Myspace

Terrorist Watch List is Like MySpace; It's There, But No One Checks it Anymore

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.28.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

In a stunning admission on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano compared the nation's terrorist watch list to the once-popular social networking site, MySpace.

5 Best Social Media Books

Computer World | Todd R. Weiss | Posted 12.28.2009 | Books


Computerworld - When the Internet arrived for mass public consumption in the mid-'90s, a whole new world of advertising to and communicating with cus...

Google's Real-time Search Surfaces Tweets, Blogs and Soon Facebook Updates

Andy Plesser | Posted 12.23.2009 | Technology


Andy Plesser

Google is now pulling content for real-time search from Twitter, FriendFeed, Jaiku and Identi.ca and will be adding Facebook and MySpace updates in the coming weeks.

Government Sued Over Social Media Surveillance Tactics

ReadWriteWeb | Sarah Perez | Posted 12.03.2009 | Technology


Consumer watchdog group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has initiated a lawsuit against multiple U.S. government agencies for failure to disclose...

e-STOP Kicks Over 3,500 Sex Offenders From Facebook, MySpace

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — New laws passed in 25 states are making it easier for social networking giants Facebook and MySpace to purge their membership lists o...

Microsoft, News Corp Have Talked About De-Indexing From Google

Financial Times | Matthe Garrahan, Richard Waters, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media


Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google...

Messages To Fallen Soldiers: Myspace Memorials (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Mathew Palevsky/Mallika Rao | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Thousands of American men and women have lost their lives in the Global War on Terror since it began in 2001. For the loved ones left behind, the MyS...

Bid To Block Pedophiles From Facebook Fails

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.08.2009 | Technology


Government plans to block paedophiles from using social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace have been shelved because of fears that such a m...

News Corp: MySpace Risks $900 Million Google Deal

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


The takeaway: The site [MySpace] is losing traffic and money and no longer expects to get all of the $900 million it once counted on from a Google sea...

Islamist Terrorists Take Page From US Hate Groups' Internet PlayBook

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 11.03.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Islamist terrorist arrests across this country since last January run the gamut. White and black, young and middle-aged, single and married, homegrown and foreign born, and legal and illegal immigrants.

Persky on Technology

Bruce Kluger | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Bruce Kluger

Permit me to share a wonderful piece by legendary writer-producer-director Bill Persky on modern technology. It appears in the today's edition of USA Today.

Teens Sue School Over Punishment For Racy MySpace Pics

AP | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology


INDIANAPOLIS — Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace du...

The Evolution of Technology

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology


Dr. Jim Taylor

Have you ever thought about how far we've come in our ability to connect with others and how far we'll go? I've been thinking a lot about connectivity recently and have always found that looking back to where we came from can help us better understand where we are today and, more importantly, where we may be going in the future.

Google Music Search Launches (VIDEO)

googleblog.blogspot.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology


Google has announced in a blog post that Google Music Search is officially "rolling out." This new feature will allow users to hear song previews and ...

Michael Jackson Online -- A Singular Attraction

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

Pre-Internet, before we could follow celebrities on Google, Twitter, MySpace and Wikipedia, Michael Jackson was an unparalleled global star on the world stage, touching fans across borders, time zones and languages.

Facebook And MySpace Enter Content-Sharing Talks

Telegraph | Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media Correspondent | Posted 10.27.2009 | Technology


Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, told The Telegraph: "Facebook is focussing on building the best technology which helps people sha...

Is Facebook a Fad?

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business


Henry Blodget

In the history of the Internet, there have been an alarming number of sites that caught people's attention for a while, but then eventually lost their allure. Is Facebook one of them?

NPR Gets in News Staff's Facebook

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Bill Lichtenstein

One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"

The End of the Affair in Hollywood

Candy Spelling | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


Candy Spelling

Big stars are going public on Facebook and Twitter with complaints about other stars. Guys, that's a real no-no. That's why you have publicists and agents and managers and all those other handlers.

MySpace Wants its Cool Back

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology


Piers Fawkes

In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to connect with their friends over entertainment content.

Murdoch's MySpace Is Probably Pretty Much Worthless

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media


Henry Blodget

How much is a deeply troubled, money-losing social network that has long-since surrendered its buzz and momentum to Facebook worth? Not much.

Email's End?

Rob Kall | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media


Rob Kall

Crossposted from OpEdNews.com Every change in communications medium causes big changes in culture, since cuneiform, then writing were introduced. Em...

Cyber Laws Obsolete, Vague: New Technology "Scares Legislators"

wsj.com | Posted 11.28.2009 | Technology


Mr. Silverglate, who will testify against the bill later this week, tells me he figures that "being emotionally distressed is just part of living in a...

MySpace Links With Twitter, Syncs Status Updates On Twitter Feeds

readwriteweb.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


MySpace just announced that its users will now be able to sync their status updates with their Twitter feeds. MySpace users will be able to send their...

Richard McCroskey Arrested: Murder Suspect Posted Songs About "Thrill Of Killing" On MySpace

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home


RICHMOND, Va. — A California rapper whose lyrics spoke about the thrill of murder and mutilation has been charged with killing a Virginia pastor...