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Tiger Woods Apology Boosts His Standing Online

Tiger Woods may have more atoning to do with Elin Nordegren, but a preliminary pulse-taking online suggests that at least some of his fans are coming around. The golf star apologized Friday for his infidelity and the ensuing sex scandal, and according to Zeta Interactive, a New York digital-marketing firm that measures online reputations, that helped boost his ratings.

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Comparing the eHarmony and Match.com Experiences

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new study examining Match.com and eHarmony suggests that both have their faults. Catalyst Group, a New York usability-research firm, reviewed the two popular dating sites with an eye toward how they walk customers through profiles, finding matches and making contact.

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Verizon Wireless Temporarily Blocks Some 4chan Traffic

Verizon Wireless said Monday that its recent blocking of parts of 4chan was caused by “potentially disruptive” traffic from the popular site. “Our network security system found traffic from some of the 4chan web sites that were potentially disruptive of the Verizon Wireless network and could affect our customers’ use of their services,” Jeffrey Nelson, a spokesman for the wireless carrier, said.

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Gay Dating Site Airs Super Bowl Ad Online

ManCrunch, a gay dating site, hopes its first commercial will air during the Super Bowl. But if not, it’ll always have YouTube. The 30-second spot features two rival football fans who brush fingers reaching for the popcorn, which leads to a frantic make-out session.

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Rights Sites Report More Cyber Attacks From China

A Chinese human-rights group said it and four other advocacy and news organizations were targeted in cyber attacks over the weekend and hinted that the Chinese government might be to blame.

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CES: Honey, I Shrunk the Thumb Drives

Coming soon: Flash drives even smaller than the ones you already have. Lexar Media, a memory-products unit of Micron Technology, is launching a line of what it calls “ultra-portable” USB flash drives at CES.

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CES: From Lady Gaga to Punky Brewster

Celebrities pop up at every annual Consumer Electronics Show, with Tom Cruise, Slash, Stevie Wonder and Hulk Hogan making appearances in recent years. CES 2010, which starts Thursday, is no exception–as long as you keep your definition of celebrity broad.

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Will Apple Buzz Overshadow CES (Again)?

The Consumer Electronics Show starts Thursday and will feature thousands of technology vendors clamoring for attention. They’ll have their work cut out for them. The Apple tablet, an Internet-connected, touch-screen device, has dominated the tech blogosphere in recent weeks, even though it hasn’t been formally announced by the secretive company.

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Social Network Suicide? Not If Facebook Can Help It.

Will 2010 be the year that Internet users cut back on friending, tweeting and connecting with their long-lost acquaintances? A site called the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine is banking on it. It offers to help visitors “kill” their online presence on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn by clicking a “commit” link (complete with a noose icon).

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Foursquare Unlocks a Badge for Waze

Waze, the navigation and traffic-information app, offers something for the driver as well as the gamer, encouraging them to help it map new streets with a Pac Man-style simulation that awards points for taking uncharted routes.