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American Airlines to block in-flight porn
American Airlines says it will filter an in-flight Internet service to block pornography sites, reversing course after complaints from flight attendants and passengers. American said Tuesday it was working with technology provider Aircell to allow...Tags: Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Computing and Information Technology, American Airlines, Inc., Boeing Co.
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Government researchers incorporate chat room to answer students' questions on drugs
Associated Press WriterROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) _ It's nothing to LOL about. Students these days often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the ramifications. So, some of the nation's government scientists went to the...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Teen-agers, Juvenile Delinquency, Pharmaceuticals, People
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American to block Net porn on flights
AMR Corp.'s American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, said it plans to block pornography on its Internet service during flights, complying with requests from employees and customers. The carrier is working with Aircell Llc on a filtering...Tags: Employees, AMR Corp., Boeing Co., American Airlines, Inc., Kennedy Airport
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YouTube unveils its version of home shopping network in quest for more revenue
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years ago....Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, MySpace, Game Playing, Sales, Google Inc.
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Big sale to eBay
Reminiscent of dot-com buyouts of another era, Timonium-based Bill Me Later agreed yesterday to be sold to auction giant eBay for $945 million - amply rewarding its founders, investors and 300 employees for building the technology start-up into a major...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, eBay Incorporated, Consumers, Stock Options, Personal Data Collection
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EBay buys Bill Me Later for $945 million
Online auctioneer eBay Inc. said today that it is buying Timonium-based Bill Me Later Inc. for $945 million in cash and outstanding options. Bill Me Later lets customers pay later for items purchased through hundreds of online retailers, including...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, eBay Incorporated, National Government, Government
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Search
IAC/InterActiveCorp is introducing a new version of its Ask.com search engine, after rebuilding the technology to work faster and organize results better. The new look puts more information on the first page of search results, Ask Chief Executive Officer...Tags: Google Inc., Online
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Going, going, gone: EBay to cut 10 percent of jobs, biggest such move in company's 13 years
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees. The auction site operator said Monday it will cut about 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of its work...Tags: Employees, E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc., eBay Incorporated, Layoffs and Downsizing
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EBay plans job cuts, growth of classified sites
New York Times News ServiceSAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. is both tightening its belt and expanding its reach in preparation for the coming economic storm. On Monday, eBay announced it would lay off 10 percent of its 16,000 workers, including 1,000 permanent employees, and pay...Tags: Employees, E-Commerce Industry, eBay Incorporated, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Layoffs and Downsizing
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In move for more queries, Ask.com makes changes to improve speed, relevance of results
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it? For Oakland, Calif.-based Ask.com, part of the answer may lie in...Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Corporate Performance, Networking, Online
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EBay buys Bill Me Later for $945 million; buys Danish online classfieds sites, too
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ EBay Inc. did a little shopping of its own on Monday, saying it would pay $1.34 billion for online payments site Bill Me Later and two Danish classified ad Web sites. Separately, eBay said it would cut 10 percent of its work...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, eBay Incorporated, National Government, Government
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Gwyneth Paltrow's goop-y Web site
Gwyneth Paltrow's new Web site, goop.com, is up in preview form, but the backlash is already well under way.
The site will be a collection of recommendations and musings from the actress herself about things that make her life special - but the road...Tags: Gwyneth Paltrow
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