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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Yahoo called 2009 a year America needed to escape and cope, and this behavior was reflected in people's rush online to search for the latest updates about topics from "foreclosures" and "unemployment" to Michael Jackson and the reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8.
By Dan Nystedt | 02 December, 2009 08:12
When news of Michael Jackson's death hit the wire on June 25, the Web crumbled beneath its weight. AOL went down in flames. News sites were overloaded with page views. Twitter was smothered by the Fail Whale. So when Jackson's memorial service was announced, the Internet prepared itself for a massive influx of streaming video, tweets, status updates, and more. This time it survived.
By Brennon Slattery | 09 July, 2009 02:28
Rival social networking Web sites MySpace and Facebook have announced they are streaming this week’s Michael Jackson memorial free to its members.
By Computerworld Staff | 07 July, 2009 11:25
As security researchers expected, hackers have begun to use the death of pop star Michael Jackson to infect people's PCs.
By Gregg Keizer | 30 June, 2009 05:16
Today's massive memorial service for Michael Jackson may have strained some social networking and news sites but it didn't cripple them, as many had expected.
By Sharon Gaudin | 08 July, 2009 08:44
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