AFP - Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users to customize search results and announced it is ending its virtual world experiment, Lively.
PC Magazine - Microsoft says via a blog post that an additional update is expected before Internet Explorer 8 is expected in the first quarter of 2009.
AP - When the last new Guns N' Roses album came out, there were no iPods or digital downloads. There was no "American Idol." No music blogs. No MySpace.
AFP - Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to crack down on Internet child pornography by enlisting online service providers to block offensive sites, in an interview published Thursday.
NewsFactor - Online games, social-networking Web sites, and chat rooms are empowering and motivating for teens and help with their development, according to a study released Thursday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting. The study covered three years and 5,000 hours of observing teens online.
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