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A website (or web site) is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed with a common domain name or IP address in an Internet Protocol-based network. A web site is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via the Internet or a private local area network.

A web page is a document, typically written in plain text interspersed with formatting instructions of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML, XHTML). A web page may incorporate elements from other web sites with suitable markup anchors.

Web pages are accessed and transported with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which may optionally employ encryption (HTTP Secure, HTTPS) to provide security and privacy for the user of the web page content. The user's application, often a web browser, renders the page content according to its HTML markup instructions onto a display terminal.

All publicly accessible web sites collectively constitute the World Wide Web.

The pages of a web site can usually be accessed from a simple Uniform Resource Locator (URL) called the homepage. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although hyperlinking between them conveys the reader's perceived site structure and guides the reader's navigation of the site.

Some web sites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, web-based e-mail, services, social networking web sites, and sites providing real-time stock market data.

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Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers

Technology / Internet

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.


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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)

Technology / Software

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Consumers will have to wait until next year's holiday shopping season to find out if Google Inc.'s new operating system can deliver on its promise to make low-cost computers run faster.


Search engines are source of learning

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Search engine use is not just part of our daily routines; it is also becoming part of our learning process, according to Penn State researchers.


High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.


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Nokia N900 now available in US

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered ...


NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

NASA and Microsoft Allow Earthlings to Become Martians

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars.


Bing has gained search market share

Bing gains search market share, nears 10 percent

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing increased its share of the US search market in October, edging up half-a-point to nearly 10 percent, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.


Google SPDY

Google's SPDY will speed up downloads

Technology / Internet

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of its effort to speed up the Web, Google is experimenting with SPDY, a new application layer protocol, that it hopes will speed up the conversation between browsers and Web servers ...


Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher

Technology / Internet

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.


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Microsoft brings more Web data to Bing results; teams up with WolframAlpha

Technology / Internet

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft's Bing search service will pull more information and tools from other Web sites as the company tries to distinguish itself as part of its challenge to market leader Google.


Adobe Systems announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide

Adobe cutting 680 jobs

Technology / Business

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adobe Systems, known for its Photoshop editing program and Acrobat document software, announced on Tuesday it was cutting some 680 jobs worldwide, about nine percent of its workforce.


Google says its news approach is "fully consistent with copyright law"

Google says Murdoch stories can be taken off

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Google said on Tuesday, in response to threats by Rupert Murdoch to ban the search engine from listing content from his news empire, that any company could ask to have stories taken off. ...


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Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.


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Google providing better view of personal data

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.


Digital divide: Psychologists suggest ways to include the aging population in the tech revolution

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology is no longer what it used to be: Computers have replaced typewriters and landlines are in rapid decline. Technological advances are being made every day, making many of our lives easier and allowing information ...