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.

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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Credit cards are to be withdrawn from 161,000 Egg customers who it believes pose an unacceptably "high risk".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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