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Want to Help Others This Thanksgiving? Go Online.

Rachel Sterne | Posted 11.26.2009 | Impact

Read More: Web 2.0, Robin-Hood-Foundation, Charity Christmas Gifts, Social Media, Internet, Charity Organizations, Giving Thanks, Poverty, Charity, Thanksgiving Dinner, Robin Hood Foundation, Robin Hood, Thanksgiving, Donating to Charity, Rachel Sklar, Thanksgiving Commentary, Impact, Impact News
Rachel Sterne

A fascinating experiment in digital philanthropy is brewing at Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City charity that has raised more than $1 billion for poverty-focused nonprofits.

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Robin Hood Foundation Embraces the Web to Feed NYC's Hungry

GroundReport | Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact

Read More: Robin-Hood-Foundation, Charity Christmas Gifts, Charity Organizations, Poverty, Thanksgiving Dinner, Charity, Thanksgiving, Robin Hood, Donating to Charity, Web 2.0, Giving Thanks, Internet, Social Media, Robin Hood Foundation, Rachel Sklar, Thanksgiving Commentary, Impact, Impact News
GroundReport

Over the past two months, a skunkworks team of young internet influencers has met, brainstormed, emailed and twittered -- all in the pursuit of feeding more than 100,000 of the city's hungry.

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Washington Post To Close New York, Chicago, LA Bureaus

AP | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington DC, Internet, Newspapers, New York, Advertising, Chicago, Wapo, Newspaper Circulation, La, Bureaus Closing, Washington Post, Dc, Circulation, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Washington Post will close its remaining U.S. bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year to save money...

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Red Headed Boy Attacked: Police Probe Tie To 'Kick A Ginger Day' Message

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Facebook, La, Kick a Ginger Day. Calabassas, Television, Internet, Social Media, Red Headed, Red Heads, Ginger, Red Hair, Bullying, Southpark, Redheads, South Park, Comedy Central, Technology News

CALABASAS, Calif. — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targ...

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Microsoft, News Corp Have Talked About De-Indexing From Google

Financial Times | Matthe Garrahan, Richard Waters, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch and the Internet, De-Index, News Corp, Microsoft, Online Subscriptions, Content, Bing, Facebook, Google Summaries, Wall Street Journal, Pay for News, Msnbc, Internet, Search Engine War, The Sun, Rupert Murdoch, Google Rss, Search Engine, Stories, News, Online News, Google Headlines, Myspace, Rss, Link Economy, Google, Fair Use, Media News

Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google...

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Tom Friedman Explains Causes Of America's 'Sub-Optimal Solutions' (VIDEO)

Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Gerrymandering, Governance, President Obama, Civics, Media, Citizens, American Business, Internet, Politics, One-Party System, Cable News, Global Warming, China, Charlie Rose, Media News

New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman is worried that America is producing "sub-optimal solutions" to big problems like global warming, an educa...

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Increasing Number Of Web Sites Spread Al-Qaida's Message In English

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR and LEE KEATH | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Internet, NEFA Foundation, Evan Kohlmann, Al Qaida, Anwar Al-Awlaki, Abdulmanam Almushawah, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate ...

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Svajuna Beniuk: Internet Users Find Man Who Threw Dog Over Bridge

Mail Online | Posted 11.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Internet, Dog Drop Over Bridge, Svajuna Beniuk, Netizens, Internet Justice, Dog Bridge, Dog Throw Over Bridge, Dog Dropped Bridge, Technology News

A young man who threw a dog off a bridge has been hunted down by outraged animal lovers on the internet. He had posted mobile phone video footage o...

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Internet Addiction: Dealing With Withdrawal

nytimes.com | Wyatt Mason | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Internet, Recovery, Addiction & Recover, Internet Addiction, Email, E-Mail, Travel, Technology, World Wide Web, Wi-Fi, Withdrawal, Unplug and Recharge, Living News

Shortly after my girlfriend and I decided to rent a New Hampshire summer house together in 2007, we made a vexing discovery: Internet access wasn't go...

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The New Feminism: Questions For Jessica Valenti

nytimes.com | Deborah Solomon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, Internet, Women, Feministing.com, Activism, Online, Unplug and Recharge, World Wide Web, Feminism, Social Activism, Living News

Editor of the blog Feministing.com rates the effectiveness of online activism compared to old-style models of political engagement like rallies and ma...

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The Year in Technology: 2009

Nicholas Weinstock | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Opinion, Internet, Technology, Humor, Kids, 2009, Family Values, Family, Parenting, Technology News
Nicholas Weinstock

1. ME: ... So the three dragons crept deeper into the terrifying castle. They shivered with fear. A knight could be lurking around any corner. ...

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Join Arianna And Carl Honore In A Live Discussion on "In Praise Of Slowness"

Amy Hertz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Internet, Books, Lunch, Carl Honore, In Praise of Slowness, Arianna, Vacation, Huffington Post, Amazon, Books News
Amy Hertz

Thursday, November 19th at 3pm Eastern, we're having our first live event on Huffington Post Books. Arianna will be hosting a video chat with Carl Honore and HuffPost readers to talk about In Praise of Slowness.

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Coshocton: Single Illegal Download Shuts Down Town's Wi-Fi

Coshocton Tribune | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Town Internet Shut Down, Internet, Piracy, Illegal Downloading, Illegal Download, File Sharing, Internet Shut Down Download, Technology News

About five years ago, the county made a free wireless Internet connection available in the block surrounding the Coshocton County Courthouse at 318 Ma...

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Can The Free Market Save Small Businesses and Nonprofits?

Bruce Judson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Bruce Judson, Small Business, Internet, Borrowing, Economic Crisis, Business News
Bruce Judson

Earlier this week, we announced a new service, The Cost Savings Guy, which has the potential to change the fortunes of small businesses and nonprofits that are struggling to stay afloat.

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Met Home Gets the Hatchet

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Decorating, Web, Housing, Print, Internet, Economy, Media, Media News, Magazines, Domino, Martha Stewart, Cottage Living, Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, Oprah Winfrey, Country Home, Southern Accents, Blueprint, Media News
Charlotte Safavi

Only yesterday Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. announced the closure of the magazine fondly known as Met Home to the urban, sophisticated home decor cognoscenti.

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Internet Virus Frames Users For Child Porn

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Internet Virus, Internet, Child Pornography Virus, Child Pornography, Child Porn Virus, Virus, Internet Porn, Cnn Storoy on Computer Viruses and Child Pornography, Virus Child Porn, Virus Placing Child Porn Photos, Technology News

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heino...

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Internet Censorship Could Be Challenged By WTO

Reuters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Censorship World Trade Organization, Censorship Internet, World Trade Organization, WTO Censorship, Wto, Internet, WTO Internet Censorship, Technology News

GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered onli...

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The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Human Rights, France, Economic Crisis, Economy, Libraries, Computers, New Media, Finland, Jobs, Technology, Technology News
David D. Burstein

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

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But Does Twittering Really Sell Books?

Debbie Stier | Posted 11.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Marketing, Tumblr, Twitter, Gary Vaynerchuk, Ustream, Facebook, Wordpress, Online Media, Online Marketing, Personal Branding, Internet, Online Branding, Books, New Media, Crush It, Books News
Debbie Stier

Gary Vaynerchuk built his brand using these free tools (Facebook, Twitter, Ustream, Tumblr, etc.) and he used the tools that he wrote about in the book to succeed with the book itself.

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Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Jihadists, Al-Qaeda, White Supremacists, Pakistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Internet, Tom Metzger, Hate Groups, Youtube, Afpak, Myspace, War on Terrorism, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

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Googled: An Excerpt From Ken Auletta's New Book

Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Googled Excerpt, Googled, Media, New Books, Googled Ken Auletta, Ken Auletta, Apple, Internet, Youtube, Books, New Media, Ken Auletta Googled, Google, Auletta, Books News

Googled by Ken Auletta On a sunny July afternoon in Sun Valley, three friends who had competed and cooperated for a quarter century -- Robert Iger,...

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Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, Gps, Telemedicine, Pandora, Dtv, Gary Shapiro, Telework, Innovation, International CES, Dvr, Facebook, Spectrum, Satellite Radio, Sputnik, Broadband, mp3, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Wireless, Blu-Ray, Youtube, Consumer Electronics Show, Autobahn, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, E-Book, Technology News
Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

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Sharecare Builds A Web 3.0 Bridge To Better Health

Dr. Dean Ornish | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Dean Ornish, The Internet, Jeff Arnold, Internet, Web 3.0, Sharecare, Health, Well-Being, Dr. Dean Ornish, Webmd, Medicine, Health Care, Wellness, sharecare.com, Living News
Dr. Dean Ornish

Searching for health information on the web can feel overwhelming. The power of the Internet is also its limitation--it provides information, but not guidance on how to sort what is credible and what is not.

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Crack Open and Crowdsource AT&T's Anti-Net Neutrality Campaign

Art Brodsky | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Internet, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Art Brodsky

All of the lobbying you read about is minor league compared to the telephone industry. Read on and you will get a first-hand look at the power of a real major league lobbying organization.

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UK Study: Illegal Music Downloaders Also Spend The Most On Music

The Independent | Rachel Shields | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology

Read More: Music Piracy, Internet, Itunes, Piracy, Riaa, Illegal Downloads, Online Music Piracy, Digital Economy Bill, Music, British Phonographic Industry, Bpi, Technology News

People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study....

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