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Computerworld - Fri Nov 6, 2:40 pm ET
Computerworld - Despite a widespread belief that social networks like Facebook and Myspace are isolating people from other humans, a new study found that the social networks more likely are helping to expand social circles.
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Sheboygan Press - Wed Nov 4, 5:06 am ET
A Sheboygan couple was arrested after beating up their 14-year-old daughter for setting up a MySpace page, according to a criminal complaint issued Tuesday.
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Albuquerque Journal - Fri Nov 6, 6:02 pm ET
The 19-year-old man met with the girl after texting her on his cell phone via the social networking site MySpace A 19-year-old Las Cruces man is being held in the Dona Ana County Detention Center in lieu of a cash-only bond of $50,000 after being arrested for allegedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. Zachery R. Robertson is charged with two first-degree ...
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Slashdot - Thu Nov 5, 11:37 am ET
jamie writes with news of a Facebook app developer who found a significant security hole while he was trying to get around function limitations for his application. Quoting: "Luckily — just with browser AJAX requests — a flash application hosted on domain X is unable to open a file on domain Y. If this would be possible, domain X [would be] able to access content on domain Y, and when the user ...
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Coming Soon - Fri Nov 6, 1:40 pm ET
Lionsgate has brought online the official website for the Matthew Vaughn-directed comic book adaptation Kick-Ass at IAmKick-Ass.com . The site features a Flash intro and then gives you a peek at the new character posters combined. There you will also notice that the site is counting down to the trailer debut on MySpace.
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Austinist - Fri Nov 6, 5:45 pm ET
Photo from MySpace Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Friday, November 6 The Independent ( 501 I-35, Austin TX 78702 ) $12, 7pm [ info ] Alex Ebert was the singer of the LA-based outfit Ima Robot with a major label deal and all the stress that goes with it. So, after some very attitude-changing realizations about himself and his state of mind, he started a new band with new sound and a new ...
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Chicagoist - Fri Nov 6, 5:19 pm ET
Original photo via Jay-Z's MySpace. Back in September we lined up with hundreds of Chicagoans outside the House of Blues for a chance to see Jay-Z 's Samsung-hosted elusive free show. And like many of the same people we queued in line with that evening, we went home unable to even make it as far as the venue doors. We thought the announcement of Jay-Z's 2010 Blueprint 3 second leg tour dates ...
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Austinist - Fri Nov 6, 3:30 pm ET
Image via Street Dogs MySpace page. Photo: Bryan Sheffield. Street Dogs hail from Boston's Dorchester neigorborhood, and are damn proud of it. The band features original Dropkick Murphys vocalist Mike McColgan (who left the Murphys for several years work as a fireman before returning to music) and features a mixture of punk and folk stylings in their songs, many of which have a definite ...
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LAist - Fri Nov 6, 3:16 pm ET
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace Our Pick: Múm, Sin Fang Bous, Hildur Gudnadottir @ El Rey Theatre Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview , #2 , Review ) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet . Legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies are poised to ...
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BeatCrave - Fri Nov 6, 2:23 pm ET
Georgia’s Manchester Orchestra is one of the few bands that can pull off extremely melancholic music without it being labeled “emo.” Their latest single, “Shake It Out,” off of their sophomore album Means Everything to Nothing, was released today via MySpace, and from the looks of it the band not only has a thing for [...]
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Mashable - Fri Nov 6, 2:16 pm ET
Last week Google made a big announcement around enhanced search features for music discovery . Now when you search for a song, album, lyrics, or an artist, your search results will include streaming audio previews and purchase options. The features is powered by their partnerships with MySpace and Lala. Today Google is taking their music search to the next level by offering exclusive tracks from ...
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TechCrunch - Tue Nov 3, 8:10 pm ET
The industry is definitely making big changes to self regulate around social gaming offer scams ( complete background here, with updates ). Zynga, the largest social gaming company and the worst offender when it comes to scams, said yesterday that they will take steps to remove scams from games . They were quickly followed by RockYou . Today MySpace is making a big move itself. They are ...
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WHSV Harrisonburg - Tue Nov 3, 4:01 pm ET
Many people use social networking sites to catch up with old friends or to connect with coworkers, but one man from Harrisonburg says what he found on MySpace changed his life forever.
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Gawker - Tue Nov 3, 2:29 pm ET
newVideoPlayer("/myspace_brucesterling_valleywag.flv", 500, 375,""); It's hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling...
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Mashable - Tue Nov 3, 11:16 am ET
The extensive collection of exclusive content and marketing we’ve seen on MySpace for the new Twilight movie – New Moon – seems to be exactly what the company has in mind with its new direction as an online content company. Last month, the site was first to offer up free streaming of the soundtrack to the movie, and today, they’re out with a homepage takeover ad that includes the soundtrack ...