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	<description>Exploring America's i-land of Search &#038; Marketing with Seattle24x7.com and SearchWrite.com</description>
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		<title>CollinsWoerman Launches Green Central: A Northwest Gateway to Green Architecture and Sustainable Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you name seven things the Seattle Central Library has in common with Internet Social Media?
Just ask CollinsWoerman’s sustainable development specialists Steve Moddemeyer, and Lucia Athens who led the city of Seattle’s green building program for 10 years.  Your answer is just one of the insights and features you&#8217;ll find at the new Northwest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/at-large/collinswoerman-launches-green-central-a-northwest-gateway-to-green-architecture-and-sustainable-development/</link>
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		<title>Seattle Bandwidth Speeds Slowing on Global Internet Highway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are we happy being No. 16?

That was Washington&#8217;s ranking among U.S. states (and territories) in a report cited by the Seattle PI based on a study by the Communication Workers of America. The CWA Web site speedmatters.org measures users&#8217; Internet speeds. Washington has the 16th-fastest average Internet speed in the nation.
Would you be surprised to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/at-large/seattle-bandwidth-speeds-slowing-on-global-internet-highway/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft, Yahoo Change Search Landscape!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few choice words may say it best.
Not &#8220;B-I-N-G&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;Because It&#8217;s Not Google&#8221;  &#8212; but rather&#8230;
&#8220;And then there were two!&#8221;
&#8220;Make no mistake, Yahoo&#8217;s out of the search game,&#8221; confided colleague, search pundit and pioneer, Danny Sullivan.  We &#8220;know the spin. Better user interface, new ways to innovate, a winning play. Let&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-yahoo-change-search-landscape/</link>
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		<title>Fire at the Space Needle &#8212; Websites Burned!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While fireworks were cancelled this year in downtown Seattle for the Fourth of July, the Seattle Space Needle towered above a minor inferno late Thursday night that created major headaches at one of Seattle&#8217;s most modern data centers, located directly across the street.
Seattle&#8217;s Fisher Plaza, home to KOMO TV, KOMO Radio, the Internap Data Center, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/at-large/fire-at-the-space-needle-websites-burned/</link>
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		<title>Bing Takes Wing! A Fresh Start for MS Search.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Previewed at the AllThingsD conference just a few short days ago and being christened at the start of this week&#8217;s Search Marketing Expo (SMX Adanced) at the Bell Harbor Conference Center (Jun 2-3) with a keynote presentation by Dr. Qi Lu, the new Microsoft search engine known as Bing debuts this week. The new search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/microsoft/bing-takes-wing-a-fresh-start-for-ms-search/</link>
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		<title>WTIA Fast Pitch Showcase Announces Power Hitters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judges and audience members at last week&#8217;s WTIA Tech Showcase Fast Pitch Forum voted the following three innovators as “Best in Show” of the 23 Seattle-area companies that each had eight minutes to make their case.
AdReady, Inc., a provider of online advertising technology
Swype, Inc., developer of a unique text input solution for mobile touch-screen devices, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/seattle-start-ups/wtia-fast-pitch-showcase-announces-power-hitters/</link>
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		<title>Wa Senate Passes Digital Goods Taxation Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, the Washington state Senate passed ESHB 2075, the digital goods tax bill by a vote of 28-20. What does the bill mean to you?
The bill that requires sellers of digital goods and &#8220;digital automated services&#8221; to collect sales tax on Washington consumers for such items as ringtones, digital music, digital audio and video, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/at-large/wa-senate-passes-digital-goods-taxation-bill/</link>
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		<title>Medical Students to Provide Answers via Seattle&#8217;s Healia Search Engine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medical students and interns/residents from the American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation&#8217;s oldest and largest independent association for more than 67,000 physicians-in-training, are now available to answer online health questions from the public for free on Healia Communities (http://communities.healia.com).
Where once people looked to friends and acquaintances for advice on topics such as where to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/at-large/medical-students-to-provide-answers-via-seattles-healia-search-engine/</link>
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		<title>IE8 and Silverlight 3: A New Wave of Microsurfing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released in 25 languages. You can also grab the download directly from these links: Windows XP 32-bit (16.1 MB), Windows XP 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Server 2003 32-bit (16.0 MB), Windows Server 2003 64-bit (32.3 MB), Windows Vista 32-bit (13.2 MB), Windows Vista 64-bit (24.3 MB), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/microsoft/ie8-and-silverlight-3-a-new-wave-of-microsurfing/</link>
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		<title>Live Search Farecast Spring Break Forecast: 15% Off!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fareologists at Live Search Farecast have issued the 2009 Spring Break Forecast, which uncovers a much-needed break in airfare and hotel rates.
Live Search Farecast, which is known for telling travelers when to buy based on airfare predictions, is currently recommending &#8220;Buy Now&#8221; 29 percent more often than at this time last year for spring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/microsoft/live-search-farecast-spring-break-forecast-15-off/</link>
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