"A 17-gigabyte file purporting to contain more than half a million images lifted from private MySpace profiles has shown up on BitTorrent, potentially making it the biggest privacy breach yet on the top social networking site."

Oops! picked by tvirus 2 years ago

Police are to use unprecedented powers to force an entire town to stop selling alcohol and halt a beach party organised on Facebook.

The event has been advertised on the social networking site as 'the biggest ever beach party', with organisers using the catchline: 'Lots of people, lots of alcohol...f***in' rave.' picked by doodlechild 1 year ago

Controversial social satire "American Psycho" is headed for Broadway, eight years after the novel became a movie starring Christian Bale, the companies adapting the book to the stage said on Tuesday. Imagine what the musical numbers will be like??? picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

Body piercing has increased in popularity and social acceptance, long healing time, infections and scarring can plague those who pierce.
What have you pierced? picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

A three year old girl was found by social workers in Russia, being cared for in her family home by her pet dogs. The girl’s mother, an alcoholic, had neglected the girl, leaving her to fend for herself. Luckily her dogs adopted her into their ‘pack’. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Oh my! News so fake you'll swear it came from the mainstream media. Conservative bend, very funny. picked by suebe 12 months ago

Microsofts new Present Mouse 8000 is pretty need for those who present powerpoint slides often. Rather than having to carry many accesories with your notebook you can now have them all-in-one! picked by mgalpert 3 years ago

China has found microscopic worms in wooden packaging from the United States and uncovered substandard U.S. vitamin pills and fish oil for children, Chinese media said on Friday in the latest volley of cross-border accusations. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

"Every time you start a conversation using IM, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. Choose the one that best addresses the issues you feel most passionate about." picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Newly homeless youth are likelier to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in non-family settings — such as friends' homes, abandoned buildings or the streets — because they lack supervision and social support, a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found. picked by muppet 2 years ago

This is from runawaybox, I found them on Break.com. I can relate to this from working in a call center for years. Anyone that spends 40 hours a week trapped in a cubicle will understand the Social Politics that happens here. picked by emarco1983 11 months ago

"The Chinese military has added mobile showers to its ever more sophisticated arsenal, state media reported on Wednesday."
Clean and sophisticated soldiers, must be almost a pleasure to be invaded by China! picked by rambler 2 years ago

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright went to Washington on Monday not to praise Barack Obama, but to bury him.
Smiling, cracking corny jokes, mugging it up for the big-time news media — this reverend is never going away. He’s found himself a national platform, and he’s loving it. picked by DerAlt 2 years ago

Employees at Classmates.com—an online service that enables users to find and communicate with people from their past for a monthly fee—have done everything in their power to keep the company's CEO from finding out about the wildly popular social networking site Facebook. picked by theclansman 7 months ago

"This is the most trusted social custom in the area and the villagers have vowed to continue this practice until it rains very heavily." picked by kakana 4 months ago

What would NSIDC and our media make of a photo like this if released by the NAVY today? Would we see headlines like “NORTH POLE NOW OPEN WATER”? Or maybe “Global warming melts North Pole”? Perhaps we would. Sensationalism is all the rage these days. If it melts it makes headlines. picked by bingo 6 months ago

One out of four elderly shoplifters in the capital blamed their crime on loneliness, Japanese media quoted a police survey as saying. Another 8 percent said it was because they had "no reason to live." picked by kakana 3 months ago

Four city of Dallas employees used the Social Security numbers of dead people to get jobs with the city, according to an audit released by the city of Dallas. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

By collecting Elephant dung (adults produce approximately 1 tonne per week) and turning it into pulp and paper, Ellie is providing the raw materials for a small business which creates local employment which in turn trains villagers with new skills, educates and supports villagers and aids improvement with social and cultural relations. Post inspired by Sheep Poo paper picked by suebe 12 months ago

Creator of one of the most famous and controversial political television ads, the LBJ "Daisy" ad in 1964, and media guru has passed at 84.

Link to ad video in article. picked by suebe 1 year ago