Released: January 25, 2010

Web sites let online lives outlast the dearly departed

Source: Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post (Free Registration)

Heather Pierce lives in Glover Park, but much of her life floats in the cloud.

Her e-mail is stored in that vast digital space, bouncing between Yahoo server farms. Her bank statements reside there, too, along with her mortgage payments, credit card files, movie rental account, library book list, home videos and hundreds of photos - on Shutterfly, Facebook and her blog.

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