About a year ago, jBilling also started an online chat room that functions as an office water cooler.

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On 24 June 2011, Newsnight spoke to Topiary in an online chat room.

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Investigators say Keys turned over the information in an online chat room frequented by hackers and members of Anonymous.

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"This will be epic, " said anonsacco on Jan. 14, 2012, in a private online chat room, according to a transcript in one of the charging documents.

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Cecilia Barnes had filed a lawsuit in 2005 in Portland claiming her ex-boyfriend not only posted nude photos taken of her without her knowledge or consent, he also created a fraudulent profile with personal information and posed as her in an online chat room to solicit sex.

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It announced several new Xbox Live functions, including an online voice-based chat room and a feature that can alert and invite other players to join in online contests.

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Ask online experts, or visit a specialized chat room.

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These include Miki Tanikawa's revealing online discussions with Japanese kids in an Internet chat room, where they poured out their fears and hopes with a frankness not possible in a face-to-face conversation.

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Instead of getting together to watch a movie, some people huddle around the living-room game console, or strap on a headset and chat online with friends across town or across the country over some gunfire.

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They also set up a chat room so that people could make observations about them and talk to them online.

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