How to stop Facebook from sending invitations

Yes you made a mistake and used the import email address feature on Facebook and invited all your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail and Outlook friends, Some have joined you but others have not. Many business contacts may not want to join. Faecbook will keep sending them the invitation over and over again. Which gets annoying and your contacts keep complaining that the invites don't stop. So how do you stop Facebook from sending out those invites.

1. Login to Facebook

2. Click on Account

3. Click on Edit Friends

4. Click on Invite Friends

5. Click on View All Invites. (Found on the right)

6. You see a list of people you have invited.

7. Select "Not Yet Joined" from the drop down menu. Found on the top right hand side above the list.

8. Beside each name is a check box. Start selecting the IDs of people you want Facebook to stop sending invites to.

9. Above the list you find a "Delete Selected" link activated.

10. Click that link to delete all the contacts you want Facebook to stop sending invites to.

11. You will be asked "Are you sure you want to delete selected from Invite History". Click Yes

12. Your Done.

From iPad to iTampon.

That is how the Apple iPad's story is panning out an Twitter. The Tweeps of Twitter have somehow gotten amused with the name iPad. I guess when Apple first thought of the name they did not have any female marketing executives. Because the first thing that comes to mind when you hear iPad will make one half of the population cringe. Anyways that was a reaction that should have been expected but was it overlooked?. Did the name iPad for this device fit so well that the other aspect of the name which kind of relates to that part of the drug store where most of us males just walk by. 

So anyway the Tweeps on Twitter have gone all the way with calling the next device iTampon. The updated version of the iPad will probably come with wings. 

#iTampon is now trending on Twitter and will keep you updated if the idea's get more creative.

What are your thoughts on the name Apple choose to name their internet device?. 

Check out Steve Jobs unveiling the iPad video.

After all the speculation Apple's iPad is finally here. We have videos of it.

So now let take a look at this new device before we go there let's just look at the pricing. the iPad would start at just $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model. Of course, if you want to spend more, you can: $599 for a 32GB iPad or $699 for a 64GB model. And you can tack on $130 to any model to get 3G wireless support.


Ok, so with the iPad you can browse the web. Touch screen so you can move around any webpage with your fingers. You can also turn it any way round and the screen adjusts itself. Access your e-mail and if you would like to compose a message a keyboard pops up right on your screen that is almost life-size. Yes, you can use an external keyboard if you would want to. Store all your cool photos and access them anytime. So when your visiting a friend all you need to carry is your iPad to show of your recent vacation pics. 


You have your personal calendar to sort out your events. An address book, a maps application which works with Google's Map's. You can store and play music on it. With access to the iTune's store built right into the iPad. So you can surf and discover movies, TV shows, Podcasts, with complete access to iTune's university built right into the device. You can watch YouTube on it and yes YouTube in High Definition. 

Nebraska man pleads guilty to 2008 DDoS attack on the Church Of Scientology.

A Nebraska man has admitted that he participated in an attack in the Church of Scientology's website. 


In a plea agreement signed Friday, Brian Thomas Mettenbrink, 20, said he downloaded custom software from a message board controlled by the anti-Scientology group known as Anonymous with the intent of inflicting damage to the COS, or Church of Scientology.


"Defendant used that software to, without authorization, access the COS websites at such a high rate that it impaired the integrity and availability of the COS websites and the computer system where they were hosted," the agreement stated.


He is scheduled to formally enter his guilty plea in court next week, according to a release issued by the US Attorney's office in Los Angeles.



Anonymous launched the campaign against the COS after the organization demanded websites pull a video of Tom Cruise that was shot at an church awards event. Tactics used in the campaign included nuisance phone calls to COS premises, denial-of-service attacks, and monthly protests outside COS facilities. Members of the loosely-affiliated group are known for wearing Guy Fawkes-style masks during protests.
The plea agreement said Mettenbrink and prosecutors agreed that 12 months of incarceration was an appropriate sentence, but the judge will have the final say.


Anonymous members formally declared war on the Church of Scientology in January 2008 after the secretive religious group tried to suppress a creepy Tom Cruise video produced for Scientology member

How to delete FishVille Account from Facebook.

How to delete Fishville from Facebook.

There are two things people are worried about. If you simply want to delete notifications coming to your wall from these games you would need to hover over the left hand side of the notification when it arrives and the option "Hide" appears. Simply click hide and the notifications will then be stopped.

This was you can continue your game and not get the notifications. This works on the new Facebook homepage design.

If you want to delete the game from your application settings you would need to do the following

1. Account
2. Privacy Preferences
3. Click on 'edit your settings' under "Apps and Websites"
4. Beside Apps you use please click on 'edit Settings'
5. Click on 'edit' beside Apps you use
5. Click on FishVille or the (X) mark beside the App
6. Click on Remove
7. Confirm Remove

By removing the game completely you will now no more be able to play it. So you need to decide if you want to remove the game application completely or simply hide notifications. 

How to watch the State of the Union address on the go.

If your on the go and cannot sit in front of the TV but you would still want to watch the State of the Union Address the first option is to head over the White House Web site.

YouTube will be airing it on it's Citizentube channel. Facebook is also going to stream the event live.

If you are not in front of a computer or a TV you could the White House iPhone App.

"The White House App also lets users stay up to date with the White House Blog," Cole said, and will provide on-demand video of White House events.
"In the coming weeks, we?ll also launch mobile.WhiteHouse.gov, a mobile-ready version of WhiteHouse.gov that is optimized for any Internet-enabled mobile device, including many other phones," he added.
Obama relied heavily on the Internet during his presidential campaign for organizing, fundraising and communicating and has created MySpace and Facebook pages and a Twitter feed since entering the White House.

After State of the Union Obama to answer questions on YouTube

"After the President's speech begins this Wednesday (1/27) at 9pm EST, anyone will be able to submit a follow-up question and vote on others at YouTube.com/CitizenTube. Then next week, the President will answer questions in a special online event, live from the White House," Phillips wrote.
Earlier this week, the White House introduced the White House iPhone App, which delivers much of the content available on whitehouse.gov in a mobile interface. With the app, iPhone users will be able stream the State of the Union address live.

Evidently, President Obama will not be answering those questions live: the days following the speech, users will be able to submit additional questions and vote on their favorites.
Next week, although Google still has to communicate the exact timing, the top-voted questions will be asked to the president in a YouTube interview from the White House, which will also be broadcast live on Citizentube

Twitter launches what's trending locally.

Twitter has added a new feature on it's website. You can now find out what is trending locally. Currently 7 countries and 12 US cites have been added. We expect the to add lot's more soon.

How to find local trending topics near you. Under the search bar on the right hand column of your Twitter home page you see the topic "Trending" with a small upward pointing arrow. Click on that arrow to be show there current local trending topics by regions. As see below.

Countries

• Worldwide
• Brazil
• Canada
• Ireland
• Mexico
• United Kingdom
• United States

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Cities

• Atlanta
• Baltimore
• Boston
• Chicago
• Dallas-Ft. Worth
• Houston
• London
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• San Antonio
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• São Paulo
• Washington, D.C.

Bill Gates spotted dancing.

Bill Gates has taken to it he joins Twitter, starts a Facebook page and launches a website to share his thoughts. Now he gets jiggy with it.

"He gyrated in a VIP booth until 2 AM," a "spy" told the Post's Page Six--a gossip item, so take it with a grain of salt. "Everybody was snapping photos of him until his security rushed him out the back door after he tipped a waitress $500." Society blog Guest of a Guest has photos! Looks like Gates was fist-pumping, "Jersey Shore"-style!

Google's voice App arrives for the iPhone.

Google has realeased an App for the iPhone. Yes, Google voice has now come to the iPhone. google.com/voice/m.

The new Web service works on iPhones running the 3.0 operating system. It also works on on Palm's WebOS for user with the Palm Pre.
The new mobile-specific Web site for Google Voice is app-like in key ways. It's fast and it can use local storage, so it doesn't have to load in your entire Google Voice inbox every time you launch it. There's a dialer and a directory (tied in to your Google account) for looking people up. And, finally, you don't have to deal with Google Voice's dial-around service (where, to make a connection, the Google Voice service dials both the person you are calling as well as your phone). Through some telco trickery, Google Voice dials out from your phone, and displays your Voice account's phone number as the caller ID the phone of the person you're calling.

US prohibits Truckers and Bus drivers from Texting while driving.

on Tuesday the federal government barred truckers and bus drivers from Texting while driving. The US transportation department feels that this will make people safer on the road. Which heavy rigs and buses are also mounted with on-board computers the department will issue guidelines for this also. Multitasking while driving greatly increases the risk of accidents.

"This is a giant step forward for safety on our roads, but we must do more," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said of LaHood's action. "We need the administration to support our ban, which does the same thing for cars and mass transit that they are now doing for trucks and buses."

Truckers and bus drivers who violate the rule, which is effective immediately, face civil or criminal fines of up to $2,750.

Many truckers regularly use those computers while driving, even though some companies discourage them from doing so. Research shows that such multitasking greatly increases the risk of a crash.

The department said that it was still working on additional regulations that would govern the use of such computers, as well as when truckers are allowed to use cellphones for conversation.

The federal agency said that it wanted to start by issuing regulations banning texting. The agency said that such a ban represents a reinterpretation of existing safety rules governing interstate truckers and bus drivers but does not mark a wholesale change in such rules.

Chinese Government acuses the US of starting a Hacker Birgade in China.

A newspaper of the Chinese communist party published an article accusing the US of mounting a "Hacker Brigade in China". And says that are using YouTube and Twitter to apparently wage online warfare. They also said they do not need lessons from the united states.


With Google threatening to pull out of China and the US government backing them up and asking China not to censor results on the web. This seem to be fast developing into a war of words.


More of all this will come to light once President Obama gives his state of the union address and how and if he does address the issue of internet in China.

Johnny Depp: how stars become more alive when rumored dead

The Hoax that spread like wildfire over the internet and especially on Twitter that Johnny Depp was dead. A fake CNN article was posted online claiming that he passed away in a car crash. The page was hosted on Angle-Fire and has since been taken down.

When contacted Depp's rep confirmed that the actor is still among the living.

"He isn't dead," Robin Baum said, flatly. "He's fine."

But it really sparks a lot of interest and helps to keep the famous celebrities fire going when rumored dead. Searches to find out if the actor was really dead soared and everything calmed down when it was confirmed that he is still with the living and doing fine.

Johnn Depp is now not going to die down so easily especially when the "RIP Johnny Depp" was pushed into the trending topics on Twitter. HIs fans were truely relived that the world's sexiest start is still with them and will shine on.

Astronauts are busy sending updates to Twitter and enthralling their fans.

TJ Creamer who was the first person to Tweet from space has been busy. His account that was at about 5,000 when the first tweet from Space came in is now being followed by 26,412 people as this post is bing written. Thanks to him a of information is now being shared and people are able to follow life as it is going on, on the space station. Creamer and his buddies have been updating their Twitter accounts with the latest news and even what they have for breakfast etc. Some of the Tweets are listed below.

@Space_Pete 1st time seeing the Earth, my thought & feelings were: how inspiringly beautiful & peaceful. All should see...
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@maartenmg Bedtime is about 10pm GMT usually, and we get up by 6am, usually, unless we have a shifted sleep schedule.

@Romain_David Our Earth pics go here: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ & our mission pix: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

It's late now.Will tweet as time allows;much work (science,maintenance,preps 4 next Shuttle).Glad we can share the adventure w/u. Night all.

What do you call an Astronaut that Tweets. Tstronaut.

How to find a job on Twitter

Recent studys have show that if you have been very busy and spending a lot of time on Twitter you probable need a job. So we have compiled the latest offerings to help you find a job right here on Twitter.

1. TwitterJobSearch.com . or also know as twitjobsearch.com
 This is a job search engine based on Twitter. There are hundreds of recruiters and companies out there on Twitter that a right now advertising for jobs. This site lets you search for jobs based on parameters. e.g you can search for executive job New York and it will list all the Tweets mentioning executive search based out ao NEw York. They also have a list of advertisers that have already been posting their jobs on the site

• 
  Ernst & Young
• 
  Wavex
• 
  Hanover Fox
• 
  SecurityCleared
• 
  CRF
• 
  KFC
• 
  Circle
• 
  AccountancyAge
• 
  PAJobSite
• 
  IncisiveCareers

2. The latest tool that job hunters can use to find openings is called JobDeck, a new product from TwitJobSearch and TweetDeck, a desktop Twitter application.
TwitJobSearch scans Twitter for job postings by paying attention to the context in which employment-related keywords appear. For example, if a Tweet links to a story about the construction industry losing jobs, that should not show up on the list. If a Tweet says there is a job listing for an assistant to the vice president, the search engine needs to categorize it under openings for assistants, not vice presidents.
"If someone has 20 followers and they say, 'We're thinking of hiring a new sous-chef' and a link to the restaurant blog, their 20 friends would know," said William Fischer, co-founder of WorkDigital. "But somebody could come to our Web site, put in 'restaurant work Bay Area' and see it."

Play Pac-Man for free on Facebook

Facebook users can now play Pac-Man for free on Facebook, via the new Namco Arcade app.
The app is designed for mobile phones, but works on the desktop too, albeit in a Flash rendering of a mobile phone.
Namco Arcade includes all of the company's old hits, including Time Crisis and Arcade Golf.
But -- let's face it -- this is all about Pac-Man, the first smash hit in the history of home gaming, and still the best-recognized game character in America.
Unfortunately, you can only play these games for a limited time in any given session, after which you will be helpfully steered in the direction of Namco's paid apps.

How to earn Petville coins without paying real money for them.

Earning coins in Petville is easy, just demands a little effortt. Following are a few tips on how you can earn more coins.


1. By Washing your pet. There is a pink bar of soap pick i up and scrub your pet. You will get love
2. Feeding your pet. When your pet gets hungry you know the sign that say "Feed Me". Choose to feed them according to how long you are going to be away to avoid your pet from running away.
3. Visit your friends pet's and interact and play with them. Visiting Neighbors and playing with them will definitely earn you some coins.
4. Sell furniture and other item's. Before you sell though be sure your reall don't need those item's as they sell for much less that what you pay to buy them again.
5. Cleaning. Go around cleaning your rooms and maybe even your friends house and clean up all the Banana peels etc. You will be rewarded with an "All Clean, Good Housekeeping Bonus".
6. replace flowers in your vase. Every room in your house has a vase simple replace the flowers and earn some coins.
7.Treats. You and your frineds can share teats, when you get a treat feed it to your pet and earn some coins.
8. Play games with your pet. For each level you finish you will gain some coins. One of the best ways to earn Petville coins. Do not miss playing Bubble Pop. You get Petville coins for every round your beat.
9. Clean your neigbhours pet. If you visit your neigbhours home and find soap then you can clean their pet and earn coins.
10. Make sure your pet finishes their food. Once you fill your pet's bowl full of food it starts to eat and a timer comes and you must make sure your pet finsihes their food and you can earn coins.,
11. Keep an eye on your pet's food once they finish you get a gem click it and it will turn into a coin.

There are a number of ways to get coins in PetVille.

• Feed Your Pet from the Food Bowl
• Pick up trash in Your Home and in your Neighbors’ Homes
• Clean Your Pet and your Neighbors’ Pets
• Play (dance, high five, etc.) with your Neighbors’ Pets
• Put fresh flowers in your Flower Pots
• Feed Your Pet and your Neighbors’ Pets Treats

You may also purchase Coins directly using your credit card or your PayPal account.

You can purchase Coins at the PetVille Bank, or by clicking the Add Coins link in the upper left-hand corner of your PetVille screen. 

How to recover furniture and clothing that disappears on Petville.

A small glitch that users noticed on Petville is that clothing and furniture would disappear without a trace. Well nothing to worry about really because this is just a technical problem and all items that disappear can be found in your storage you can take them out from there and rearrange them again. No Loss.

Holy Triest! Pope urges priests to go forth into all of web 2.0

The theme for his annual World Communications Day message, "New Media at the service of the Word," saluting technology in the service of evangelism, was released Saturday. The event is May 16.

...to the new communications media, the Lord can walk the streets of our cities and, stopping before the threshold of our homes and our hearts, say once more:"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me." The pope has urged your priest while still in seminary to become familiar with new media out there. Use the available resources to spread the good news.  "The spread of multimedia communications and its rich 'menu of options' might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web," but priests are "challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources," he said.

"Priests present in the world of digital communications should be less notable for their media savvy than for their priestly heart, their closeness to Christ," he said.


The Vatican launched a YouTube channel and are also available on Facebook as pope2you which also has a Facebook application called pope2you.



http://pope2you.net
http://www.vatican.va


So be prepared for the new age digitial priest. As young priest will n ow start familiarizing themselves with Twitter, Facebook and other gadgets. 

NASA is hosting this unique Tweetup on Feb. 17 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NASA is holding a Twitter event and we have the extract directly from their page which explains everything that you would want to know about the event and how to be a part of the 100 lucky winners to attend the Tweetup at the Johnson Space Center in Houston

For the first time, @NASA Twitter followers are invited to Houston, the home of Mission Control, to learn about a space shuttle mission in person. 

NASA is hosting this unique Tweetup on Feb. 17 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The event will provide NASA Twitter followers with the opportunity to take a tour of NASA's Johnson Space Center, view the Mission Control Center and astronaut training facilities. Tweeps also will be able to speak with flight directors, engineers, astronauts and trainers. The Tweetup will include a "meet and greet" session to allow participants to mingle with fellow Tweeps and the staff behind the tweets on @NASA.

Space shuttle Endeavour is targeted to launch at 4:39 a.m. EST on Feb. 7 on its STS-130 mission to the International Space Station.

How do I register?
Registration opens at 11 a.m. CST/noon EST on Tuesday, Jan. 26, on this page and closes at 11 a.m. CST/noon EST Wednesday, Jan. 27. NASA will randomly select 100 individuals on Twitter from a pool of registrants who sign up on the Web. An additional 50 registrants will be added to a waitlist. Registration will be open for 24 hours.

What are the registration requirements?
Registration indicates your intent to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and attend the event in person. You are responsible for your own expenses for travel, lodging, local transportation, food and other amenities. Once you are on-site each day at the Johnson Space Center, NASA will provide transportation.

NASA's Johnson Space Center is a government facility. To be admitted, you will need to show a government-issued identification (driver's license or passport) that matches the name provided on the registration. Those without proper identification cannot be admitted. All registrants must be at least 18 years old.

Can I register if I am not a U.S. citizen?
Yes, non-U.S. citizens may register to attend the Tweetup in Houston. However, you will need to complete an additional step to receive clearance to enter the Johnson Space Center. Please choose the "non-U.S. citizen" option in the state drop-down menu during registration. On-site, you will need to show government-issued photo identification, such as a passport, that matches the name provided on the registration. Those without proper identification cannot be admitted. All registrants must be at least 18 years old.

Do I need to have a Twitter account to register?
Yes. This event is designed for Twitter users who follow @NASA and other NASA Twitter accounts. The goal of NASA Tweetups is to allow people who regularly interact with each other via Twitter to meet in person and discuss one of their favorite subjects: NASA.

Does my registration include a guest?
Because of space limitations, you may not bring a guest. Each registration provides a place for one person only. Each individual wishing to attend must submit a separate registration.

What if I cannot come to Houston?
If you cannot come to Houston to attend in person, you do not need to register for the Tweetup. However, you can still plan to follow the mission of space shuttle Endeavour on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv. NASA also will provide regular launch and mission updates on @NASA.

If you can't make this Tweetup, don't despair; NASA is planning others in the near future at various agency locations.

When will I know if I made it?
After NASA has received and processed the registrations and selected the participants, an e-mail with confirmation information and additional instructions will be sent to the confirmed Tweeps and those on the waitlist. We expect to send notifications by Jan. 29, or sooner.

What if the space shuttle's launch date changes?
The STS-130 Mission Tweetup should not be impacted by a launch delay. Even if the shuttle flight is postponed, NASA still will host the Tweetup on Feb. 17 in Houston.

What is a Tweetup?
A Tweetup is an informal meeting of people who use the social messaging medium Twitter. This Tweetup is an opportunity at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Have a question? Need more information? Help is available by sending an e-mail to jsc-pao-events@mail.nasa.gov

Come back at 11 a.m. CST/noon EST on Tuesday, Jan. 26, to sign up. 

Source: NASA

Via: UPI.com

How to browse on Facebook without appearing online.

Saw this interesting question and decided to answer it. You know how many times people like to snoop around on Facebook and look at photos which is also becoming a favorite pastime for people. So how does a person browse Facebook without appearing Online?

Well the answer is when you login into Facebook you automatically appear online on chat. So the answer is simple turn off your visibility on chat. And here is how to get it done.

1. Click on the Chat Icon that you usually use to chat with your freinds.
2. It pops up with two options (Friends list | Options)
3. Click on Options
4. Choose "Go Offline".

Your done, browse uninterrupted now.

Update: With the new chat sidebar that Facebook has launched this is what you would need to do.

How do I use Facebook without appearing online.

You will need to ensure there is no tick mark in front of 'Available to chat' to browse and use Facebook without appearing online.

Click on the clog icon

Click on 'Available to chat'

To browse without appearing online you will need to ensure there is no tick mark in front of 'Available to chat'

How to advertise on Facebook.

You would first need to go to http://www.facebook.com/advertising/ to prepare your Ad. Also there is a step by step guide to help you better prepare before placing your Ad. Here is the quick overview of the 4 step process that is followed by Facebook to place and Ad on their site.

Steps to create Facebook Ads

1. Click on the Create an Ad Link

Add your website address, Title, and Text. This needs to be chosen carefully because you really want people to see your ad and click on it. Just seeing your ad is not enough. Make it as engaging as possible so users would feel a need to click on it. Or maybe even click the like button under the Ad. This ads more value to your Ad. The more likes you have under the ad the more other people are going to consider it interesting

2. Choose Your Target Audience

There are a lot of options carefully go through it and choose who you would like to see your ad. Starting from which country you would like your target audience to be living in. Should they be college Grads on undergrads. Which Keywords you would like your Ad to be shown for. Should they be in a relationship or not be in a relationship. Should they be friends of yours or friends of your friends. All of this will help you narrow down your Ad to make sure it is reaching your target audience. You don't want to spend money on clicks that are irrelevant.

We suggest your spend time at this section and go through all your options. Also try to get a study done on the most important keywords. what are FB users searching for the most and try to fit your Ad into those keywords.

If you do not want to use a certain option just leave it blank.

3. Campaigns and Pricing.

You can now choose between Pay Per Click (CPC) also known as Cost Per Click and Pay Per Impressions (CPM) also know as Pay per Thousand Impression. Or Pay per mile  (Thousand)

In CPC you only pay when a user click an AD in CPM you pay for 1000 impression of your AD. So you decide what suits your campaign better do you want users to actually click on your Ad and visit your site or are you just trying to make users awar of something and spreading the word.

The Minimum cost per day in the US is $ 1. You would also need to specify how long you would like your Ad to run for before paying them.

4. Review Ad. make sure everyting is in order before filling up your Credit Card details. Once you are satisfied click on the Place Order button and your done.

#OMGFacts Twitter Trend and Controversy.

16 year old Adorion Deck who started the @omgfacts page located here. http://twitter.com/omgfacts. in September of 2009 and amassed more that 300k+ followers spoke with ABC news. 


Deck mined the internet and started posting little know facts about everything from celebs to electronics and just about everything. He was followed by all kinds of people who enjoyed his daily dose of #OMGFacts

But on Monday, Twitter taught the high school junior a lesson he'll never forget. After he posted a controversial Tweet on Dr. martin Luther King

MLK Post Creates 'Firestorm' of Criticism

"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent his last night on Earth having sex with two women," he posted.

And with that, the barbs started to fly.

"Unfollow @OMGFacts for their crude tweet about Martin Luther King Jr yesterday!," posted one tweeter.

"What a disrespectful way to dishonor MLK," posted another.

After realizing what he had done he deleted the Tweet and temporarily deleted his twitter account. It is now back up but no updates #OMGFacts will be an a hiatus he said.

He later said that all this success had got to his head and had started saying things to the public without thinking about things first. Twitter has taught him a lesson if you have people following you you better be aware of what you say and make sense of it too. You just don't throw things at people and think it will all be in good humor or anything close to it. 

This is a lesson for all Twitter users I guess. Twitter gives you success and you had better handle it with care. 

Source: ABC News

Black Bear cubs bings born live on the Internet.

The crazy is catching on. Once the cubs are born and these cute little black bears start running around in the den and ducking under their mother think fur, the cuteness is going to catch like wile fire.

Den Cam is attracting a lot of people and we hope they have enough bandwidth to accommodate all the surge in incoming traffic. Launched by the North American Bear Center to help create awareness and help bears in the wild

Check out this post from their blog. Click here to go to their home page and view the Cam.

Steve Ballmer signs a Mac Book Pro. Running Windows?

Thanks to Appleinsider we learned that on a visit to Tennessee's Trevecca Nazarene University for a meeting of the Nashville Technology Council, Ballmer Microsoft's Chief executive  was approached by a long-haired youth who politely asked him to autograph his MacBook Pro.

While meeting with a group of students, one of them asked the multi-billionaire: "Mr. Ballmer, would you sign my laptop?" The inquiry earned laughs from the group, as well as as the Microsoft executive. "It's got Windows on it," the student said, "I promise."

"Oh yeah," Ballmer said sarcastically, before taking the MacBook Pro and signing it with a marker. The autograph came with a note: "Need a new one?"

"It's all yours," Ballmer said as he handed the Apple machine back to the student.

Google hack 'Aurora' Now leaked on the internet. How To protect yourself.

The code that was used to hack Gmail accounts in China is now publicly available on the internet. And till a patch can be developed internet users across the world need to be vigilant. The hack targetted users of IE6 and till Microsoft can develop a patch users need to be aware of this threat.


The guys who posted it on the net did it for good reasons so that people involved in security can download it to test their security vulnerabilities. This code however can be downloaded by anyone from the net and there comes the problem. 


So what do you need to do to protect yourself.


This program runs like this. You know those e-mails you get that looks like a forward. You see it and it looks suspicious. Well that is the one do not open it. Because that is how this program works you get a mail with a catchy heading and a link for you to open. Once you open that link this malicious program can begin to work. So if you get an e-mail with a link that sounds to good to be true. it probably is. You need to be cautious when opening e-mail attachments. 


Found on Foxnews

Gregg calls it spearphishing: "They target the user with an e-mail  that would appeal to them, one that leads to a site that launches malicious code onto your system." And the IE 6 exploit makes it particularly easy to slip that code on your computer.

Staying on top of current security patches, using firewalls, updating Web browsers and running intrusion detection software is the first part of staying safe. But since most attacks rely upon spearphishing or some similar end-user exploit, Gregg suggests a training program that would warn users that if an e-mail link looks too good to be true, it probably is -- don't click on it.

On Thursday, the code that was used to hack Gmail accounts in China and led Google to threaten to close shop there was posted to malware-analysis Web site Wepawet. By Friday, security site Metasploit had posted a demonstration of just how easily the exploit can be used to gain complete control over a computer.

Metasploit is intended to let security professionals test out security threats. 

The first Tweet from Space has arrived.

Oh yes this is definitely a first. Made possible by NASA who gave space station astronauts direct access to the web. Called by NASA as the ultimate wireless connection. T J Creamer an astronaut working on the Space Station sent out this Tweet.Previously Astronauts had to send an e-mail back to earth before news could spread. Now the just access Twitter and make the best use of it


Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s

T J Creamer can be found at @Astro_TJ

Facebook's Building a new $180 Million Custom Data Center.

Facebook announced via Jonathan Heiliger that Facebook is building a new custom built data center, at the cost price of $180 million.

"When Facebook first began with a small group of people using it and no photos or videos to display, the entire service could run on a single server. However, as the site expanded to different colleges around the U.S., we needed to add more servers and data center capacity to keep up with the increasing number of people who were joining every day.

Initially, as most Internet startups do, we leased data center space alongside other companies in the same building. As our user base continued to grow and we developed Facebook into a much richer service, we reached the point where it was more efficient to lease entire buildings on our own. We are now ready to build our own."

Jonathan also spoke about energy efficient technologies that would be used

"Energy-Efficient Technologies
Along with making sure Facebook operates quickly for you, we wanted to minimize the environmental impact of our new facility and its energy costs. To best achieve those goals, we will use several energy-efficiency technologies, including:

• Evaporative cooling system: This system evaporates water to cool the incoming air, as opposed to traditional chiller systems that require more energy intensive equipment. This process is highly energy efficient and minimizes water consumption by using outside air.
• Airside economizer: The facility will be cooled by simply bringing in colder air from the outside. This feature will operate for between 60 percent and 70 percent of the year. The remainder of the year requires the use of the evaporative cooling system to meet temperature and humidity requirements.
• Re-use of server heat: A portion of the excess heat created by the computer servers will be captured and used to heat office space in the facility during the colder months.
• Proprietary Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) technology: All data centers must have an uninterruptible power supply to continuously provide power to servers. The Prineville data center will use a new, patent-pending UPS system that reduces electricity usage by as much as 12 percent."

Facebook is definitely taking a tighter control of all their users data and would like to handel everything in-house. The New Data Center will also allow them to better protect their servers and therefore better protect their users. Facebook was a small websites without any videos and photos, users by a few people. Now it has more than 350 million users woprld wide and shows no signs or letting up in it's growth. People are shoring photos, videos, openions, playing games and helping each other. This means that the are tons of data on FB servers. All of this data is what is converting the website into gold and this needs to be protected.

Facebook looks like it is taking everything seriously. They are also cutting out Ads from Microsoft as they would like to handel their Ads by themselves. As you will know FB ads are very different and creative. Soemthing not to be seen on other sites.

Facebook has a lot of creativity and technology to come up with and implement. All for the good of it's users. They have been active all the time better trying to understand their users and implem,ent such things as are relevent.

Here's a link the their new Data Center Page


Prineville Data Center - architectural rendering