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| washingtonpost.com - Web Watch -- Frank Ahrens's Guide to What's New and Inte...
In Web Watch, The Post's Frank Ahrens points out new and interesting developments on the Internet.
Hard-core Web users are constantly fighting unfair stereotypes:
Imagine if, in August 2001, the U.S. intelligence agencies had dumped all of their information into one secure, online resource where it was searchable and accessible to anyone who had the proper clearance.
Amid all the bad news about the future of newspapers -- and there is plenty -- a good news story quietly has been building: Online newspaper revenue is growing.
An online music store in Russia caused headlines and created some unintentional yuks last week.
Lazydork was just another loser in a bathrobe, doing movie reviews on his Web site that no one watched. Then, he discovered YouTube. Then, he discovered Emmalina. And a splendid story began about dual lives, the mechanics of Internet fame and chest hair. It leads all the way from a courtroom in Miami to a casino in Vegas.
The big media companies aren't looking at just the Web for new viewers and more advertising revenue. Increasingly, they are turning to mobile devices, and with mixed results.
About a month ago, the two founders of Facebook came to The Washington Post, excited to tell me about a product they were planning to launch.
Three months and millions of page views after lonelygirl15's debut, the most recent Internet phenomenon turned into a detective story and came to a conclusion last week.
In the wacky Wiki world that is the Internet, it's hard to know which information is reliable and which isn't.
Frank Ahrens is away. His column will resume when he returns.
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