It made it possible to look at the activity of other Web surfers on a shared Internet connection if they were on an unsecured site, which Facebook among other sites like Twitter are.

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In the Lane Labs case, the seller had to put specific terms on its site in order to trigger the connection between the product information and specific search terms.

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Immediately I discovered one thing: On a dial-up 28.8 connection, GM's site is slow.

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Despite its tenuous connection to fitness, the model page is supposedly one of most popular features on the site.

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Time on the site: Whenever I visit LinkedIn, I spend a 2 minutes updating my resume, or accepting a connection. 2 MINUTES!!!

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Blum starts his journey at UCLA to see the site, the professor, and the hardware that comprise the very first network connection that took place on Labor Day weekend in 1969 .

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