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Shooter's online rants were like trees in forest

In hindsight, it seems so obvious. We look back at the creepy online ramblings of a tortured soul like George Sodini and realize we should have known all along of the horrors to come. That is, if anyone actually read Sodini's Web page before he sprayed...

Review: New Sony Walkman misses multimedia mark

Thirty years after revolutionizing portable music with the Walkman for playing cassette tapes, Sony is trying to master the digital media player with the X Series Walkman. Tunes sound great and videos look crisp on the device, but Sony still has a lot ...

5 tips for blogging your way to success

Chances are, your blog is not going to land you a book or movie deal like Julie Powell or make you a superstar like Perez Hilton. But it can bring you personal satisfaction, give you an outlet for expression, help you connect with others and even assis...

Google launches rare ad campaign

Google is so well known that it has become a synonym for search, making advertising unnecessary.

Aussie's lightning photo becomes the face of Bing

Sydney graphic designer Jeremy Somers has beaten 10,000 entrants from around the world to win a Microsoft Bing photo competition in the US.

New eBay program aims to reward good sellers

EBay Inc. wants to attract more buyers to its online marketplace. So it's trying a new way of rewarding good sellers. Traditionally eBay has offered discounts and other perks to "PowerSellers"

Amazon.com CEO apologizes for Orwell incident

Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeffrey P. Bezos has apologized to Kindle customers for deleting pirated copies of George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" from their e-reader devices.

Sam Raimi to direct 'World of Warcraft' film

The director of the "Spider-Man" film franchise is set to transform "World of Warcraft" into a movie.

Kazaa to rise from the dead

The notorious Kazaa peer-to-peer file sharing service is back from the dead three years after it was shut down by the music industry in a $150 million lawsuit.

Tech monikers and where they came from

Who came up with Yahoo, Chrome, Bing, Vimeo, Goop, Flickr, Orkut and Ning? We investigate what's in a name.

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