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Guess What Courtney Love Wants to Do to John Mayer?

Singer, once again, rants on Twitter

(Newser) - Leave it to Courtney Love to take John Mayer’s controversial Playboy interview (in which he called Jessica Simpson “sexual napalm” and his penis “a white supremacist”) and make it even more disturbing. After reading it, she tweeted all about her desire to “hate fuck” her... More »

Conan Conquers Twitter Amid Return Rumors

Fox deal may upstage Jay Leno's Tonight Show return

(Newser) - Jay Leno may have the Tonight Show but Conan O'Brien has captured the Twitter crown. O'Brien set up his now authenticated Twitter account yesterday and nabbed 200,000 followers within hours, dwarfing Leno's following of around 30,000, the Los Angeles Times reports. "Today I interviewed a squirrel in... More »

Woman Tweets Her Abortion

Says she's trying to 'demystify' process

(Newser) - Angie Jackson wants to take the veil off of abortion. The blogger and mother of one became pregnant when her IUD failed, found out too late to take the morning-after pill, but because of health risks has turned unapologetically to RU-486. And she's live-tweeting the entire experience. More »

To Fend Off Twitter Threat, Yahoo Partners With...Twitter

Deal means users can now read, write tweets in Yahoo

(Newser) - Yahoo users can now read and write tweets from within Yahoo: A few months after making a similar deal with Facebook, the Internet giant is bringing Twitter into the fold in its struggle to fend off the threat to its ad sales posed by social networking sites. Yahoo search engine... More »

Newest Celeb Tweeter: Dalai Lama

@dalailama hits 100K followers in first day

(Newser) - It remains to be seen whether his offline following will boost him past the Ashton Kutchers of the Twittersphere, but the Dalai Lama is well on his way after opening his Twitter account today. With @DalaiLama , the Tibetan spiritual leader is nearing 100,000 (to Kutcher ’s 4.5... More »

Twitter Users Issue 600 Tweets Per Second

That's 50M Tweets a day

(Newser) - Twitter is expanding rapidly: the site now hosts 50 million Tweets every day, or about 600 every second. Twitter announced its latest figures this week, and though it did not disclose how many users it has, it drew about 75 million unique visitors last month, PC World reports. The site's... More »

William Shatner to Play Dad in Shit My Dad Says

' Your wedding's just one more day I can't wear sweat pants'

(Newser) - Those dramatic readings of Levi Johnston's tweets may have doubled as an audition: William Shatner has been cast as the curmudgeonly dad in CBS' pilot based on Twitter sensation Shit My Dad Says . The pilot, to be executive produced by the creators of Will & Grace, will feature Shatner as... More »

New Site Creates Purposely Scary Shortened URLs

Say, wanna visit http://5z8.info/peepshow_pfw?

(Newser) - Most of us wouldn’t hesitate to visit a shortened URL link on Twitter or Google these days—but how about http://5z8.info/peepshow_bal ? Come on, click it. It’s safe, we promise. It’s just the latest creation of ShadyURL, or as we like to call it http:... More »

Fringe Groups Hail Austin Suicide Pilot as Hero

Internet lights up with support for terrorist's anti-government stance

(Newser) - Not long after Joe Stack flew his plane into an Austin office building yesterday, the Internet began buzzing with newfound fans calling him a hero, inspired by the anti-government rant he left behind. “Finally, an American man took a stand against our tyrannical government,” posted the founder of... More »

Heading Out? Tweet the Burglars

Site aggregates tweets, etc., to let others know you're out

(Newser) - A new website is out to make people think twice when they use Twitter, Foursquare, or any other social networking tool to let others know when they're not home. The site's name says it all: PleaseRobMe.com . It aggregates publicly shared check-ins and caters jokingly to hypothetical burglars looking for... More »

Google Buzz Falls Flat

Social-networking party is already full

(Newser) - Google jumped into the social-networking game late and its Buzz still has a lot of catching up to do, writes Katherine Boehret. The opt-in network—which allows users to share photos, blog posts, and Twitter feeds—fits nicely into Gmail but doesn't seem special enough to persuade users to spend... More »

Where to Get Your Five-Ringed Fix Online

From NBC's site to Twitter lists, little need for actual TV

(Newser) - With watching the Olympics on actual TV being so, like, 2008, TechCrunch presents the best places to keep tabs online:
  • NBC Olympics : Lots of scores and news—and if you’re a premium cable customer, 400 hours of live events.
  • Vancouver 2010 : The host committee’s site has the usual
... More »

Kevin Smith: Southwest Booted Me for Being Too Fat

Clerks director deemed a 'safety risk', asked to get off flight

(Newser) - Kevin Smith was anything but Silent Bob yesterday after Southwest Airlines booted his plus-size behind from an Oakland-to-Burbank flight. Telling him he had been deemed a "safety risk" after he'd already been seated, the Clerks director was asked to get off the plane—and proceeded to go on a... More »

Google Tweaks Buzz, But Privacy Concerns Remain

Your email could be exposed, and your followers

(Newser) - There’s plenty of hype surrounding Google’s Twitbook-killer Buzz, but the new feature comes with some privacy concerns, too. The problem lies in Buzz’s default settings, Silicon Alley Insider reports, which, if not changed, could expose not only the email contacts of those following you, but also your... More »

John Mayer Apologizes for N-Word

But not for calling Jessica Simpson 'Sexual Napalm' in Playboy

(Newser) - John Mayer's tendency to speak before he thinks has gotten him into trouble yet again. A Playboy interview published yesterday discusses the finer points of vaginas, porn, and masturbation, and refers to Jessica Simpson as "sexual napalm"—but all that was overshadowed by Mayer's use of the N-word,... More »

Gingrich Corrects Gaffe, Adds Flip-Flop

Rips Obama for stance on trying terrorists he praised Bush for in '05

(Newser) - Maybe Newt Gingrich just ought to hold his tongue on terrorists and US law. Earlier this week the former House Speaker said shoe-bomber Richard Reid was American, and therefore was properly read his Miranda rights by the Bush administration—but Reid is British, and now Gingrich says he meant would-be... More »

Twitter's @Oxfordgirl Takes On Iran

Anonymous tweeter helps mobilize protesters from afar

(Newser) - From the quiet English village of Oxfordshire, an anonymous Twitter user has become an important figure in the opposition movement. Tweeting from her handle " Oxfordgirl ," the remote revolutionary has made use of contacts from her time as a journalist in Tehran to spread news of the movement. Since... More »

Why Google Buzz Is Different

Social media platform hopes to be more intimate than Twitter

(Newser) - Caught off guard by Google Buzz, the social media service that's invaded Gmail? Not to worry; GeekOSystem.com breaks down what Buzz is, and isn’t:
  • It’s not Twitter: Google went out of its way to point out that Buzz integrates with, rather than replaces, Twitter.
  • It’s not
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Your Guide to the Internet's 'Next Big Thing'

Where is technology taking us? There are a few schools of thought

(Newser) - Michael Wolff hears so much about the Internet’s future “that I should be in a position to get rich, finally.” But it’s tough deciphering all this chatter, “because the technology business is at least as much talk as it is science,” he writes. So... More »

Google Runs 1st Super Bowl Ad

Search giant breaks into big time with romantic spot

(Newser) - After countless rumors and one coy tweet, Google aired its first Super Bowl ad tonight. The spot, "Parisian Love," traces a romance through search queries and results, beginning with "study abroad paris france" and ending with "how to assemble a crib." CEO Eric Schmidt hinted... More »

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