December 5, 2006

Napster Founder Develops WoW Social Network

Hello. I’ve found the following MySpace.com headlines and news articles for you:

South Asian Women’s Forum, India - 12 minutes ago
… shares have risen 34 percent since the beginning of the year, buoyed by a belief its purchase of popular social network site MySpace will provide a lucrative …Viacom sees digital, international as key to growth

MediaPost Publications, New York - 18 minutes ago
… diamond playing cards and post-it notes. ThePurification.org even had its own MySpace page. Once the napkins and stickers started …Mystery Napkin Leads To Snow Days

ZDNet - 20 minutes ago
A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people’s profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent Web sites, experts have warned. …Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace

Houston Chronicle, United States - 22 minutes ago
… The men used chat rooms and Web sites, including MySpace.com, to arrange meetings with young girls who were actually undercover agents, authorities said. …3 men accused of soliciting teens for sex on Internet

1UP.com, NY - 34 minutes ago
… make his own. The software in question will be known as Rupture and aims to become something akin to the MySpace of MMORPGS. At its …Napster Founder Develops WoW Social Network

Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 39 minutes ago
… Rosenthal added. In a recent entry on his page on MySpace.com, McDonough wrote, "There’s no other place I would rather be. Putting …Roadside bomb blamed in deaths of 2 Minnesota Guard members

LiveDaily.com - 50 minutes ago
… "Let Love In" features the cut "Stay With You," which is streaming at the Goo Goo Dolls’ MySpace page. The site also features the song’s companion music video. …Goo Goo Dolls extend trek into new year

MacFixIt (subscription), OR - 1 hour ago
… The current manifestation of this flaw involves MySpace user profiles. When user A is logged into MySpace and plays a malicious …QuickTime HREF tracks functionality can potentiate phishing …

Parents, ride shotgun on information superhighway (Sun-Sentinel)

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Today I found the following articles about MySpace.com and parenting.

Desert parents are invited to a special meeting tonight. An FBI agent will lead a discussion regarding the MySpace.com website. It’s a popular site for young people, but it’s also magnet for child predators.FBI addressing local parents’ MySpace concerns (KESQ)

In its continuing effort to make the Internet a safe place for children, Verizon announced today that it has awarded a $150,000 grant to support the work of the Crimes against Children Research Center, located at the University of New Hampshire (UNH).Verizon Partners for a Child-Safe Internet (SYS-CON Media)

The social-networking Web site MySpace.com is popular among young adults and teenagers, as well as dangerous predators.10News Uncovers The Dangers Of MySpace (10 News San Diego)

The FBI reports that more than 1 in 5 minors are solicited online by sexual predators. After you see this NBC 15 Special Report, you will no longer say “not my child”.Special Report: On-line sexual predators expose all (NBC 15 Mobile)

In last week’s final installment of A Boy’s Life: Making Choices, columnist Ralph De La Cruz wrote about boys and technology and the challenge that comes in finding a balance between their lives and the digital reality. We posed the following question to our panel of experts, which includes youth advocates, counselors, parents and a teenage boy. Here’s how they responded. How do parents helpParents, ride shotgun on information superhighway (Sun-Sentinel)

Dragon Rouge, an international brand design firm, has created a package design for the new Safekeeper software that conveys a strong sense of Internet safety and security for parents. (PRWeb Dec 4, 2006)Safekeeper — the First Complete Internet Security Software Package for Parents Rolls out Nationally; All-in-one (PR Web)

Goo Goo Dolls extend trek into new year

MySpace.com - still in the news! Check out the below.

South Asian Women’s Forum, India - 12 minutes ago
… shares have risen 34 percent since the beginning of the year, buoyed by a belief its purchase of popular social network site MySpace will provide a lucrative …Viacom sees digital, international as key to growth

MediaPost Publications, New York - 18 minutes ago
… diamond playing cards and post-it notes. ThePurification.org even had its own MySpace page. Once the napkins and stickers started …Mystery Napkin Leads To Snow Days

ZDNet - 20 minutes ago
A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people’s profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent Web sites, experts have warned. …Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace

Reuters India, India - 20 minutes ago
… shares have risen 34 percent since the beginning of the year, buoyed by a belief its purchase of popular social network site MySpace will provide a lucrative …Viacom sees digital, international as key to growth

CNET News.com, CA - 23 minutes ago
Playing a rigged video on MySpace embeds the malicious file and adds phishing links to people’s profiles. By Joris Evers. A malicious …Worm uses QuickTime to spread on MySpace

KARE, MN - 30 minutes ago
… on the line to defend my country is something I wanted to do and am proud to be here," McDonough wrote on his page on the popular Web site MySpace.com. …Two more Minnesotans killed in Iraq

1UP.com, NY - 34 minutes ago
… make his own. The software in question will be known as Rupture and aims to become something akin to the MySpace of MMORPGS. At its …Napster Founder Develops WoW Social Network

Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 39 minutes ago
… Rosenthal added. In a recent entry on his page on MySpace.com, McDonough wrote, "There’s no other place I would rather be. Putting …Roadside bomb blamed in deaths of 2 Minnesota Guard members

Murfreesboro Post, TN - 50 minutes ago
… If you cant make it to a show, be their friend on MySpace at www.myspace.com/overzealousmusic and visit their website at www.overzealous.net.Local Rockers Overzealous Swing into The Boro December 8

MacFixIt (subscription), OR - 1 hour ago
… The current manifestation of this flaw involves MySpace user profiles. When user A is logged into MySpace and plays a malicious …QuickTime HREF tracks functionality can potentiate phishing …