The students -- Jennifer Gosdin, 27, Antonio Wilson, 26, Danielle Zayas, 24, and Charna-Marie Dixon, 19 -- will file monthly logs, which will be posted on CNN.com.

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If the user account of "tivo" logs in and requests a file, the plugin intercepts the request.

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These are big bets, but the Internet's unique strength lies in letting users personalize their news, communication and entertainment online, in Web logs and instant messages, file sharing, search queries and personal software.

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It was only when a number of Web logs began linking to the site over the weekend that AOL removed the file.

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