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MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...

Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Space Jammer 1.5.5.1 (Windows)

Space Jammer is a crawler which shuffles through the artist-pages of MySpace and plays the music it finds there. You can create favorite-lists and individual preferences for your music-search. If you want to get more information about an artist or if you want to buy his record, you can vistit...

Tags: MySpace, Roundseven Music Production & Publishing, Wiki, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-28

MySpace Toolbar 1.0.67 (Mac)

Stay connected to MySpace and never type your email and password again! Add the MySpace Toolbar to your browser to share cool websites with your friends and get up-to-the-minute alerts for your comments, messages, and friend requests. You can also easily update your Mood and Status and receive friend activity...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MySpace

Software downloads 2009-06-23

ClarionMind NR1UB

The ClarionMind will wow you with its flashy graphics and long list of features, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, a Web browser with Flash support, multimedia playback options, GPS navigation, and baked-in YouTube and MySpace access. However, there's just one tiny problem; it doesn't actually work very well.During our...

Tags: GPS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), ClarionMind NR1UB, car, MySpace

Product reviews 2009-06-22

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloated

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloatedAbout timeMaybe this is the beginning of a contraction in the social media arena. MySpace may be only the first. I've often wondered about some of these social sites that have no apparent source of income beyond the hope that...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, payroll solutions, MySpace, workforce

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

MySpace cuts 30% of workforce; Says it was bloated

MySpace said it would cut its staff by 30 percent in an effort to become  "a more innovative, efficient, and entrepreneurial business." When the cuts are over, MySpace will have about 1,000 employees. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta said in a statement Techmeme: ...

Tags: MySpace, Workforce, Entrepreneurship, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-16

KeyProwler Keylogger 4.0.3 (Windows)

KeyProwler is a powerful, easy to use, all in one keylogger and monitoring application that records all activity on a computer and sends reports to any e-mail address. No one but you can ever see the data that KeyProwler saves. Ever wondered who your girlfriend or boyfriend is chatting with...

Tags: Facebook, Monitor, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, MySpace, APANSoftware, KeyProwler, E-mail, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-06-11

MySpace Toolbar 1.0.45 (Windows)

Stay connected to MySpace and never type your email and password again! Add the MySpace Toolbar to your browser to share cool websites with your friends and get up-to-the-minute alerts for your comments, messages, and friend requests. You can also easily update your Mood and Status and receive friend activity...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MySpace

Software downloads 2009-06-10

Brand impersonation: A cautionary tale

Brand impersonation: A cautionary taleNot realisticSounds great, but it's not realistic. The variations proliferate so fast no one can keep up. Years ago all you needed was a .com domain. Then came .net and .org. Now there are dozens of national variations. Remember MikeRoweSoft.com? With the number of social...

Tags: Branding, brand

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

56th variant of the Koobface worm detected

Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...

Tags: Infection, Malware, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go

Assuming MySpace meets its page view requirements, Google writes a $75 million check to News Corp. every quarter as part of a multi-year, $900 million AdSense deal the two hammered a few years ago. In a post today, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington detailed the payment schedule in the...

Tags: Google Inc., Payment, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Analyst: Google will start walking away from bad AdSense deals like MySpace

Are the days of silly AdSense deals with the likes of MySpace and AOL over for Google? Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay seems to think so. The analyst upped his price target to $600 for Google shares on the theory that the economy is rebounding and the search giant's revenue per...

Tags: Paid Search, Google Inc., America Online Inc., Google AdSense, MySpace, Lindsay, Search, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-08

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentumDow JonesWhat about Dow Jones? How'd they doMy worse does he mean they are going too die slower now?Pagan jimI believe it's going to take deeper changes than just the CEO.One of the huge reasons MySpace is floundering has more...

Tags: MySpace, advertisement, Rupert Murdoch

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Rupert Murdoch: Worst over; MySpace exec changes will regain momentum

News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says it "is increasingly clear that the worst is over" for the economy and ad market. Meanwhile, Murdoch said that the executive changes at MySpace will restore the site's momentum, make the site "more attractive" and deliver more ad friendly inventory.  Murdoch---speaking...

Tags: Advertisement, Rupert Murdoch, MySpace, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

The month ahead: Social networks to shake things up in May

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das speaks with senior editor Sam Diaz about the efforts of Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace to up their Web 2.0 game. Diaz also discusses the significance of the Sun-Oracle deal to the data center market and the rumors swirling around Apple and Verizon. Will there be an...

Tags: Network, Sam Diaz, Web 2.0, Data Centers, Social Networking, Games, Storage, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Data Center, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Apple, IPhone, Verizon, AT&T, Sumi Das

Videos 2009-04-28

MySpace names Facebook VP Van Natta as CEO

MySpace names Facebook VP Van Natta as CEOVan NattaInteresting Larry, he has a big stake in facebook and is now heading up myspace. Well, in a sense these two social networking sites are starting to cater to different customers, but it almost does sound like a conflict of interest too....

Tags: Social networking, Van Natta, Facebook, MySpace

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

MySpace names Facebook VP Van Natta as CEO

News Corporation today announced the appointment of Owen Van Natta to the role of MySpace Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Van Natta will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Jonathan Miller, News Corporation’s CEO of Digital Media and Chief Digital Officer. ...

Tags: Facebook, News Corp., MySpace, CEO, Corporate Governance, Investment, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-24

MySpace co-founder agrees to step down as CEO

MySpace co-founder agrees to step down as CEOMySpace's problemIf MySpace didn't run such a garish, hideous, juvenile web site, they might still be the top dog. As it stands, they'll have to be content with being the BlackPlanet of the mainstream teenager.RE: MySpace co-founder agrees to step down as...

Tags: MySpace

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

News to know: Apple, VMWare, Earth Day, Kaiser, MySpace

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple beats for Q2; Best non-holiday quarter; Netbook hardware 'junky' Jason D. O'Grady: Apple's Q209 earnings. Recession?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, MySpace, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-04-23