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• Shaq becomes "The Big Tweet" with Internet move (AFP)

  AFP - Shaquille O'Neal has earned many nicknames during his NBA career: "The Diesel," "The Big Aristotle," "The Big Daddy" and, since his move last year to the Phoenix Suns, "The Big Cactus."

  
  

• Google picks Austria village for new European server farm (AFP)

  AFP - Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday.

  
  

• Certification credited with boosting online confidence (CNET)

  CNET - Extended certificate validation for Web sites has boosted online confidence in 2008, according to a statement released Thursday by the Authentication and Online Trust Alliance (AOTA).

• Clearwire shareholders approve deal with Sprint (AP)

  AP - Shareholders of telecommunications company Clearwire Corp. have approved a plan to merge with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless broadband network.

• Web ad sales rise slightly from prior quarter (AP)

  AP - Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday.

• 'WoW: Wrath of Lich King' sets sales record (CNET)

  CNET - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the mega-popular online game, sold 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours last week, setting what its publisher said is an all-time record for PC games.

• T-Mobile's Web2go Will Use Yahoo's oneSearch (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Yahoo has won another wireless carrier for its mobile Internet search tool. The company joined T-Mobile in announcing Thursday that oneSearch will be the search utility for T-Mobile's web2go service.

• Germany takes aim at online child pornography: minister (AFP)

  AFP - Germany's family minister Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to crack down on Internet child pornography by enlisting online service providers to block offensive sites, in an interview published Thursday.

  
  

• New European online library swamped by users (AFP)

  AFP - The EU's new Europeana digital library, an online digest of Europe's cultural heritage, was forced to close temporarily on its launch Thursday after it was swamped by Internet users, a spokesman said.

  
  

• T-Mobile USA teams up with Yahoo (CNET)

  CNET - T-Mobile USA, which is currently rolling out its 3G wireless network across the country, is turning to Yahoo to power its search and mobile Web portal in an effort to boost data usage.

• McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace (Reuters)

  Reuters - Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace.

  
  

• Virgin Media sees mobile broadband as complementary (Reuters)

  Reuters - British cable operator Virgin Media said it did not believe mobile broadband had mass appeal in the short term, but it entered the market to offer the service in its high-end mobile, broadband and TV bundles.

• Calif. eHarmony Case Proceeds as Class-Action (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - The day after online dating site eHarmony reached a settlement with the New Jersey attorney general's office regarding gay and lesbian customers, a California Superior Court judge ruled that a separate case could proceed as a class-action.

• Teenagers learn important social, technical skills online: study (AFP)

  AFP - Parents may disapprove of the amount of time their teenagers spend online but they are actually learning important social and technical skills, according to a study released on Thursday.

  
  

• Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney (Reuters)

  Reuters - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.

  
  

• Readers overwhelm EU's new digital library (Reuters)

  Reuters - Europe's heritage went digital Thursday when the European Union launched an online library putting famous works such as Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Beethoven's 9th Symphony just a mouse click away.

• "World of Warcraft" has rivals racing for new worlds (Reuters)

  Reuters - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds.

  
  

• Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)

  AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent.

  
  

• Google Will Shut Down 'Lively' Virtual World (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - The search giant announced today in a blog post that Lively, Google's virtual worlds initiative, will shut down by the end of the year.

• Readers Overwhelm Europe's New Digital Library (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Europe's heritage went digital Thursday when the European Union launched an online library putting famous works such as Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Beethoven's 9th Symphony just a mouse click away.