'Crowdsourcing' offers quick buck...

With the economy reeling and California's unemployment rate moving toward 12 percent, many people are looking at all options for earning an extra buck or two. Amazon Mechanical Turk -- an online site based on the evolving concept of "crowdsourcing" -- is emerging as a way Web site visitors can make a few dollars, without the hassle of launching a formal search for a job or freelance work. "I'm saving up for some Christmas presents for my wife," said Rob Allshouse of Sacramento, a casual user of the Web site run by Amazon Web Services, the online retailer's foray into computer technology.
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