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Vengeful Ex
Solicits Woman's
Rape on Craigslist

Jan 12, 2010 1:25 PM CST

Vengeful Ex Solicits Woman's Rape on Craigslist

Alleged perp says he thought it was what woman wanted

(Newser) - Craigslist is at the center of another horrifying sexual assault, this time the rape of a Wyoming woman—allegedly solicited by her disgruntled ex-boyfriend. The soon-to-be ex-Marine allegedly posed as his ex-girlfriend and solicited “a real aggressive man with no concern for women” to break into her home and...

Facebook Privacy:
Two Opposing Takes

blogger vs. blogger

Jan 12, 2010 11:08 AM CST

Facebook Privacy: Two Opposing Takes

Maybe 'privacy' is evolving; or this is just about making money

(Newser) - Facebook's decision to make users' private data public is still reverberating, and Michael Arrington wishes the "Luddites" opposed to the development would just be quiet and face up to a modern reality: "Privacy is already really, really dead." Big companies already know the intimate details of our...

Virtual 'Suicide Machine'
Erases Your Online Life

Jan 9, 2010 12:16 PM CST

Virtual 'Suicide Machine' Erases Your Online Life

Facebook isn't happy, fights back

(Newser) - A new site promises to set people free from the chains of social networking, and Facebook is not amused. The site, Web 2.0 Suicide Machine , is designed to permanently remove people's accounts from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn. (See the video for details.) It proudly claims nearly 900...

13 Annoying
Facebook
Habits

AND TWITTER, TOO

Jan 7, 2010 4:27 PM CST

13 Annoying Facebook Habits

Please, please, please don't make a 'fan' page for yourself

(Newser) - Believe it or not, your Facebook friends don’t need to hear about every single yoga class you attend, the details of your child’s potty training, or how you feel about each and every play in a baseball game. Amelia McDonell-Parry lists 13 social networking faux pas, on The...

Escaped Con
Teases Cops
on Facebook

Dec 29, 2009 2:56 PM CST

Escaped Con Teases Cops on Facebook

1,000-plus fans follow 'rude' posts by UK man

(Newser) - A prisoner in the UK who flew the coop in September isn’t keeping a low profile—instead, he’s got one on Facebook. Craig “Lazie” Lynch has been posting photos of himself flipping the bird at police as he sends messages to more than a thousand supporters, the...

Facebook the No. 1
Christmas Website

MAFIA WARS VS. FARMVILLE

Dec 29, 2009 2:00 PM CST

Facebook the No. 1 Christmas Website

Social network crowds out Google and Yahoo for first time

(Newser) - Facebook got a big present this holiday season: It was the No. 1 US website on Christmas and on Christmas Eve. Facebook, which lagged behind Google in second place last year, trounced that site and rival Yahoo—though the search engines generated more traffic throughout the balance of the year....

There's Not More Extremists, Just More Internet

NATE SILVER

Dec 29, 2009 12:34 PM CST

There's Not More Extremists, Just More Internet

The fringes aren't more prevalent, but they are more visible

(Newser) - With all the left- and right-wing "extremism" out there, the media love pushing the narrative that "the country is coming apart at the seams! The center is dying!” But it’s not true, writes Nate Silver. A glance at long-running polls show Americans identify with the fringes...

Divorcing? Blame Facebook

Dec 21, 2009 12:23 PM CST

Divorcing? Blame Facebook

Social network mentioned or factors in 20% of UK divorces polled

(Newser) - Facebook is deadly to marriages, or at least British ones: A UK divorce lawyer took a look at divorce petitions his firm processed and found that a whopping 20% mention the social networking site in some capacity. “The most common reason seemed to be people having inappropriate sexual chats,...

Twitter Ekes a
Profit for 2009

Dec 21, 2009 10:30 AM CST

Twitter Ekes a Profit for 2009

$25M search deals with Microsoft, Google push it barely into black

(Newser) - Twitter will be marginally profitable this year thanks to deals with Google and Microsoft that open up the social networking site’s streams to those companies’ search engines. The agreement with Google is worth about $15 million, while the Microsoft partnership should net Twitter around $10 million. The short message...

Teens Turn Back on Facebook

Dec 21, 2009 4:34 AM CST

Teens Turn Back on Facebook

Taking time out from social network obsession

(Newser) - While older people stress about new privacy settings, some teens are calling timeout on Facebook, choosing to concentrate on college applications, finals, and real life, reports the New York Times. One girl made a pact with her best friend to stay off, noting: “We spent way too much time...

Some Facebook Privacy Settings Are Lost for Good

Dec 17, 2009 10:46 AM CST

Some Facebook Privacy Settings Are Lost for Good

The new controls are causing lots of embarrassment for people

(Newser) - In its quest to "simplify and enhance the privacy experience" on Facebook, the company appears to have stripped away key features forever, writes Ryan Tate writes on Gawker . Now, you can't:

Hide group/page memberships: Thanks, FB, says one user who must decide whether to defriend grandma or let her

...

Aides Blame Facebook
for Berlusconi Attack

Dec 16, 2009 5:20 AM CST

Aides Blame Facebook for Berlusconi Attack

Italy plans crackdown on social networking sites

(Newser) - The attack on Silvio Berlusconi will likely deal a blow to freedom of speech in Italy. Members of his government have publicly blamed social networking sites—where anti-Berlusconi pages have proliferated—for the assault. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has announced plans for a crackdown, saying that the Internet could spawn...

China Bans
Personal Web Sites

Dec 16, 2009 1:17 AM CST

China Bans Personal Web Sites

Only businesses may launch sites

(Newser) - China has banned individuals from registering personal domain names as part of its toughest crackdown yet on the Internet. Anyone seeking to register web sites must now supply a business license under the new regulations. Millions of existing web sites in China are being checked and will be taken offline...

How to Restore Your
Privacy on Facebook

Dec 15, 2009 5:25 PM CST

How to Restore Your Privacy on Facebook

The new settings are a pain to reverse, but a little work gets it done

(Newser) - Maybe the worst thing about Facebook's new privacy settings is how hard they are to reverse, writes Ryan Tate. Even Mark Zuckerberg himself seems to be having a little trouble with it. Fear not, Tate provides instructions at Gawker on how to hide your photos—those posted by you as...

Berlusconi: Love Triumphs Over Hate

Dec 15, 2009 3:49 PM CST

Berlusconi: Love Triumphs Over Hate

PM thanks supporters; government will go after enemy websites

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi thanked his supporters from a Milan hospital today, encouraging them to remain calm in his first statement since the attack that broke his nose and two teeth. "Sincere thanks to the very many who have sent me messages of solidarity and affection," the Italian PM's statement...

Status-Stealing Spammers
Lurk on Twitter, Facebook

Dec 14, 2009 8:25 AM CST

Status-Stealing Spammers Lurk on Twitter, Facebook

Hijacked accounts leave sting of shame

(Newser) - These days a computer virus can hijack not just your hard drive but also your online identity. Twitter and Facebook users are often mortified to learn that viruses have stormed their accounts, sending out messages to all their friends and followers. And all the more embarrassing when co-workers and loved...

The Secret of
Facebook's
Hidden Code

GEEKS DEPT

Dec 11, 2009 11:17 AM CST

The Secret of Facebook's Hidden Code

'Konami code' also yields wonders on other sites around the web

(Newser) - For those who remember first-generation Nintendo cheats, the Internet has many surprises in store. Case in point: If you enter the “Konami code” that made, say, Contra remotely beatable—at least for this writer—on Facebook, photographic lens flares will accompany every click of the mouse. To try it,...

Cheaters, Beware Your E-Trail

Dec 9, 2009 9:27 AM CST

Cheaters, Beware Your E-Trail

How could Tiger Woods be stupid enough to text his alleged mistresses?

(Newser) - If Tiger Woods really did send flirty text messages to Jaimee Grubbs as she claims, then he’s a moron. Did he miss the John Ensign scandal? Or the Kwame Kilpatrick one? Or heck, Puck’s sexting incident on Glee? Digital missives brought down all three. Of course, it’s...

Dell's Tweets Bring
$6.5M in Sales

twitter land

Dec 8, 2009 5:58 PM CST

Dell's Tweets Bring $6.5M in Sales

Company now has 1.5M followers on Twitter

(Newser) - Twitter has proved to be a bit of a gold mine for Dell—the computer maker said promotions over the social-networking site directly resulted in more than $6.5 million in sales this year. The number of subscribers to Dell's Tweets has risen 23% over the last three months, to...

With New Site,
Fishing Meets Facebook

WEB REVIEW

Dec 7, 2009 10:00 PM CST

With New Site, Fishing Meets Facebook

GoFISHn.com aims to hook slice of $45B pie

(Newser) - With one eye on some of the $45 billion recreational fishing market and the other on the hundreds of millions of users Facebook has attract, GoFISHn.com is the latest site angling for anglers. “Nobody has done a good job in enthusiast sites,” founder Ned Desmond, looking to...