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Google Zeitgeist 2010: Lady Gaga Was More Important Than the Oil Spill

(Dec. 10) -- Search no further. The Google Zeitgeist, an annual aggregation of search queries, was released this week, charting the many terms and topics that Web users explored during the past year, from "swine flu" to "Chatroulette." The report also offers a time-lapse map measuring searches for terms related to major...

Brandon Spikes Loses Reebok Deal Over Chatroulette Sex Tape

(Sept. 2) -- College is a time for intellectual stimulation, personal development and actions that you might later regret. Unfortunately for New England Patriots second-round draft pick Brandon Spikes, one of those regrettable acts involved Chatroulette and a scantily clad woman, and may now cost him upwards of...

Brandon Spikes Video From Chatroulette Leads to NFL Investigation

And now for something completely different. The NFL is investigating the explicit video of Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes that was leaked onto the Internet, apparently to determine whether Spikes violated the league's personal conduct policy. "We are looking into it," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told the Boston...

Chatroulette 2: The Death of Chatroulette?

(Aug. 30) -- Chatroulette is back, and still raunchy. The random webcam-based video chat service operated and designed by Russian teenager Andrey Ternovskiy shut down for maintenance last week, promising to return with a second edition within a few hours. While many users and tech critics hoped that the Chatroulette...

Chatroulette Will Be Retooled, Relaunched, but Probably Still Creepy

(Aug. 23) -- Today could mark the end of risque behavior on Chatroulette -- but probably not. Designed and operated by Russian teenager Andrey Ternovskiy, the bare-bones, freewheeling website that allows Webcam-enabled users to video-chat with random strangers from around the world is now closed down. But it will be...

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Chatroulette Parts With Private Parts, Looking For A New Look

The site that allows complete strangers to jump from one awkward random video chat to the next was all the rage among the Web's tastemakers in the first half of last year, but it seems like everyone's now pretty much moved on.

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Q&A With Geoff Cook: How We Solved The Chatroulette Porn Problem

At the end of last year, social networking site myYearbook shifted its focus more towards games and introduced a live video chat feature which could have completely backfired.