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reporter: good morning, the passing of visionary steve jobs rocked the web this week. the founder of apple who revolutionized the way we communicate, listen to music and consume media lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 56. people flocked to the web to confirm the news and honor steve jobs. word came a day after yahoo! users hunted down details about the release of the new iphone. they were hoping for iphone 5. alas, they were disappointed by an upgraded version of the iphone 4. tech savvy teens and young men ages 25 to 29 were especially curious. they also searched for the new voice recognition feature. the verdict in the amanda knox trial and news coverage leading up to it riveted internet users this week more so than the casey anthony case. searches for knox were up more than 3,200% in the last seven days. and when her defense team argued she was more like jessica rabbit from who framed roger rabbit than a femme fatale, we saw spike in the