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" The Internet is just a world passing around notes in a classroom."
-Jon Stewart.

I'm Lizbeth. I'm a die hard Yankees fan and will only watch baseball with a Mets fan during a Subway Series. I eat, sleep, breath, drink and love the internet. If I could marry the internet. I wouldn't, but I would consider it for a week.

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Apple's Complete My Album emerges as marketing tool

Music – in the past few months, labels and artists have begun releasing multiple tracks in advance of an album's street date to promote new releases, relying in no small degree on Apple's iTunes Music Store's Complete My Album feature to convert them into full-album sales -- in some cases with striking effectiveness.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:25pm

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Get ready for .smith, .sports or .love on the Web

Gadgets & Tech – Internet regulators on Thursday voted to relax rules on domain names like .com or .edu, which could pave the way for companies or individuals to create an array of new addresses for the Web.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:23pm

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Facebook to Users - Let's Cut Grammatical Errors

Gadgets & Tech – The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more should users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as ''Debbie changed their profile picture.''

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:23pm

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Why Some Succeed Wildly

Gadgets & Tech – MALCOLM GLADWELL'S forthcoming examination of how mega-success is achieved will not be out until November, but judging by the buzz already surrounding it, "Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don't" promises to be this winter's "it" book.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 01:22pm

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Judge orders TMZ to remove sex tape of actor Verne Troyer

Celebrities – A federal judge ordered the gossip site TMZ.com Friday to remove clips of a private sex tape actor Verne Troyer says was stolen from his residence.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 28, 2008 04:25am

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City Is Pushing for H.I.V. Tests for All in Bronx

Health & Fitness – The New York City health department plans to announce on Thursday an ambitious three-year effort to give an H.I.V. test to every adult living in the Bronx, which has a far higher death rate from AIDS than any other borough. The campaign will begin with a push to make the voluntary testing routine in emergency rooms and storefront clinics.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:17pm

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Coldplay Album Sales - Good News for Ailing Record Business

Music – Near the beginning of Coldplay's free concert at Madison Square Garden on Monday night to promote its new album, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends," Chris Martin, the lead singer, joked with the crowd: "I understand there have been some complaints about the ticket price." The roar of 11,500 fans suggested they were quit

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:15pm

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Not Just Another Jelly Bean

Food – Easter may be long gone, but the Jelly Belly Candy Company is still producing jelly beans, 300,000 pounds a day. An anomaly in the stagnant $29.1 billion candy industry, the company, based in Fairfield, Calif., continues to grow and increase market share, with sales up 25 percent since 2006

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:13pm

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Sodas of The Times - Root Beer - A Drink in Search of a Frosty Mug

Food – No soft drink incites the passions the way root beer does. People love it or they hate it, but they don't ignore it. Few sodas have the mystique of a frosty mug of root beer.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 10:12pm

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China's famed Shaolin temple kick starts online store

Gadgets & Tech – China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 25, 2008 12:54pm

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American Airlines to Test In-Flight Web Access

Travel – American Airlines says customers will be able to test in-flight Internet access on two flights beginning Wednesday, with broader service expected to begin in the following couple weeks.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 24, 2008 03:34pm

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At Google, Slow Growth in News Site

News – Six years after its start, Google News is far from achieving the kind of dominant position in news that the company has in other areas.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 24, 2008 11:35am

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The High-Tech Job Capital IsThe Big Apple?

Gadgets & Tech – If you're looking for a tech job in the United States, the best place to go is not Silicon Valley. It's New York.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 24, 2008 11:34am

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Car Rental Agencies Using Add-Ons to Lift Returns

Travel – While a lot of attention has been paid in recent weeks to the fees that financially strapped airlines are adding to ticket prices, car rental companies are quietly doing the same thing.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 23, 2008 05:49pm

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Food Stamps Buy Less; Families Are Hit Hard

Money – Making ends meet on food stamps has never been easy for Cassandra Johnson, but since food prices began their steep climb earlier this year, she has had to develop new survival strategies.

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