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A Web site in France that allowed students to anonymously rate and name their teachers has been ordered by a court to no longer allow the practice.Teachers unions with the backing of the education ministry took the site to court, saying the personal comments were a breach of privacy and an "incitement to public disorder." The site note2be.com was created in January by French entrepreneurs, allowed students to rate and discuss their teacher's abilities.

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement with Member Source Media, an online advertising company for its use of spam emails with misleading subject lines that failed to disclose to consumers that they would have to spend money to receive "free" items.

People who hold positions as end users on corporate networks have been creating havoc for their IT departments, as they seek out and implement Web 2.0 sites without the expressed permission of the corporate tech bureaucracy.

YouTube is involved in another showdown this time with media giant Viacom who is demanding that the video sharing site remove over 100,000 clips that are owned and licensed by the media company.

A couple of months ago, there were several cases reported connecting impotence drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra to loss of vision among people who used them.

The US Commerce Department notes that an increase in durable goods orders helped factories meet predictions.

Bono, U2 front man, activist and hat lover, scored one for the team when a Dublin judge ordered that it doesn't matter if he was in his undies at the time, you just don't come between an Irishman and his hat. Bono's next activist event: getting Donald Duck his pants back.*

New orders for durable goods in the United States went up 5.5% in May, which is the biggest jump since March of last year. Orders only went up 1.4% in April.