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K. Murali Kumar

Web sites aplenty.

Questions

1. What is the claim to fame of Khairat-Dhangarwada Village school in Raigadh district (Maharashtra)?

2. According to a recent Netcraft report, how many Web sites are there on the Net?

3. The second most most-expensive domain name, after sex.com, was snapped up for $9.5 million last year. What is it?

4. Jeffrey Bewkes is the Chief Executive of…?

5. HBO, in an attempt to generate a following for which of its new show, has decided to stream the first 15 episodes (of the 43) free of cost?

6. Who is the author of ‘Rule The Web’ about “how to do anything and everything on the Internet — better, faster, easier.”?

7. Which Web site broke the news of former US President, Bill Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky 10 years ago?

8. Name Facebook’s ‘controversial’ ads system that collects and publishes activities of its users from external Web sites.

9. What is Kevin Rose’s biggest claim to fame?

10. Name the Forbes editor who uses the pseudonym ‘Fake Steve Jobs’.

Answers

1. It is the first pilot of the One Laptop Per Child initiative in India.

2. 156 million.

3. porn.com

4. Time Warner.

5. ‘In Treatment’.

6. Mark Fraunfelder, the co-founder of ‘Boing Boing’.

7. Drudge Report.

8. Beacon

9. He founded Digg, the social bookmarking site that allows users to vote on their favourite news stories.

10. Dan Lyons.

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