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August 2007
- 25 Essential Websites
  
  Time | Aug 20, 07 9:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time' s 25 can't-live-without websites: Amazon.com BBC.co.uk Citysearch.com More »
July 2007
- In Virtual Graveyard, Friends, Voyeurs Gather
  
  Associated Press | Jul 30, 07 3:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A site that collects obituaries, often of young people, and links to their social-network profiles is gaining traction, the AP reports. MyDeathSpace.com lists more than 2,700 deaths and receives more than 100,000 hits daily. "This site does kind of let you look into the heart of darkness," one professor says. More »
- Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jul 18, 07 12:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Miss New Jersey may never be mistaken for a Rhodes Scholar, but unlike some British university students, she knows how to make sure her Facebook profile is private. The social-networking site that nearly brought down the beauty queen is wreaking havoc across the Atlantic, with Oxford students facing disciplinary action and fines for behavior captured on the site. More »
- TV Networks Twitter About New Service
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 16, 07 9:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - TV networks, always on the prowl for new marketing ploys, are tapping into Twitter. Using the popular 140-word-or-less free instant messaging service, fans can receive (very) short updates and promotions from their favorite shows by text message or email. The twitter-sphere is still relatively small—there were only 370,000 users in June—but marketing execs say they're investing in early adapters. More »
June 2007
- News Anchor Shreds Script, Hailed as Hero
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jun 30, 07 12:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bloggers, who normally revel in afflicting TV news anchors, have made one a star. MSNBC newsreader Mika Brzezinski won legions of fans in the blogosphere when she refused, despite prodding from her co-hosts, to read a news item about Paris Hilton Wednesday morning, and then shredded the script. “I have a new hero, and her name is Mika Brzezinski,” one blogger wrote. More »
- Clintons Score a Mafia Hit
  
  Washington Post | Jun 20, 07 8:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new Hillary 2008 viral ad is exploring the senator's Family ties. The Clinton campaign posted an already-ubiquitous video yesterday, starring Bill and Hillary and parodying the final scene of the Sopranos—down to the diner, the suspicious goon, and the sudden blackout. Hil seems determined lately to prove she can laugh at herself, WaPo reports. More »
- Conservative Takes on Wikipedia
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 19, 07 7:30 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Unhappy with what he perceives as Wikipedia's liberal bias, a conservative lawyer has launched Conservapedia.com, a religious-right-friendly answer to the online encyclopedia. Conservapedia has some 12,000 entries (to Wikipedia's 1.8 million in English) and several thousand readers and volunteer writers. It includes multiple Bible verses, psychoanalyzes Hillary Clinton, and equates "femininity" with being "childlike, gentle, pretty, willowy, submissive." More »
- Moore's 'Sicko' Leaks to Youtube
  
  Reuters | Jun 18, 07 8:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Documentarian Michael Moore has a feverishly anticipated takedown of the American health-care industry set to open in two weeks—but try telling that to the internet. Sicko went viral this weekend as cinematic hackers managed to post the two-hour film in its entirety on YouTube, probably from a pirated DVD. More »
- Sex Offenders Snared in MySpace Web
  
  Reuters | Jun 15, 07 6:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas officials using ID information ceded by MySpace have nabbed seven sex offenders trolling the online networking site. Six were arrested for violating parole, which barred them from using the internet, and another had failed to register as a sex offender with the local police. The seven men had been convicted of assaulting kids as young as 4 years old. More »
- Venezuelan TV Station Skirts Ban, Airs on YouTube
  
  CNN | Jun 1, 07 11:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An anti-establishment TV station taken off the air by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has found a new way to reach viewers: YouTube. A reduced staff produces and uploads three hour-long newscasts a day for Radio Caracas Television, which stopped broadcasting Sunday. The shutdown of RCTV, which was replaced with a state-run station, sparked protests in the streets of Caracas. More »
May 2007
- MySpace Opens Up to Donations
  
  Financial Times (UK) | May 29, 07 5:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is entering the online political scene in a very significant way with a tool that will allow 60 million MySpace users to donate up to $500 to the presidential candidate of their choice, reports the Financial Times . News Corp. has yet to make a decision, reports an official, as to whether they will track the data on who gives what. More »
- In Challenge to MySpace, Facebook Opens Up
  
  Forbes | May 25, 07 11:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a challenge to social-networking giant MySpace, Facebook will open itself to outside software developers. With 65 partners—including Microsoft and Amazon—cleared to build web applications within the site, the scrappy No. 2 is attempting to transform itself into an all-in-one destination. The lure: Partners don't have to pay for access or share revenue with Facebook. More »
- YouTube to Co-Host Debate
  
  San Jose Mercury News | May 17, 07 4:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - YouTube, the viral-video nemesis of many a gaffe-prone political candidate, will co-sponsor a Democratic presidential debate July 23rd in Charleston, South Carolina. CNN is the television partner for the debate, which will be the first of six, the DNC announced yesterday. More »
- Defense Dept. Blocks Access to YouTube
  
  Stars and Stripes | May 14, 07 12:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - MySpace as a national security threat? Yes, says the Department of Defense, which is blocking service members' access to the site—as well as YouTube and 11 other popular destinations troops use to communicate with family and friends—on department computers as of today. The department calls the online traffic a drain on bandwidth and an "operational security challenge." More »
- TV Moguls Blast Web Rivals
  
  Reuters | May 9, 07 8:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A panel of top television executives at a Vegas conference yesterday went on the offensive against their digital rivals, blasting the perception that cell phones, the Web, and other digital formats are killing their business. Quite the contrary, pronounced Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons: "The Googles, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux Nation." More »
- MySpace Flap Costs Obama
  
  Chicago Tribune | May 3, 07 8:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The glow of a computer screen morphed into a harsh spotlight on the Barack Obama campaign this week during a bitter dispute over control of a MySpace page bearing the senator's name. Obama reached out last night—over the phone, not in an email—to the disgruntled supporter who created the page, but the damage is done. More »
April 2007
- Musical McCain Becomes YouTube Hit
  
  USA Today | Apr 20, 07 11:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If John McCain fails in his presidential bid, he may have a future in karaoke. The senator-turned-songbird's impromptu performance of "Bomb Bomb Iran"—set to the tune of the Beach Boys classic "Barbara Ann"—at a South Carolina campaign rally has picked up 118,000 YouTube views since being posted yesterday. More »
- MySpace Crashers Trash British Teen's House
  
  Sydney Morning Herald | Apr 13, 07 11:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a British teenager invited a few friends to a party on MySpace, over 200 non-virtual revelers trashed her family's house. In a story being circulated by alarmed parents all over the Commonwealth, 17-year-old Rachael Bell's parents came back from vacation to find $48,000 worth of damage to their home. "Whoever has come in here are worse than animals," mum says. More »
- Mexican Drug Wars Fought in Cyberspace
  
  Washington Post | Apr 9, 07 4:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are making themselves at home on YouTube, posting music videos that show off the bloodied bodies of their tortured and executed competitors. The gangs have turned to the Internet to recruit members, plan attacks, and intimidate and threaten rival gangs. The result is an al-Qaeda–like virtual network that the tech-lite Mexican police have been slow to tap for information. More »
- Turkish Band Faces Jail in YouTube Flap
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 9, 07 12:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A seven-year-old song resurrected on YouTube has five punk rockers facing time in a Turkish prison. The song, an anti-authoritarian rant against the Turkish college entrance exam by the band Deli, was the sound track to a video posted by a fan, who lip-synched the lyrics while jumping around frantically on camera. More »