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Feds want you to plan what happens to your online profile

(NEWSER) - Social networking has already changed our lives; now, officials want us to consider its implications after our death. On its blog, the US government is calling on Americans to create "social media wills," which detail our wishes for the future of the huge range of online accounts we all have these days. Email and Facebook are just the beginning: The average person has 25 password-protected accounts, a law professor tells Mashable . About half a million Facebook users reportedly died last year. More»

UK man robs betting agency with unwitting accomplice

(NEWSER) - A good sign your Facebook date is not going well: Your would-be beau asks you to stop at a betting parlor, pops inside, then runs back into the car wielding a knife and a bag of money, shouting, "Drive, drive!" Such is the tale of the UK's Leah Gibbs, who connected with Adam Minton on Facebook, met him in person, and agreed to drive as he ran a quick "errand" on that very first meeting. More»

Zuckerberg's basket may not be best place for all your eggs

(NEWSER) - Facebook's new messaging system incorporates email—as well as SMS, IMs, and Facebook Chat—but it's not smart to ditch your old email for a Facebook.com address, argues Adam Pash at Lifehacker, explaining three main reasons:

• It's not email, as even Mark Zuckerberg says . All emails with the same user are treated like a single conversation, which is fine for short real-time chats but no good if you prefer more in-depth conversation or if you want to communicate with the same person using different threads.

But congrats on your new @facebook.com address

(NEWSER) - Facebook today unveiled "Messages," which has been hyped as its " Gmail killer —but Mark Zuckerberg instantly threw his audience a curve ball. “It’s not email,” the CEO announced, according to the Guardian . “This is not an email-killer. This is a messaging system that includes email as one part of it.” So yes, Facebook is about to start handing out @Facebook.com email addresses, but the new system will look more like chat than traditional email, Zuckberg explained, and will integrate text messaging and instant messaging as well. More»

Aussie cops go online to reach man who harassed ex

(NEWSER) - When Australian police couldn't find a man who was harassing his ex-partner, they served him with a restraining order using the same medium he was bullying her in: Facebook. A police officer, with a court's approval, filmed himself reading the order and sent the video to the man's Facebook account, the Age reports. The order, which was deemed served, also required the man to take down his account. More»