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Bebo Blamed for 13 Year Old’s Suicide

June 14th, 2008 | 5 Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tech News

Bebo, AOL’s most recent acquisition in the social networking space, has been laid to blame for a suicide of Sam Leeson, a 13 year old student from Tredworth, Gloucestershire (UK).  Yet again, this is another instance of people not taking responsibility and laying blame into a social network provider. More »

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MySpace Suicide (Megan Meier); Interesting Legal Challenges

May 16th, 2008 | 3 Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky

The 49 year old woman, Lori Drew, who engaged in destructive discussions with 13 year old Megan Meier; will be charged under federal law for her acts that lead to the suicide of Megan. However, this incident does pose some interesting legal challenges. More »

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Top 11 Botnets Could Send 9 Billion E-Mail Spams

April 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Safety, Tips

PCW is running an interesting article about the several botnets out there, which control more than a million machines; which could result in more than nine billion pieces of spam to be slung into our Inboxes. Botnets More »

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Follow-Up: Craigslist Raid of Oregon Resident Was a Burglarly

April 1st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Safety, Social Networking, Tech News

Last week, you might have heard of an Oregon man who’s house was raided by means of a Craigslist posting. Well, it was in fact a poorly-staged burglary as two people were arrested after an investigation on the matter. More »

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