Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.
Reuters - A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday. -- read full article
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AP - The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
PC Magazine - The day after online dating site eHarmony reached a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general's office regarding gay and lesbian customers, a California Superior Court judge ruled that a separate case could proceed as a class-action. -- read full article
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
AFP - Shaquille O'Neal has earned many nicknames during his NBA career: "The Diesel," "The Big Aristotle," "The Big Daddy" and, since his move last year to the Phoenix Suns, "The Big Cactus."
NewsFactor - Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. -- read full article
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
Reuters - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items.
Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.
Reuters - The Internet is replacing the high street as the shopping destination of choice in the Asia Pacific, with a new survey showing a majority of Internet users prefer to go online to buy everything from electronics to holidays.
PC Magazine - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds. -- read full article
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:54:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
PC Magazine - Europe's heritage went digital Thursday when the European Union launched an online library putting famous works such as Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Beethoven's 9th Symphony just a mouse click away. -- read full article
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News
PC Magazine - The search giant announced today in a blog post that Lively, Google's virtual worlds initiative, will shut down by the end of the year. -- read full article
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Internet News