I read an article yesterday, blaming Digg for good stories being ignored. More than anything else, his argument shows that Thomas Kostigen has no clue what he is talking about when it comes to social media. picked by msaleem 3 years ago

Crispin Jones' expression of the impact mobile phones have on society. picked by theamelianator 2 years ago

What's frightening about the spread of this Trojan is not the worm itself - it's really nothing new in terms of malware - but the way its being spread. Over the years people have learned to be suspicious of unknown links and attachments in their emails, so the virus writers turned to hit us where we're more vulnerable: on our social networks. Here, many people still have a feeling of comfort and s... read full post picked by muppet 10 months ago

Hardly surprising that a liberal democrat would want to tax more of your income. Of course reverting social security to something close to its original intent might help, but a plan like that wouldn't buy many votes from the entitlement-minded demographic. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

For years, government officials have urged people to protect their Social Security numbers by giving out the nine-digit codes only when absolutely necessary. Now it turns out that all the caution in the world may not be enough: New research shows that Social Security numbers can be predicted from publicly available birth information with a surprising degree of accuracy. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

As if being a teacher wasn't hard enough. Turns out you could lose your Social Security benefits if you turned to teaching. picked by suebe 6 months ago

"We’ve all heard proposals for “privatizing” the Social Security system. The best private solution, of course, is simply to allow the American people to keep more of their paychecks and invest for retirement as they see fit." picked by gammerus 2 years ago

The findings give weight to the common notion that rejection "hurts" by showing that a gene regulating the body's most potent painkillers — mu-opioids — is involved in socially painful experiences too, said study co-author Naomi Eisenberger, UCLA assistant professor of psychology and director of UCLA's Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. picked by kakana 3 months ago

We often describe our social relationships in temperature metaphors, like “cold shoulder” or “warm memories” or even “she’s hot!” This is no coincidence. An experiment last year from the University of Toronto showed that thinking about an incident where the subject felt socially excluded led them to estimate the room’s temperature to be lower than th... read full post picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have time to look at adult sites.

Gee, I think someone's been looking over our shoulder. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

Claiming they needed to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats being made against them, nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration (SSA) gathered for a lavish three-day conference in Phoenix, AZ last week, costing taxpayers about $700,000. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

In Atlanta, a government site has social security numbers available to the public. They claim they cannot 'by law alter the document'. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Great, great music. Sadly you don't hear this type of music much anymore. This is a clip from the documentary about Buena Vista Social Club. If you don't know anything about them, go and rent it. You won't regret it. picked by 86Apex 2 years ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago

Mozilla wants to integrate social networking features into Firefox, with new add-on The Coop. It could be a good step in gaining more browser market. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Get high PR backlinks by blogging press releases at PRWeb, and using their trackback feature. picked by kjagot 3 years ago

"Ning," among other new social networking sites are begininng to target the less technological generations who still want to connect and share things online. picked by groggie 3 years ago

The latest social networking site offers advice to the 'comfortably round' on dieting. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Mixxter.com, a new hip social networking site, has just launched their new blog and private beta signup publicly. Mixxter targets the MTV generation and, in turn, has turned to a more trendy style approach than its competitors. picked by b40pixel 3 years ago

The new version of Dead.net, the fan site for Dead Heads, which is soon to be released, will be a full blown social network similar to Myspace.

Mershaullk, don't leave us!!! picked by suebe 2 years ago