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It looks like advertisements in videogames are starting to become the next big thing, now that Microsoft is planning to buy out Massive, a company that handles that area.

Due to their informal, uncontrolled nature, blogs are likely to have a significant social impact during the next presidential election. It's going to be a fun, wild ride.

My days of citywide exams are over; meanwhile my little brother is thrown into the "Communication Age" of test preparation. He and his peers have a website built for them to look up test results, take practice tests in specific areas, and provide test taking tips.

Let's list some things that Google's been heading into so far: video downloads, desktop search tools, instant messenging. They're looking to create an online storage service. And now reports are circulating that they're heading into the iPod-dominated arena with their own online music store.

After talking a bit about Google and its battle with the U.S. government a week ago, it seems fitting to see something a bit related. Here we have a real life example of Yahoo aiding the Chinese government in the arrest of one of its users.

Ah, the world of search engines, the best way to surf the web in your own privacy. But now, in order to enforce The Children Online Protection Act, the government is out to find out what people are searching for with Google.

Myopia, a.k.a. near-sightedness, is caused by "focusing on close-up objects such as a book or a computer for long periods of time."

Place yourself in this situation: You're a journalist and you think you have a story that would stir up alarm among the public.

People pay to read the news. My family pays nearly $30.00 a month just to get the New York Times delivered to the front doorstep. But what if what we read in the paper is also offered in a digital format?

The internet can be seen as a gathering place of information, but at the same time how much of what we find is actually true? To add to that, what's stopping people from taking the false information and spreading it because they believe it was real?