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• Technology plays greater role in relationships

  With the Internet and texting, you may think your sweetie is even sweeter

• US adults love video-sharing sites: research

  Video sharing: not just for kids anymore.

• Study: Internet heavily used for seeking health info

  Among U.S. 'Net users, 80 percent look for information about diseases, treatments, doctors, insurance and other health topics

• Analysis: Will videoconferencing replace the telephone?

  2010 has been a big year for video calling, with the introduction of Apple's FaceTime for the iPhone and Cisco's UMI TelePresence for home HDTVs

• Cloud computing will surpass the Internet in importance

  And young adults are unlikely to stop sharing personal information on Facebook since they have a different notion of privacy

• Got more friends? You can thank the Internet

  Pew study shows benefits of being social online far outweigh drawbacks