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CorVu Unveils Latest Release of Web Reporting Deployment System (SYS-CON Media)
CorVu(R) Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: CRVU) , the innovative provider of performance management software solutions, announced today a major functional upgrade with significant feature enhancements to HyperVu, an integrated module of the CorVu 5 performance management application and reporting systems.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-01-24 22:01 GMT: Wall Street web stocks - Google shares regain more ground; sector mostly higher - (Interactive Investor)
SAN FRANCISCO (AFX) -- Google Inc. shares traded higher for a second straight day, gaining 3.6% to pace a broad-based rise by the Internet group. The Dow Jones Internet Index closed up 1.3% to 95.73, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index gained 16.78 points at 2,265.25.

Professor helps design cutting edge web site (The Daily Free Press)
Boston University has been closely involved in the development of a new website, the Digital Universe, which will offer access to various portals that link together information to encourage "creativity, communication, collaboration and education," according to the site.

Jupitermedia's Jupiterimages Division Invests in Leading Stock Photography Community Web Sties Stock.xchng and (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Jan. 24, 2006--Jupitermedia Corporation today announced that it has purchased a 49.7% equity investment in HAAP Media Ltd., based in Budapest, Hungary. HAAP Media operates two stock photo related Web sites: Stock.xchng and Stockxpert.com .

Trump Sues Over Bio Book; Launches Travel Web Site (Forbes)
Billionaire takes issue with data--and calls it "terribly written."

?Charlotte?s Web? opens at Harding (The Searcy Daily Citizen)
The beloved children?s classic ?Charlotte?s Web,? by Joseph Robinette, opens at Harding University Thursday, Jan. 26. The student-directed, one-act play will run at 7 p.m. each night through Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Little Theatre, located in the Administration Building.

Medialink: New Web Search Engine Ensures Pornography-Free Results to Safeguard Students (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
------In this digital age it's no surprise that 87 percent of children regularly use the Internet. While going online may be a great resource in the pursuit of knowledge, the Department of Justice has reported that one in four children will have an accidental encounter with online porn.

Students design United Way Web page (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ ? The students in the Webpage class at Trinity Episcopal School could have earned somewhere between $2,000 and $6,000 each for their final assignment last semester.

SpinDogs' tale of rapid success on the web (icWales)
AN expanding Cardiff web design venture is so confident in its services, that it is offering clients a money back guarantee. Liam Giles and Elwyn Davies set up SpinDogs on leaving college nearly two years ago.

WABA to unveil Web site (Standard-Journal)
WATSONTOWN ? Watsontown Area Business Association (WABA) is developing its own Web site for access to local businesses and community events. WABA has been working closely with Kevin Moll of Powerstorm Internet Services to design the site, which should be up and running in February.

Web Site Design Impacts Online Sales (E-Commerce Times)
As the dust settles on this latest season's holiday shopping data, there is yet one more issue to consider before this time next year: conversions. The recent release of the Top 40 Online Retail Satisfaction Index revealed that consumer satisfaction with most of the top 40 retail Web sites dropped over the holiday season.

Yahoo honours the best of the web (BBC News)
An online cloud appreciation society and a quest to meet celebrities are among Yahoo's Finds of the Year.

Mesmerizing 'Spider Woman' spins web of intrigue (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Broadway musical has always been a bipolar art with those frothy, upbeat shows (think of "Spamalot" and "Hairspray") on one end of the emotional spectrum, and others like "Sweeney Todd," "Miss Saigon," "Carousel" and "Cabaret" dancing right up against the world's dark injustices.

Web site allows tracking sex offenders (Washington Times Herald)
Sexual predators can look like the person next door. That?s one of the reasons the Indiana Sheriff?s Sex Offender Registry has been placed on a state-of-the-art Web site.

Microsoft's Web-Design Tools Could Lure Corporate Defections From Mac (Government Enterprise)
Microsoft will have a tough time luring Mac-centric designers to its Expression product line but it will appeal to Web designers that collaborate with Visual Studio developers, partners say.

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