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Google to Launch One Box Music Service

Google is stepping into the ring of online music services to rival the likes of iTunes with their so far unmatched right hook—a superior search engine....  read more

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Listen to Al Gore Narrate the Intro to Google Earth's Climate Change Simulator

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Just in time for the UN's climate change conference in Copenhagen, Google has released an interactive tour of climate change scenarios, as well as some "possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation."...  read more

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YouTube May Enter Movie-Rental Business

YouTube is reportedly in talks with major Hollywood studios to offer new-release feature films for rent on their site. If the deal goes through, the site would offer streaming movies for a per-viewing rental fee....  read more

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Yahoo! and Microsoft Partner on Search Engine

It was announced today that Yahoo! will team up with Microsoft's Bing to form a search engine dream team of sorts, and while Google may not yet be quivering in its steel-toed boots, the partnership is still literally a big deal. Big, as in the 10-year planned partnership is expected to boost Yahoo!'s annual profits by $500 million....  read more

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Google Plotting PC Operating System

Heating up the seemingly never-ending battle for computer-world domination between Google and Microsoft, Google has announced plans for its own PC operating system, an in-your-face jab at Team Vista/XP....  read more

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Bing: The Next Big Search Engine?

In an attempt to divert cursors away from Google's search engine and onto Microsoft-owned territory, Bill Gates' empire pulled out a big gun called Bing. The replacement for Microsoft's Live Search product was unveiled two weeks ago after investing about $100 million in ad campaign dollars, and it's generating quite a buzz....  read more

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NIN, Coldplay, Björk, more craft April Fool's Day gags

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April Fool's Day is no longer just about telling your family you are getting married or phone calls announcing you've just won an all-expenses paid trip to Nowheresville; it's about bands and the fake news they put up on the good old Internet. On April 1, it's hard to believe everything you see around the web, and bands are taking it to another level. Here are a few of the best music-related pieces of faux-news Paste found today....  read more

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Amazon and Google make books extra portable

It looks as though you can all but throw out the library card that's been hiding behind all of the other plastic in your wallet. With the announcement of Amazon's 230,000-plus Kindle e-book titles being formatted for your cellphone, the idea of actually going to the library is one step closer to becoming completely obsolete....  read more

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Wes Craven creates Google logo for Halloween

One of Wes Craven’s evergreen virtues is that he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He's made some of the nastiest movies out there—The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street—and yet he also made a flick that ushered in years of parody horror, Scream. He’s an unabashed producer of remakes of his work, including a new Last House on the Left and Shocker. And he’ll be the first to tell you he got his start in porn....  read more

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Google unveils "mail goggles" to curb drunk e-mailing

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Oftentimes after stumbling back from a Hold Steady show (or related debauchery), liquor still swelling in our veins, we commit the faux pas of drunk dialing someone. Sure, it might feel good at the time to tell the boss what you really think about "Hawaiian Fridays," or to sob uncontrollably with your ex and plead that you just want to talk to them (honest), but odds are it's a decision you'll regret in the morning....  read more

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