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We found ourselves scratching our heads late on Sunday, after my boyfriend saw an ad for Google's new broadband service, "TiSP," a fully-functional in-home wireless access service that connects each user to fiber-optic cables strung through municipal sewage lines. That's right, folks. To get all that crap we pull off the Internet at broadband speed, you just buy this little gadget and, well, you flush it down the 'ol crapper. We're wondering first of all, how would they get the wireless system through the whole sewage line?

To follow the latest on the outbreak of swine flu nationally and internationally, check our homepage and under the pulldown menu of news, go to the far right and click on "swine flu. " A worldwide Google map tracks the latest outbreaks. The page is linked to local stories and updates from the Centers for Disease Control and CNN Health.

Dear Editor, Bravo for Gil Russell's letter of April 24. We need more patriots to express their views while we still can. We the people need to raise hell until Congress gets out of committee "The Barrett Report. " The Dems worked hard to cover their tracks. That is why it cost $22 million and took 10 years. Go on Google and read what Tony Snow and others said about it. If it had been released, that bunch of crooks would not be there. Lucille ChaneyCitrus Springs, Fla.

The battle for your social networking attention is now in full force. All the major players are gearing up to get their fair share of regular users. The first contender is social networking pioneer MySpace. MySpace was recently purchased for $35 million by Specific Media after the site suffered a period of membership decline. Pop star Justin Timberlake will play a significant role in the resurrection of MySpace. In fact, he has even taken a stake in the company. Specific Media plans to hold a press conference detailing future plans for MySpace and Timberlake’s involvement later this summer.

This week, we take a peek into the mailbag. A reader wrote in asking about how to get content removed from a search engine.  A.G. writes: “Information, at the request of an individual, has been removed from a website I am associated with. However, when the information is searched for on Google - it shows up. How can it be removed completely from the Internet? It is of some urgency - family-type info.” My initial response: Anytime anything is posted online, search engines such as Google have copies, as do many other sites.

"Your Voice" is a blog on amnews.com where Roger Trent, director of the Boyle County Health Department, will answer questions and post the latest developments as officials monitor the spread of swine flu in Kentucky and around the globe. "Your Voice"on amnews.com also provides general precautions to guard against the H1N1 flu and related information. The blog, which allows readers to post comments, can be found in the pulldown menu under Blogs on the homepage. Also on amnews.

HARRODSBURG - If you do a Google search for Walter Allen Shewmaker, the first item on the list shows he won the prestigious Sullivan Award from the University of Kentucky in 1985 for "such characteristics of heart, mind, and conduct as evince a spirit of love for and helpfulness to other men and women. " The second Google entry comes from the July 16 Lexington Herald-Leader showing that Shewmaker filed for bankruptcy. Shewmaker, 44, a former guidance counselor and athletic director at Mercer County High School, likely will soon have another unflattering mention on the Web after being indicted by a Mercer County grand jury last week on two felony and two misdemeanor counts of stealing money from the high school.

Better Business Bureau is releasing its list of the top 10 scams and rip-offs of 2009. Many scams sought to take advantage of people who were suffering under tough economic circumstances ? like the unemployed. "While some scams on the list were perennial problems," says Reanna Smith-Hamblin, vice president, communications, of the BBB, "others were distinct in 2009 due to the economic climate and scammers taking advantage of the top headlines in news. " For example, in places hit by the housing crisis, bogus offers for foreclosure rescue were overwhelming.

As you know, our son Dan was with us for a great three-day visit. He has lived and worked in China for the past seven years so, and aside from just loving being with him, his stories about living in China are very interesting to us. The differences between living in a poor, terribly cramped, communist country and the spaciousness and materialistic values of the U.S. are huge and, to tell you the truth, I think it is good to be reminded sometimes of...

Your boss just assigned you to go on a business trip. You just found out you got a job transfer. You're a business owner interested in expanding to a different area. Or maybe, you and your spouse just celebrated the birth of your first child, and you're looking to relocate to a more family-friendly area. Where's the first place you turn to research these new possible destinations? It's 2012. Probably the Internet, or more specifically, Google. The Internet has completely changed the way people do business.

Google has announced the launch of a new Chromebook. The new Samsung Chromebook will run on Chrome OS.  Features of the Samsung Chromebook will include a clamshell-styled body, 2GB RAM, a Samsung Exynos 5 1.7GHz dual-core processor, an 11.6-inch display, dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 compatibility, a VGA Camera, a 3- in-1 media card reader for SD/SDHC/SDXC cards, an HDMI port, a USB 3.0 port, a USB 2.0 port, speakers and a mic....

As the world tuned in to Thursday's debate unfolding in Danville, teams at Twitter and Google were busy determining what those watching wanted to say or know regarding the candidates.  Twitter's Government and Politics team tracks the numbers of people tweeting “#debates” and related terms during the vice presidential debate and uses that to generate an idea of what people are saying. During the 92-minute event, there were more than 3.5 million tweets that referenced the debate, the candidates or other related terms.

Google is making changes to its services. As of Monday, Google Docs will end support for exporting older Office 97-2003 formats such as .doc, .xls, .ppt. Support for exporting newer formats from Office 2010 and up will be enabled.  According to Google, “The ability to import Office files of any format to Google Docs is still supported and will remain unchanged.”  Read more at http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.ca/2012/09/scheduled-release-track-features-update_26.html. In addition, Google will be ending support for Mac OS X 10.5 after the release of Chrome 21. These users will no longer receive “new features, security fixes or stability updates” for the browser, according to a Google post.

This week, we take a peek into the mailbag. A reader wrote in asking about how to get content removed from a search engine.  A.G. writes: “Information, at the request of an individual, has been removed from a website I am associated with. However, when the information is searched for on Google - it shows up. How can it be removed completely from the Internet? It is of some urgency - family-type info.” My initial response: Anytime anything is posted online, search engines such as Google have copies, as do many other sites.

Your boss just assigned you to go on a business trip. You just found out you got a job transfer. You're a business owner interested in expanding to a different area. Or maybe, you and your spouse just celebrated the birth of your first child, and you're looking to relocate to a more family-friendly area. Where's the first place you turn to research these new possible destinations? It's 2012. Probably the Internet, or more specifically, Google. The Internet has completely changed the way people do business.

This week, I want to share with you a few handy Google search commands and shortcuts. Hopefully, they will enhance your future Google searches. Simply type in the commands in the Google search window and then hit enter to see the results.n Getting a weather forecast is an easy task on Google search. Simply type weather followed by the zip code or city and state (i.e. weather Danville, KY).n Searching residential phonebooks for a person can be a cinch. Simply type rphonebook: person's name and state (i.e.

The battle for your social networking attention is now in full force. All the major players are gearing up to get their fair share of regular users. The first contender is social networking pioneer MySpace. MySpace was recently purchased for $35 million by Specific Media after the site suffered a period of membership decline. Pop star Justin Timberlake will play a significant role in the resurrection of MySpace. In fact, he has even taken a stake in the company. Specific Media plans to hold a press conference detailing future plans for MySpace and Timberlake’s involvement later this summer.

Google has launched a new search option, Voice Search. Using Google Voice Search will enable Internet users to perform voice-activated Google Web searches without typing. All that is needed to perform a Google Voice Search is the Google Chrome Web browser and a microphone attached or built in to the computer. After downloading and installing Google Chrome, simply launch Google Chrome, go to the google.com Web site and then click on the mic on the right side of the search bar. Finally, start talking to begin a Google Voice Search.

Better Business Bureau is releasing its list of the top 10 scams and rip-offs of 2009. Many scams sought to take advantage of people who were suffering under tough economic circumstances ? like the unemployed. "While some scams on the list were perennial problems," says Reanna Smith-Hamblin, vice president, communications, of the BBB, "others were distinct in 2009 due to the economic climate and scammers taking advantage of the top headlines in news. " For example, in places hit by the housing crisis, bogus offers for foreclosure rescue were overwhelming.

Google is best known for its popular search engine. However, this company offers many, many other great services such as Google Maps, Google Earth and Gmail. Point your browser to http://www.google.com/intl/en/options for a long list of the many Google services currently offered. Most recently, Google added its own operating systems to its long list of offerings. Last week, Google announced plans to release a second operating system. All computer users, no matter which platform they run - Windows, Linux or Mac - will eventually benefit from Google's latest efforts.