Archive for May, 2010

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Pakistan lifts Facebook ban

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Pakistan lifted a ban on Facebook on Monday after officials from the social networking site apologized for a page deemed offensive to Muslims and removed its contents, a top information technology official said.

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Movie critics won’t see ‘Killers’ before opening day

Monday, May 31st, 2010

“Killers” with Katherine Heigl,left, and Ashton Kutcher will not be shown to critics before it arrives in theaters on Friday.

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Youths rein in social networking

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

CHICAGO a ‘ What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? It may go against conventional wisdom, but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are fast becoming the gurus of online reputation management, especially when it comes to social networking …

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Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Prophet Drawings

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Bangladesh has become the second South Asian nation after Pakistan to block the popular social networking website Facebook over a page that urged people to draw images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.

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Facebook lawsuit may be stalled

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Facebook lawsuit may be stalled Judge refuses to grant ban; family unsure whether to proceed By MICHAEL MacDONALD The Canadian Press Sat.

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Pakistanis create rival Muslim Facebook

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

IT professionals Omer Zaheer, left, and Arslan Chaudhry browse their newly created networking site in Lahore Pakistanis outraged with Facebook over “blasphemous” caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad have created a spin-off networking site that they dream can connect the world’s 1.6bn Muslims.

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Michael Williams, 28, admitted a string of child sex offences

Friday, May 28th, 2010

A postman has admitted that he groomed hundreds of children for sex over a five-year period, using social networking sites to court his victims.

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Critics banned from Killers preview

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Critics won’t be able to see new film Killers - featuring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher juggling guns and bantering over super-secret identities - before it appears in cinemas.

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Bradford prostitute Suzanne Blamires’s body parts were found in a river

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Body parts found in a river have been confirmed as belonging to missing prostitute Suzanne Blamires.

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Study: Reputation-conscious youth are least likely to trust social networking sites

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? It might go against conventional wisdom, but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are fast becoming the gurus of online reputation management, especially when it comes to social networking sites.

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Pakistan’s Facebook ban drives minister to Twitter

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

After Pakistan banned Facebook in a bid to stop it hosting “blasphemous” pictures of Prophet Mohammad, the country’s interior minister found a new way to get his online fix.

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Hit TV show halted after arrest A hit television series which follows …

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

A hit television series which follows the residents of a housing scheme has been halted after one of them was arrested, the programme makers have said.

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Facebook CEO admits mistakes, promises privacy fixes

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The world’s most popular social networking site will roll out new settings to make it simpler and easier for users to control their personal information, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday.

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Le partya s over: France cracks down on binge drinking

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

French police patrol Paris’s Champ de Mars on Saturday as people gather for the Giant Aperitif event, an outdoor cocktail party organized through Facebook.

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Comedy proposal at Jimmy Carr show in Croydon

Monday, May 24th, 2010

A audience member stole the show at a Jimmy Carr gig when he proposed to his girlfriend through the award winning funny man.