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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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Facebook
Edges Closer
to Going Public

It revamps stock but says it has no IPO plans 'at this time'

Nov 24, 09 3:54 PM CST

 Online Gamers 
 a Cash Crop 
 for FarmVille 

Nonviolent, social game spreads like wildfire on Facebook

Nov 23, 09 4:05 PM CST

 Depressed Woman 
 Parties on Facebook, 
 Sick Leave Yanked 

Canadian on sick leave posted party pics

Nov 23, 09 5:33 AM CST

 Boy Beaten 
 on Facebook 
 'Kick a Ginger' Day 

Site inspired by South Park episode

Nov 23, 09 2:07 AM CST
WHAT'S YOUR VICE?

 Twitter = Crack, and 
 Other Web Equivalents 

YouTube is like shots of tequila; Gmail is caffeine

Nov 22, 09 1:28 PM CST
BIG BROTHER

Cops Use Facebook to Bust Underage Drinkers

Phony 'friend' gains access to drinking photos

Nov 19, 09 6:19 PM CST
OPINION

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

Nov 19, 09 8:46 AM CST

 Facebook's 
 Most Annoying 
 Parents 

Enough with the sonogram pictures and toilet training status updates

Nov 18, 09 12:12 PM CST
OPINION

 'Unfriend' Is Scam, 
 Not Word, of Year 

This is one big hacky trend piece, writes Adrian Chen

Nov 17, 09 9:08 AM CST

In Venezuela, Criminals, Police Turn to Facebook

Citizens fear gov. will crack down on social networking

Nov 16, 09 5:51 PM CST

Latest Facebook Star: 2009 Word of the Year

'Unfriend' beats 'sexting' and 'birther,' gets call from dictionary

Nov 16, 09 4:56 PM CST
ANTISOCIAL NETWORKING

 OMG, Enuf With Ur Duckface 

Social networks groan under weight of bad profile mugs

Nov 15, 09 1:50 PM CST

 Facebook Is Now Offering Alibis 

NYC teen charged in robbery couldn't have done it, status update proves

Nov 12, 09 9:57 AM CST
CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN

 Teen Robin Hood 
 Leads Cops on Merry Chase 

He's stolen planes, boats during 18-month spree

Nov 11, 09 10:13 AM CST

Privacy Advocates Hijack
300 Facebook Groups

Protesters say it's too easy to gain access to personal information

Nov 10, 09 3:29 PM CST
A VOID FILLED

 Palin Makes Twitter Comeback 

Gov will return to 140-character musings for book tour

Nov 10, 09 8:42 AM CST

 Sarko Lied About 
 Berlin Wall Memories 

Critics say French prez fudged dates on 1989 trip

Nov 10, 09 3:27 AM CST

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

'Spontaneous' photos reveal personality better than posed shots

Nov 9, 09 2:14 PM CST

 Aussie Minister: 
 Probe Facebook 
 'Rape Group' 

Reverend has 'talked to' college students who launched site

Nov 9, 09 3:03 AM CST
OPINION

Your Birthday Wall Post Isn't Impressing Anyone

Technology makes it too easy to send insincere greetings

Nov 2, 09 2:35 PM CST

 Spam King Ordered to 
 Pay Facebook $711M 

Sanford Wallace may face jail time

Oct 30, 09 4:53 AM CDT

 Facebook Gives
 Death a Makeover

Gravestones are so 1.0, site spins; try memorializing your page

Oct 29, 09 2:08 PM CDT

 Sex Offender Held in 
 UK Facebook Murder 

32-year-old posed as teenager, led police to body

Oct 28, 09 4:30 AM CDT
analysis

Rivals No More, Facebook and MySpace Talk Content

MySpace can provide it, and Facebook is the platform

Oct 26, 09 10:07 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

4
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

25
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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