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An investigation by the FBI and Department of Justice into Sarah Palin's hacked e-mail account has agents in Memphis and Knoxville looking into a potential local tie. Bloggers have said the hacker is 20-year-old David Kernell, son of Tennessee House Demo

The Internet changes the power relations between companies and customers. Social technologies like blogs, social networks, ratings and reviews etc. allow customers to share experiences; good and bad to the 1.4 billion people on the Internet. Zappos exempl

The four congressional leadership offices now all employ full-time staffers who serve as liaisons to the political blogging world and help their party's lawmakers stay in touch with the ever-growing online activist community.

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