Archive for February, 2009

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Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexual Texting

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A high school teacher in Murfreesboro has been added to the state sex offender registry after pleading guilty to sending sexual messages to two female students.

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Investigators Interview Slain Teen’s Girlfriend

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Detectives from the Wake County Sheriff's Office have interviewed the girlfriend of a teen found dead late last year in a vacant home owned by the parents of one of the suspects in his death.

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Flirtomatic Deploys Social Links

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Online and mobile social networking and flirting service Flirtomatic has deployed Xtract's - Social Links' social intelligence service to deliver improved customer insight for.

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Facebook took ads for get-rich-quick scam

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A picture taken from one of the get rich quick websites of a a man purporting to be "Tom Steinbach" with his Ferrari and, inset, some examples of the Facebook ads.

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Young Canadians engaged in risky online behaviour

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

In online surveys with 1,065 children in the target age group across Canada, Youthography says it found one in four males used search engines to find adult sexual material, while more than 20 per cent visit ...

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Doctor: Social Networking Can Be Harmful To Kids

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Newspaper headlines in Britain the past week have questioned whether Internet social networking sites might be health hazards -- one even claiming Facebook could raise your risk of cancer.

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Bell Canada and Twitter bring full SMS service to Canada

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

The following is a press release from Bell saying they now have Twitter functionality on their network.

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Lima dispels pregnancy rumors

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

'Come on down!' Contestants guess retail values for prizes on TV's longest-running game show.

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Will Facebook ‘infantilize’ the human mind?

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Social network sites risk infantilizing the 21st century mind , leaving it characterized by short attention spans, sensationalism, inability to empathize and a shaky sense of identity, according to a leading ...

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Where’s the best beach in New Jerse

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Youngsters run through the water of the Atlantic Ocean in Wildwood, which was voted New Jersey's best beach last year.

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Andreessen Launches VC Fund To Focus On Small Bets; Weighs In On Facebook

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Netscape founder and angel investor Marc Andreessen is partnering with long-time co-investor and Opsware executive Ben Horowitz to launch a fund to focus on venture investments of about $500,000. Andreessen and ...

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The 10 most influential D.C. Twitterers

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

When you talk about Twitter, you might as well be talking about the Snuggie: People around you swear that it's actually useful, but you can't help thinking it silly and declaring, "I just don't get what all the ...

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AOL’s social strategy: Merge Bebo, AIM, all else

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

AOL has been fairly criticized for its purchase of Bebo in 2008 for $850 million.

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NJ lawmakers considering Internet safety bills

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

New Jersey lawmakers this week plan to consider a series of measures aimed at protecting children and teenagers from Web-trolling predators.

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Social websites harm children’s brains: Chilling warning to parents from top neuroscientist

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned.