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Michael Jackson's passing has widespread effect on the Internet

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:40AM | 0 comments

News of Michael Jackson's death erupted online yesterday, flooding Twitter's trending topics with nine out of ten trends having to do with Michael Jackson, making Google think that a malware attack was being spread online, and taking several sites, like TMZ.com who broke the news, offline.

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external link Michael Jackson's reported demise roils… [CNET News.com]
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external link Michael Jackson is a test. He is only a test… [Industry Standard News and Predictions]
external link Michael Jackson… [blackweb20.com]
external link Michael Jackson Dies: Twitter Tributes Now… [Mashable!]
external link Michael Jackson Facebook Page Surges On News… [All Facebook]
external link NEWS: Web collapses under Michael Jackson… [Pocket-lint.co.uk]

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