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Google ad service crashes, forces sites to go ad free 11/12/2014 11:36am • WASHINGTON - Google's ad serving platform, DoubleClick, went down for more than hour this morning forcing Web publishers, including WTOP.com, to go ad free until the problem could be fixed. In a statement, Google says that the Internet giant was experiencing technical problems that prevented ads f 'Dark Web' drug site challenge law enforcement 11/08/2014 01:12am • PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- No sooner had authorities announced the shuttering of an alleged illegal online drug bazaar than another popped up claiming to take its place.Welcome to the "dark Web," an increasingly popular corner of the Internet where thousands of computer users YouTube amends copyright form after German dispute 11/08/2014 12:30am • BERLIN (AP) -- YouTube has amended a form used to resolve copyright disputes after the operators of a German web channel received death threats.The threats by alleged Islamic extremists came after Al Hayat TV, operated by former Muslims, was told by YouTube to respond to a claim of copyright infring Q&A: What is 4chan and where did it come from? 11/07/2014 11:28pm • BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- So, what exactly is 4Chan?4chan's roots date back to a pre-Facebook age of the Internet, where anonymity ruled and rules were few to come by. Hackers deposited nude celebrity photos on the site over the summer. It's also the birthplace of th Microsoft gives away Office apps for iPhone, iPad 11/07/2014 11:28pm • BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Microsoft is offering free upgraded versions of its Office software for iPhones and iPads, as the software giant further embraces the so-called "freemium" strategy favored by many newer companies seeking success online.Give away a basic versi Teacher told to stay away after trip to Africa 11/07/2014 02:20am • DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A Catholic school teacher was told to take a leave of absence for 21 days when she returned from a mission trip to Kenya, even though the country is thousands of miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.The school, St. Margaret Mary in Louis 7 Tips for DIY Gifts 11/07/2014 12:00am • If your mom is anything like mine, she has a box at the back of her closet full of old homemade cards and handmade gifts from art classes and crafting sessions throughout the years. While mothers always seem to appreciate the labors of do-it-yourself love, heinous spelling errors and major manufac Review: Adapting to new Google email is a chore 11/06/2014 04:56pm • TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- My first reactions to Google's new email app, Inbox, boiled down to one part frustration, one part irritation. It's meant to make your life easier, but it's more complicated to use than Google's Gmail app.With Inbox, you keep your Gmail email address an Westover Residents Petition Against Moving H-B to Reed School 11/06/2014 01:00pm • (Updated at 1:10 p.m.) One of the proposals on the table for Arlington Public Schools’ middle school seat expansion plan is moving the H-B Woodlawn program to the Reed School/Westover Library site, a proposal that has caught the ire of many Westover residents. The Reed/Westover build Better ways to keep mobile devices juiced 11/06/2014 12:21pm • By Gregg Stebben, Men's Health WASHINGTON -- Battery power is where the next big breakthroughs in consumer technology are showing up. Nobody likes waiting for a phone to recharge, but there's a new charger that can give you 6 to 8 hours of talk time on a 15-minute charge. Sorry, iPhone own Lenovo profit rises on sales growth outside China 11/06/2014 02:10am • BEIJING (AP) -- Lenovo Group, the world's biggest personal computer maker, said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 19 percent, driven by sales growth outside its home China market.Profit rose to $262 million, or 2.5 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, the company said. Revenu Highly Ranked Schools With Rolling Admissions 11/06/2014 12:00am • Top Schools That Have Rolling AdmissionsMany universities allow prospective students to apply as long as there are seats to fill, but students who apply early may have a better chance of receiving scholarships. Schools with rolling admissions can also be competitive with institutions that have diffe Tablet Review: Amazon's Fire vs Google's Nexus 9 11/05/2014 08:40pm • ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- New tablet computers from Amazon and Google both run on Google's Android operating system, but that doesn't mean they work the same. In the new Fire HDX 8.9, Amazon continues a practice of modifying Android extensively to drive you to Amazon servi Toy makers' new darlings: tiny critics on YouTube 11/05/2014 07:10pm • ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A snaggletooth eight-year-old. A middle schooler with a punk rocker bob cut and big earrings. Tween siblings with a penchant for playing.These are among the young power brokers who will determine the toys that will be under Christmas trees this yea Anti-graft group: companies fail on transparency 11/05/2014 07:00am • BERLIN (AP) -- A leading anti-graft organization has criticized globally operating companies for failing to disclose important information that might help combat corruption.Berlin-based Transparency International says it reviewed 124 of the world's biggest publicly traded companies and found that 90