CBS5, San Francisco in California, December 10.
Tuesday marked 40 years since Bay Area researchers demonstrated what would eventually become networking computing and the internet, along with the first ever mouse. Jeffrey Schaub reports.

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YouTube, Kiruna in Sweden, November 2008.
Kiruna area in the most northern part of Sweden (above the Arctic circle) - the video quality is poor because it is filmed with a cell phone by a local amateur, but it´s still a frighting testimony of the Alcohol Threat out on our roads. The drunk driver is in the ditch more than 3 times, almost crashes into 2 meeting cars and one car driving in the same direction, but continues to raise the speed without any consideration of the safety and human life. It´s unknown if he got caught by the Police.

Driving under the influence of alcohol contributes annually to at least 10,000 deaths on EU roads. In USA more than 12 000 people have lost their lifes this year, so far.

Alcohol - Problems and Solutions

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Visit European Transport Safety Council

AP, Washington in USA, November 12.
While he used such traditional methods as volunteers knocking on doors and making phone calls, President-elect Obama's biggest advantage over his opponent, Senator John McCain, was his mastery of the Internet and technology.

AP, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2008.
A U.S. man faces federal charges of raping the same girl for 4 years and posting video of the abuse on the Internet, in a case that began 2 years ago. Federal authorities said they arrested James Huskey at his home on Monday.

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BBC, April 2008.
An internet craze known as 'Rickrolling'; where people are confronted with a hit song by Rick Astley has outraged New York baseball fans.

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WatchMojo, April 8, 2008.
Two of the popular social networking sites are MySpace and Facebook. MySpace, with 70million visitors, offers an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. Facebook which has been gaining popularity - since it opened up beyond college users, also has many features such as letting users send party invitations and posting photos.

CBS News, London in England, March 2008.
MissBimbo is a "game" that deals in fashion and hairstyles, and also offers up items such as breast enlargements and diet pills. The site enables users to create a character, and play games or use credit cards or mobile phone to buy "bimbo dollars" to feed and clothe their creation.

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CBS News, March 24, 2008.
Citizens have a new way to voice concern over law enforcement with a Web site that allows people to rate their police officers. Julie Chen reports on the criticism the site has drawn.

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AP, March 24, 2008.
The Internet is full of words written for no money at all, just for passion. Now, though, more and more online copy is being cranked out by a hybrid class: people happy to serve as ultra-low-cost freelancers.

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AP, March 2008.
Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy "Jimbo" Donal Wales, is finding it's not so easy to cover his tracks after a messy breakup with a TV personality and a dustup over his expenses began playing out on the Web.

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CBS News, March 2008.
Steve Hartman speaks with student wrestler Dustin Carter who, despite a physical disability, has emerged a winner in his chosen sport.

Reuters, Beijing in China, February 2008.
China's growing Internet culture opens up a new world for computer companies and advertisers but China worries that the young netizen culture is too easily susceptible to the attraction of this alternative reality. Despite heavy official policing, China is set to eclipse the U.S. as the world's largest user of Internet this year.

CBC, Paris in France, february 2008.
Although his popularity is sagging in the polls, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become an internet sensation after he was caught on tape losing his temper with a man in a crowd at a Paris agricultural fair.

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AP, February 2008.
A new version of the ooVoo video chat software allows users to record chats and post them to video-sharing sites like YouTube.

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AP, February 12, 2008.
Sony Ericsson has announced a new premium handset aimed at capturing the Web convergence market, blending multimedia with mobile Web communication in its first product using Microsoft's operating system.

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AP, February 2008.
The growing popularity of online video has driven a traffic increase that's putting strains on service providers. To deal with it, they have had to make subtle and secret changes to the way they convey Internet traffic.

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AP, February 9, 2008.
Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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AP, February 6, 2008.
"Yes We Can," starring Barack Obama and a host of A-list celebrities has become a viral video hit with more than 1.8 million views on YouTube since being posted last Friday.

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CBS News, February 2008.
Have an annoying neighbor? Now there's a place where you can vent about it. But be careful if you're looking to sell your home. Jeff Glor reports.

Visit Rotten Neighbors Online

BBC, 2 February, 2008.
Credit cards are to be withdrawn from 161,000 Egg customers who it believes pose an unacceptably "high risk". The internet bank is writing to 7% of its customers to give them 35 days' notice of the withdrawal.

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AP, February 1 2008.
Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.

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KCAL, New York in USA, January 2008.
Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead Tuesday in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of his bed with prescription sleeping pills nearby, police said.

The web site TMZ says police told Heath Ledger's family he absolutely did not commit suicide.

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Reuters, January 18, 2008.
The social networking networking site Bebo brings back its web serial KateModern for a second season, but Kate Modern is killed off. Bebo's international president Joanna Shields says the plot twist is an example of the influence audience members have in this interactive medium.

Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan reports.

CBS News, January 17, 2008.
The internet has long been an al Qaeda stronghold for raising money. But now the web has largely replaced conventional training camps for recruiting and training Islamic radicals. Bob Orr reports.

Yahoo! (Reuters), San Francisco, USA.
A new version of Apple TV will be able to connect to the Internet directly and download TV shows, movies and music through iTunes. Viewers will be able to choose movies directly from their TVs and Apple said viewers could start watching within seconds if they had a fast Internet connection.

AP, Saint Louis, Missouri, January 2008.
Federal prosecutors are considering bringing charges against a mother who may have been involved in an internet hoax that may have led to a Missouri teen committing suicide.

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BBC, Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom.
The Queen has launched her own channel on the video-sharing website YouTube. The Royal Channel will feature her Christmas Day message, and has recent and historical footage of the monarch and other members of the Royal Family.

The channel bears the title "The Royal Channel - The Official Channel of the British Monarchy".

The channel can be viewed at:
www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel