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Luxe Lowdown: Tony Sites Begin to Invite Buyer Reviews

Rachel Dodes, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 18, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

More than a decade after book and electronics retailers embraced online customer reviews, the most elite stores in the U.S. are opening their websites—and the brands they sell—to the slings and arrows of public opinion. At the end of the month, Saks.com, the online arm of Saks Fifth Avenue, will unveil a five-star review system where customers can express their opinions on products ranging from $1,700 Jimmy Choo bags to $7 Kiehl’s lip balm.

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Apology for Turing's Treatment Stirs the Twittersphere

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 14, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

In life, Alan Turing helped win World War II and sowed the seeds for the modern computer industry. In death, the persecuted British mathematician may provide some lessons about how public opinion reverberates in cyberspace. Responding to a petition posted on the Web site for Number 10 Downing Street, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown late Thursday apologized for what he characterized as the “appalling” treatment of Turing 55 years earlier by British officials.