
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    Report: Google, Yahoo in talks to avoid antitrust fears 16/10/2008 09:19:00

    Google and Yahoo are in early settlement negotiations with the US Department of Justice in an effort to avoid an antitrust challenge to a proposed search advertising deal between the two companies, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.
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    MySpace launches ad network 14/10/2008 09:01:00

    MySpace launched a beta version of its DIY (Do It Yourself) advertising platform today that's aimed at allowing individuals and small businesses to create their own ads that can be customized to specific users of the social network.
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