Gizmodo:
That Nene Anegasaki, she's a charmer. She's also a video game character from extreme dating sim Love Plus, now wedded to a flesh and blood gamer. The two were married when a man brought his DS along with a copy of Love Plus to a church in Guam. There's no word on honeymoon plans, but the two will be holding a small receptio (Read More)
Huffington Post:
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.Admonish, a verb dating to the 14th century meaning (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Every few weeks Internet dating site OkCupid uses the power of anonymized data to share a few truths about the online dating scene and human nature in general. To be sure, these reports are often highly controversial and aren’t going to be showing up in scientific literature any time soon, but they’re generally interesting (Read More)
Valleywag:
Ricky Van Veen announced the production schedule for his brand-new TV studio, and it would appear the CollegeHumor founder believes the future of the small screen lies in the past, because he's unleashing a mess of game shows.Maybe Van Veen has been spending too much time with his purported bestie Ben Silverman, the former (Read More)
Gawker:
ChiChi! Joo got the yayo, mane? No boss, we got something better. The addictive shit that is the uncut NYT Weddings & Celebrations section. Our pusherman? Phyllis Nefler, moving mad weight weekly, who dips into the product just for you. Yesterday I was having brunch with a newly married couple in Park Slope—by the way, I kn (Read More)
Ars Technica:
Want 50Mbps Internet in your town? Threaten to roll out your own. ISPs may not act for years on local complaints about slow Internet—but when a town rolls out its own solution, it's amazing how fast the incumbents can deploy fiber, cut prices, and run to the legislature.What a p (Read More)
The Guardian:
A reluctant stepdaughter herself, Cristina Odone was determined not to force a good relationship with her stepsons. But what was the alternative in a modern-day fractured family?'You're not my mum!" I wanted to scream whenever my stepmother told me off for showering late at night, talking too long on the phone, or coming ba (Read More)
TechCrunch:
At first blush, it seems like Song Li is one of those stereotypical Chinese Web entrepreneurs. The kind who rips off successful US sites and hopes operating in the world’s largest consumer Internet market will magically create a successful company. After all, he made a good bit of money investing in ChinaHR—a job board site (Read More)
Huffington Post:
SAN FRANCISCO — IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the third quarter while advertising revenue continued to slump.The results for IAC, which is led by media mogul Barry Diller, come after other Internet companies indicated in their third- (Read More)
The Guardian:
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was bornTowards the end of the summer of 1969 – a few weeks after the moon landings, a few days after Woodstock, and a month before the first broadcast of Monty Python's Flying Circus – a large grey metal box was delivered to the office of Leonard Kleinr (Read More)
SF Gate:
An attorney who wrote a book about Internet dating was arrested Wednesday for investigation of killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so his girlfriend could gain custody of her granddaughter, authorities said. Eric Fagan, 74, was arrested at his home...
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VentureBeat:
AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong is prepping his company for life after Time Warner and he remains committed to a strategy of investing in web content.Armstrong, a former Google executive who took the AOL job eight months ago, told the crowd at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco that his division of Time Warner is on trac (Read More)
New York Times:
The State Department of Labor is trying out a new matchmaking service to connect unemployed New Yorkers with job listings.
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LA Times:
The man is accused of killing his then-girlfriend's daughter so the girlfriend could obtain custody of a granddaughter. A San Bernardino County sheriff's unit reopened the cold case last year. A San Diego lawyer who wrote a book on Intern (Read More)
Fox News:
An attorney who wrote a book about Internet dating was arrested Wednesday for investigation of killing his girlfriend's daughter 20 years ago so the woman could gain custody of her granddaughter, authorities said. (Read More)