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Practical Web sites and services

We all have favorite Web sites that we depend on and visit regularly. Here are some really practical Web sites that you might want to add to your collection.

| Opinion | Internet | 10/07/08 at 4:29 pm |


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Usenet: Not dead yet

Over the last few years, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and other organizations looking to eliminate the illegal swapping of digital media files have attacked the problem through the courts, publicity campaigns, and other means. But while they've managed to close down some peer-to-peer operations, and have successfully (and not so successfully) sued individuals who were uploading movies and music to the Web, there is one part of the Internet that has, until now, been operating under their radar: Usenet.

| Feature | Internet | 10/07/08 at 4:05 pm |


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Ask.com upgrade to add improved relevance, speed

Ask.com plans to upgrade its search engine on Monday with several enhancements that it considers significant and that it believes could give its popularity a boost in a market dominated by Google.

| News | Internet | 10/06/08 at 1:02 pm |


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Porn producer sentenced to prison for online distribution

A producer of pornographic video known as Max Hardcore has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after a conviction on multiple obscenity offenses, including charges he transported obscene material over the Internet.

| News | Internet | Legal | 10/06/08 at 1:01 pm |


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