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Birth, 2.0: Many Babies Born Online Before Real Life

By Dave ThierOct 7th 2010 – 12:35PM

(Oct. 7) -- In Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher's "The Social Network," a cocaine-addled Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, rattles off a vision of the future that, depending on your point of view, is either dystopia or utopia. "We lived on farms, we lived in cities," he says. "Now we'll live on the Internet." For...

Christine O'Donnell LinkedIn Mystery Deepens With Claims of Identity Theft

By David KnowlesSep 29th 2010 – 6:47PM
Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

(Sept. 29) -- A victim of identity theft? Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell released a statement Wednesday denying that she had started an account at the social networking site LinkedIn, where misleading information about her educational background was posted. "There have been reports that I have released...

Background on online identity

An online identity, internet identity, or internet persona is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites.

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