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iFive: NASA's Alien Intrigue, BBC to Hit iPad, Google Tweaks Algorithm, Groupon is a Bargain, Times Paywall a Big Flop

Thursday's here, full of interest and intrigue. Here's a quick take on the first news to hit today:READ»

U.K. Times Website Paywall Kills Two-Thirds of Visitor Traffic

The U.K.'s Times is among the vanguard of companies erecting paywalls around the websites of old-world news publications. It's a bold move. Now some early stats are out to reveal how poorly it's working. The figures popped up on ...READ»

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Apple Pulls, Then Reinstates Pulse RSS Reader Due to Objection From New York Times

The iPad app Pulse, a slick-looking RSS reader, has achieved some impressive success and was even mentioned by Steve Jobs at Monday's keynote. The New York Times forced Apple to pull the app for bizarre reasons.READ»

Come January, Free NYTimes.com Is Dead, Long Live NYTimes.com?

This is it folks--the newspaper's last and best hope (so they think) for survival: paywalls. The New York Times has finally revealed the date that the wall will go up across the world's access to its news content. It's January 2011. ...READ»

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Who Cares About the Carbon Cost of a Google Search?

On Sunday, the UK's Times reported that performing two Google [GOOG] searches uses about as much energy as a kettle takes to boil. But Google says that estimate is inflated. Alex Wissner-Gross, the Harvard scientist quoted in the ...READ»