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12 December 2010 Last updated at 17:54 ET

Amazon hit by web service failureAmazon screen shot showing error message at about 2130 GMT on Sunday

The European websites of the online retailer Amazon go temporarily offline, amid ongoing threats against major sites by pro-Wikileak activists.


Twitter logoTwitter 'popular for minorities'

African-American and Latino adults in the US who use the internet are twice as likely as whites to use the website Twitter, a survey suggests.

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