“MySpace said Tuesday it is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a bid to become more efficient, bringing its staffing level more in line with its more popular rival, Facebook.” Link
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“The British Ministry of Defense has expressed its concern that soldiers might betray the nation’s secrets on Facebook and MySpace. Many British newspapers are relaying soldiers’ dismay at a new directive that appears to prevent them from networking socially. A serviceman enjoying the winter in Afghanistan told the Sun: “The fun police have taken over. I can’t talk to my wife and kids or even play Call of Duty 5. Do they really think we’re going to give away secrets?”" [Link]
“Edward Richardson, 41, was found guilty of stabbing to death Sarah Richardson, 26, a hairdresser, in her parents’ house in Staffordshire on May 12 last year. Fiona Cortese of the Crown Prosecution Service said: “Richarsdon became enraged when Sarah changed her marital status on Facebook to single and decided to go and see her as she was not responding to his messages.”” [Link]
Katrina Darrell American Idol Bikini Girl picture from MySpace
Over 100 photos of American Idol bikini girl Katrina Darrell have leaked n to the web. [Link]
Timothy Brightbill picture
“Little more than a year ago, Brightbill was reprimanded by his principal for posting inappropriate photos on his MySpace account. ‘As we discussed in our conference, you are to deconstruct your MySpace account as soon as possible,’ wrote Principal Margaret ‘Tizzy’ Schoelles in an October 2007 note to the teacher. ‘Specifically, I am asking that you remove the pictures we spoke about and consider removing Nature Coast Technical High School students from your friends list. You are directed to cease conduct related to the MySpace account immediately.’” [Link]
“MySpace has officially blocked access to embedded widgets from Project Playlist, one of the myriad start-ups that lets members create music playlists and share them with their friends. This could come across negatively because MySpace runs MySpace Music, a service that competes with Project Playlist. Which is probably why the News Corp.-owned MySpace is making it very clear that they’ve blocked Project Playlist because of complaints from major music labels.” [Link]
“Britain’s overseas security service, MI6, has turned to social networking website Facebook to help recruit new agents, it emerged Sunday. ‘The open recruitment campaign continues to target wide pools of talent representative of British society today,’ a Foreign Office spokeswoman said.” [Link]
