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Corpse ignored at Internet cafe for nine hours  

A 23-year-old computer gamer sat dead in his chair for at least nine hours at Internet cafe in New Taipei City and nobody noticed, the Taipei Times reported.

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US Internet piracy case brings New Zealand arrests (AP)

AP – With 150 million registered users, about 50 million hits daily and endorsements from music superstars, Megaupload.com was among the world’s biggest file-sharing sites. Big enough, according to a U.S. indictment, that it earned founder Kim Dotcom $42 million last year alone.

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New Cain Internet ad shines focus on viral videos (AP)

In this frame grab from video provided by the Herman Cain campaign, campaign manager Mark Block smokes a cigarette in an ad. Before Smoking Man, there was Obama Girl. And who can forget Jib Jab? The new ad showing Block is the latest political video to become an overnight web sensation. The ad, showing Block take a deep drag on a cigarette while Cain flashes a Cheshire cat grin, has had close to 1 million clicks on Cain's website since its debut last week. It's also been aired repeatedly on cable news shows and become the subject of countless parodies. (AP Photo/Herman Cain 2012)AP – Before Smoking Man, there was Obama Girl. And who can forget JibJab?


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On the Internet, the cat is king: the five best cat videos of all time

From the star of I Can Has Cheezburger to keyboard cat, the internet has provided felines with their biggest stage since ancient Egyptians built sculptures to honor the revered animal.

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Jihadist web forum knocked off Internet (AP)

AP – A popular jihadist Internet forum has been knocked off the Internet, and counterterrorism experts say it appears it was hacked.

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Internet minders OK vast expansion of domain names (AP)

FILE - In this March 16, 2010 file photo, former President Bill Clinton gives the keynote address at the '25 Years of Dot Com Policy Impact Forum' in Washington. Internet minders voted Monday, June 20, 2011 to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system's biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago. Groups able to pay the $185,000 application can petition next year for new updates to '.com' and '.net' with suffixes using nearly any word in any language, including in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided at a meeting in Singapore. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP – Internet minders voted Monday to allow virtually unlimited new domain names based on themes as varied as company brands, entertainment and political causes, in the system’s biggest shake-up since it started 26 years ago.


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Put a cork in the Internet bubble talk — for now (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken June 15, 2011, Joe Kennedy, third from left, CEO & President, and Tim Westergren, fourth from left, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, of Pandora internet radio, ring the NYSE opening bell to celebrate their company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange. Here’s something to keep in mind for those worried that we’re in another tech stock bubble: We’re still nowhere close to the giddy days of the late 1990s and early 2000 when investors bought stocks as impulsively as lottery tickets. Technology stocks are trading at their cheapest prices in more than nine years.  (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP – It’s starting to feel like a 1999 flashback. Internet companies — some of them profitable, some not — sense a golden opportunity and are lining up to go public this year.


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