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The weather can cause a lot of headaches, and due to its questionable reliability, a new weather-related update to Google Earth might also become a source of frustration.  But with options like “Clouds,” “Radar,” and “Conditions and Forecasts,” the update’s cool factor is likely to outweigh any complaints.

When I’m feeling surrounded by bad sitcoms, stupid movies, and unimportant news, I can (assuming I don’t grab a book or turn to my computer) count on The Weather Channel to provide me with a reliable viewing experience.  And now MySpace users can count on a sort of online equivalent.

If there's a wicked storm going on (like the one raging outside the Murdok offices at this very moment), then expect your online store to see a spike in activity.

The Weather Channel has become the latest company to announce the creation of a virtual headquarters in the popular virtual world Second Life. "Weather Island" will be available to gamers starting today. The island will be the headquarters for The Weather Channel and offer an extreme sports park as well as a destination to screen episodes of the new program "Epic Conditions."

A new tool from The Weather Channel utilizes Microsoft's Virtual Earth to let visitors drift through the clouds and weather systems from the desktop.

Winter time brings plenty of concerns about the weather. The Weather Channel has a little widget to add to blogs, showing the weather for the location picked by the site publisher.

Seattle was hit bad by violent winds and power outages over the weekend, and Microsoft's employees blogged their experiences (in many cases only after days of waiting for the power to return). Todd Bishop has a rundown.

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