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Shortly after authorities identified their suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting Wednesday, the world began searching for traces of James W. von Brunn online. Those who Googled immediately were able to find him: a personal Web site claiming Jewish "conspiracies," diatribes posted on message boards. But those who started their hunt just a few hours later would have found only empty holes -- information that was scrubbed away as Web sites figured out how to address the fact that they had once hosted the words of an accused murderer.

Gwyneth Paltrow's legs got a lot of attention on the "Tonight Show" last evening not as much for their impressive Pilates tone but for their curious ... sheen. "What Was That Goop All Over Gwyneth Paltrow's Legs on 'The Tonight Show'?" Gawker asked shortly after it aired. Twitter users and other bloggers were also abuzz about the greasy gams, making puns about "Goop"-- the name of her oft-maligned lifestyle site.

When Sean Dolan saw signs being carried by homeless people, he saw an opportunity.

US President Barack Obama answers questions submitted to the White House website by members of the public. More than 100,000 questions, on subjects ranging from the economy to the legalisation of marijuana, were sent in for consideration.

To back his upcoming interview antics in “Bruno”, Sacha Baron Cohen created 30 or more fake companies, complete with detailed artificial websites, several of which have just vanished from the internet.

The international website for Terminator: Salvation has a bunch of new images, wallpapers, and buddy icons for you to check out. They even have an online multiplayer game (online gaming is so huge overseas) and a game called Resistance 2018 that will be coming soon. You can also register for the Terminator Fan Immersion Game and enter for a chance to win a Terminator t-shirt.

The Italian city of Venice launches a website to help it deal with the 15m tourist who visit every year.

Watchmen director Zack Snyder has debuted a new photo from the graphic novel adaptation at Entertainment Weekly and has launched CruelFilms.com , a site for his production company Cruel and Unusual Films.