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For the first time the federal government has released an online searchable database of hospital death rates at more than 4,300 hospitals…
Microsoft and Rock the Vote have partnered to allow Xbox 360 owners to register to vote, take part in presidential polls and express their opinions to the presidential candidates via Xbox Live starting on August 25, the first day of the Democratic convention.
Disney launched a new social network today as an extension of its site Family.com. The social part encourages moms and dads to "share the pride of being a parent". Focusing on Parents
Hulu, the online video site that came out of nowhere no more than 5 months ago, may be poised to dominate the online video sector altogether. YouTube has been the reigning king of this area of the web for years, but it may be getting ready to see the first legitimate threat to that reign.
Sporting a Digg t-shirt from her CBS News office chair, anchor Katie Couric addressed Digg.com from YouTube. She prodded the geek-chic crowd there for questions to ask at the Democratic National Convention.
Firefox 3, which set a one-day record for downloads recently, has been reconfigured in a way that's setting off alarms for webmasters who haven't renewed their SSL certificates. As the US Army just learned, Firefox won't bring up sites with self-assigned and/or expired certificates. At least, not without some extensive hoop-jumping. If you're a merchant you should know that an SSL certificate encrypts data transmissions…
