Rumors or Truemors on Election Fraud in Iran?

Rumor or Truemor? "Al-Arabiya: According To Iranian Interior Ministry Leak, Mousavi WonThe Al-Arabiya website reported yesterday from Tehran, based on a leak by employees in the vote-counting apparatus in Iran's Interior Ministry, that the real winner in Iran's presidential...

Obama Kills Fly, Enters Fly-Killer Hall of Fame

U.S. President Barack Obama killed a fly on Tuesday, June 17, stunning the world in a completely unexpected pre-emptive strike on the Kingdom of Musca Domestica. The fly approached during Obama's interview with...

Facebook Tests New Search Functionality

Facebook is testing new features to juice up its extremely-feeble search functionality. Now, instead of just looking up the people who didn't talk to you in high school, you will be able to search for trending topics found in your friends' updates, pictures and links. This...

140 Characters Conference: Jeff Pulver & Co. Talk About Twitter

The 140 Characters Conference is both A) real, and B) taking place in New York as we speak. Great. A conference where people tweet about talking about tweeting about talking about tweeting. I'd rather snack on a...

Fakerparis Doesn't Even Pretend to Be Paris Hilton

Maybe Twitter's verification system is working. For example, Fakerparis is not even pretending to be Paris Hilton. Judging from his/her/its Twitter homepage wallpaper, he/she/it is really Robert Pattinson. Perhaps the next step is verified fake-celeb accounts, so you could...

Facesquatting: When Facebook Vanity URLS attack

From the nanosecond Facebook began allowing vanity URLs, a new issue has arisen: facesquatting. Wait a sec, you perv: this isn't some NSFW action. Just like its cousin, cybersquatting, facesquatting is when you...

Twitpocalypse: The End is Nigh, Today's The Day That Twitter Died

In what could easily be mistaken for an early 21st century, late-oughts, techno-publicity stunt, the folks at WhereCloud are hailing the coming demise of Twitter as we know it — and fleeing for the luddite hills...

Soulja Boy and DJ Drama Release The Twitter Edition Mixtape

Soulja Boy, who somehow sitll has a career, and DJ Drama have released a new Gangsta Grillz mixtape called The Twitter Edition... because they want you to follow them on Twitter. I am not making this up. Here it...

Twitter Keeps it Real: Verified Accounts Call Out the Imposters

To avoid more outrageous all caps outbursts from celebrities like Kanye West's lovely shouting spree of "I DON'T HAVE A F***ING TWITTER... WHY WOULD I USE TWITTER???", the popular microblogging site Twitter has...

Twitter Plastered all over Pepsi Cans (and Rest of the World)

PepsiCo, the multinational soft drink magnate, has put Twitter on its Pepsi Raw can in the United Kingdom. For many, this is potentially yet another milestone marking Twitter's entrance into mainstream life and culture. Previous examples include Oprah's first tweet, broadcast...

Facebook Vanity URLs Coming Friday, June 12: You Know You Want It

You're so vain... I bet you thought this URL was about you... and, for all you Facebookers, it actually is. As of 9:01am on Friday, June 12, Facebook is enabling vanity URLs. Hold your horses, though... these...

USA Today Launches Worst Idea Ever: e-Newspaper That You Pay For

Who wants to pay for "an electronic replica" of USA Today? That's what I thought. Except, here's the thing: USA Today actually thinks this is a good business idea. So good, in fact, that they're launching a new...

Bonnarania: Bonnaroo Schedule Game Plan

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2009 (June 11th - June 14) in Manchester, Tennessee is days away from beginning and everyone with a ticket and a plan is being hated by everyone with no ticket and imaginary...

Web 2.0 as Millionth English Word? Could've Been Worse

So, Web 2.0 has been crowned the millionth word in the English language. Surprise, surprise.  What were you expecting it to be?  "Newspaper"? "“As expected, English crossed the 1,000,000 word threshold on June 10, 2009 at 10:22 am GMT. However, some 400 years...

Further Evidence Palm Pre Users are Geeks: The Konami Code

The hidden Palm Pre app 'Developer Mode Enabler' has been leaked and the unlock is "upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart" aka the Konami Code. The Developer app links a the Pre to a device running Palm's Mojo SDK...

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