LA court indicts middle-aged prankster over teen MySpace suicide
Parents of a teenage girl who committed suicide after a neighbor manipulated and bullied her through MySpace may finally see justice served.
Parents of a teenage girl who committed suicide after a neighbor manipulated and bullied her through MySpace may finally see justice served.
Chevy would love that association — that by buying a Chevy Volt you’re acting patriotic, supporting a product and energy produced in America while reducing dependence on foreign oil. And if enough people believe it, Chevy could slingshot itself out of the automotive industry’s recession by riding on the burst of marketing hype surrounding the Volt.
With so many tragedies, natural disasters, coups, genocidal regimes and political issues to choose from all around the world, how do you choose just one to write about for Bloggers Unite for Human Rights? For me, the choice was easy. I am avid Twitter user, and the attention brought to bear on the tragedy in Myanmar (Burma) this week through the simple use of Twitter has been awe inspiring and astounding.
The idea is certainly noble. Yahoo and Google have both been chastised for giving the names and addresses of Chinese dissidents to the Chinese Government. This bill would supposedly end such practices by a U.S. based company. This Act also has strong support from Reporters without Borders.
A teenage boy, who stole his father’s credit card, bought an Xbox 360 games console, booked a Texas motel with his friends, hired two prostitutes, with whom he then played Halo, has been apprehended by Texas police and convicted of fraud.
IBM’s making good use of its World Community grid to figure out solutions for food shortages in the world - specifically for rice.
So far we’ve heard a lot of promises about the Volt, but today Chevy confirmed that its prototype ran for 40 miles just using electrical power. That makes Chevy’s 2010 goal to debut the Volt more tangible by lending some credibility to its claims.
The Zune 2.5 firmware update is finally here, and it’s a big one. The update affects more than just the device firmware, meaning software and online changes are plentiful too.
Ever since AT&T and the iPhone tied the knot, the wireless carrier can’t seem to stay off the headlines. Here’s another one: AT&T says its 3G network will reach Wi-Fi speeds by 2009, but we’re skeptical about the effort.
Hacking supposedly secure systems to point out flaws, although not legal (unless hired to do so), is usually done without revealing any information obtained. Certainly not posting personal information on 6 million unsuspecting people. Well some Chilean jerk hacker clearly doesn’t know the rules.
An entirely new mini turbine system has been created that looks like a long stick full of propellers. The rod that holds that propellers can vary in length as can the size and number of the propellers. One of the unique features of this wind turbine system is that it is light enough to be hand held on the ground and still produce energy.
The RIAA, everyone’s favorite big brother-like organization with a penchant for insanity, is probably best known for cracking down on illegal pirating of music by members of the college community. An anonymous source has leaked the way the RIAA tracks down and deals with music pirates, and there are some sure-fire ways to avoid that messy affair altogether.
Have you ever dreamed of looking through the Hubble Space Telescope and viewing all the stars in the sky in all its glory? Well now you can thanks to Microsoft and their new application called WorldWide Telescope.
The reports that Dell is phasing out its XPS line of gaming machines have been greatly exaggerated. Seems Dell is not concentrating solely on Alienware for gaming offerings whatever the Wall Street Journal might say.
A really, really, really weird Playstation 3 ad is sexually confusing priests and enraging onlookers, or maybe it’s the other way around…