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WATCH: The Google Guys Before They Were Billionaires

Hey Mark Zuckerberg, remember these guys?

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Gentlemint: It’s Pinterest, But Without the Girly Stuff

From Moustache Championships to Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon, Gentlemint collects the web’s most virile things.

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Not So High-Tech Anymore: The First Website Ever Celebrates Its 20th Birthday

On August 6, 1991, the first website was launched on the Internet, forever changing the way we browse. (And thankfully, web design has improved just a bit in the past two decades.)

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Did Egypt Really ‘Shut Off’ the Internet?

Not totally. But as of 12:30 a.m. (local time) last night, there was almost no Internet traffic going into or out of the country.

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Did Facebook Kill the Blogging Star?

A new report says blogging has decreased among younger generations. Social media may be to blame.

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Study: Internet Turns Kids Into Terrible Spellers

We may have high-speed information at our disposal, but our basic grammar skills are regressing. 

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Hollywood Irony: Today’s Facebook Crash Is Alluded To In ‘The Social Network’

Facebook, for a time, crashed Thursday. Commerce, as we knew it, ground to a halt. Children cried. Workers were forced to, you know, work. Meanwhile NewsFeed spent this morning watching the Facebook movie – where all this was foretold.

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The Week in Web Trends: Earthquakes, Asian Carp and Internet Kill Switches

It was a bizarre week. Earthquakes were rattling cities like Milwaukee, Detroit and New York. Voracious Asian Carp were advancing on the Great Lakes. Joe Lieberman was talking about Internet Kill Switches. We make sense of the insanity.

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Google Says Good Night to Nexus One Store

News that Google will be shutting down their Web store is somewhat shocking, but not entirely surprising. The company apparently realized that consumers want to see an item in person before making a decision to purchase one. (via Techland)