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For what it's worth, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales sees the growth of Internet usage in the Middle East as a boon to the world's exposure to "ordinary people" of the region. Such exposure, he said, would soften the region's image abroad.

A little bit of nepotism is to be expected.  A lot of it can be annoying, and, in the case of Yahoo’s image search results and Flickr, rather less than helpful.

Almost everyone I know is sharing photos online with family, and some more web savvy families have full groups set up online to correspond with other family members across the world. 

The family of James Kim, the CNet editor who passed away in November in an effort to save his stranded family, has set up an online auction to raise money for the James Kim Memorial Fund, established to support his bereft family.

A Yahoo and OMD study found that modern families are using technology to their advantage. "Family 2.0," as the study calls it, is "harnessing pervasive technology and media to help them manage busy households and achieve more balanced, satisfying lives." Members of Family 2.0 have also apparently managed to extend their days by 19 hours through multitasking.

The eternal struggle between parents and offspring over keeping a bedroom clean moved online, where Dad embarrassed Daughter and Daughter took revenge on Dad.

When the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) lacked the fortitude to withstand the flurry of protestations against the proposed .xxx domain for pornographic websites, two U.S. Senators took up the cause proposing not just the domain's creation but also a .com eviction notice.

Before Google unveils its beta products, they appear to utilize some early beta testers close to home, or more to the point, close to their employees' homes.