Sociolatte

Police fear that young drivers will avoid DUI checkpoints as word about their locations spread. All thanks to Twitter. Drivers can upload locations and other will navigate away from these points. Sobriety tests points In Fresno, Calif., police say they know their checkpoints are being avoided by young drivers sending tweets. Sgt. Dave Gibeault, head of the traffic unit,  tells McClatchy Newspapers  his own daughter has sent him text messages about where she's heard there is a checkpoint. Police in Phoenix agree saying it is not just Twitter that is being used but Facebook and iPhone apps as well. Is it any wonder that there would be an iPhone app for this as well.  The police themselves give out notice to the public about the DUI checkpoints except specific locations. With people now broadcasting on social sites and smartphones it now makes the situation a little tricky as the police know people are going to go out of their way to avoid they checkpoints and that should not cause an...

Google in a Tweet today said they are mark 5 years of Google blogging and nearly 1 year of Tweeting. Their blog post on the same dedicates an entire paragraph to their Twitter experience and commitment to the same. Since jumping into Twitterverse in Fed of 2009 Google now has more than a 1,000 posts with 2,028,948 followers as of this time of writing. They also said the 75 other Google entities have gotten into the Twitter Act. They further said that Twitter was their biggest non-Google refer to their blog in 2009. We are all proud that Twitter has grown and proven to the world that micro-blogging and connecting people on a single platform has united the world in a way never know before and opened doors to people great and small and companies great and small. Cheers to a new decade of Twittering To follow Google on Twitter @google The Following has been taken from their blog What captured your attention this year? Here are the top 10 posts of 2009, by unique pageviews: Introducing the...

YouTube has released it's list of top videos ending year 2009. The first 5 are classified as Most watched YouTube Videos Global. The remaining 5 are classified as most watched Music videos Global. 1.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. An original post by Sociolatte

With the boom in online gamers virtual currency is a market that is all set to boom. Gone are the days that 'Gamers' were connoted as a teen sitting in front of his console and playing for hours together. Today the average age of a gamer is 30 and these people have money to say. They are able to spend on virtual goods. Goods that do not really exist. Popular games on Facebook like Farmville and Mafia Wars sell goods to gamers in exchange for real hard cash. Woman it appears are more heavy gamers than men and also try to hide this fact. They play it more to be in touch with family and friends. Social gaming is set to be the big thing in 2010. The BBC reported that the Virtual Gaming market in the US market would be $5 Billion over the next 5 years. An original post by Sociolatte

With all the rumors flying across thew internet. We now have websites also telling us the price of Google's Phone called Nexus One. Both Gizmodo and Engadget posted leaked documents which showed the price of the Nexus One to be $529.99 unlocked and $179.99 with a two year T-Mobile contract. Google had earlier sent out invitations for a Android press conference. After which people started speculating about the new phone and it most probably is going to happen. We just need to wait and see. As far as the pricing goes by comparative analysis it is quiet competitive. On Jan 5th we should have a lot of confirmations and its features should be in full glow. The phone has however garnered a lot of public interest as is with the launch of any big tech gadget. With the start of the new decade many possible surprises would emerge from companies involved in SmartPhones. Here's a video of the phone found on YouTube An original post by Sociolatte

Two buyers of the iPod filed a case in 2006 claiming that the sound of the iPod can reach a maximum of 115 decibels enough they say to cause permanent hearing loss. The device's ear buds provide less protection that traditional head phones the suit alleged and the volume switch failed to notify users of dangerous levels. The plaintiff's also claimed that the manufacturers warning which cautions users was inadequate and not enough. The suit also alleged that consumers overpaid for the device. In the ruling the judge wrote that the plaintiff's did not offer any proof that they hearing has been damaged or that iPod's ear buds are dangerous but only pointed that they could be made safer. So for now Apple is out of the court getting ready for the next set of allegations, they always come. An original post by Sociolatte

In this topic we will cower how to use Facebook Search Image courtesy hellohello.net. When you click a search term in your search bar located on the top right hand corner you get  whole lot of results. With options as seen in the image above. These options are familiar to everyone who users Facebook search. The reason it is provided is to make your search experience richer and more effective. Yes when you click the web Results you can even search the web without leaving Facebook So once you enter your search term and click enter by default people results are first but with the toolbar on the left you can now make your search experience much more targeted and explore Facebook a liitle more. 1. People . This is simple you want to see results of only people's profiles then you click on that option and get only profiles. Some people would also create profiles for their gadgets or companies and this is a sure way to find them. 2. Pages . Click on this option if you only need to find pag...

Facebook with its 350 million members pushed the site to be the most visited site this Christmas beating Google for the No 1 spot in the US. Traffic tracker Hitwise says that Facebook was the most visited site in the US on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 1st time the site has been the #1 visited US site ever. To tap that market and prove itself to large brands, Facebook needs to prove traffic and engagement. Facebook has more than doubled in size this year, surpassing 350 million users. Hitwise reported two weeks ago that Facebook was the third most visited site this year,up from ninth place in 2008. Some of Facebook’s own statistics are even scarier: the average user spends 55 minutes a day on the site. Even with all the controversies surrounding it's privacy policy there does not seem to be people moving away in 10 and 1000's . So is it a wild guess to know which site is going to be the most visited on New Year's EVE. An original post by Sociolatte

The Spat between Nokia and Apple has just moved to a new level the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the US. Nokia has said that Apple infringes virtually in all its patents with respect to Mobile phones, Portable music players and computer sold. Nokia is now asking the ITC to do something about it. Nokia has sued Apple in October over 10 patents the said the company had infringed upon. Apple in reply counter sued them over 13 patent infringements and also anti-competitive charges. If Nokia prevails it could be a real dampener for Apple as the US ITC could ask them to stop importing their toys from China. Where all Apple products these days are made. Normally what happens in cases like these is that both companies would come to a compromise and allow each other to use the other's patents to a large extent. Nokia is going ahead with it's complaint even after bing counter sued by Apple saying that the counter suit did not change anything fundamental in it's own course. ...

In a fast paced world where brief status updates are considered an ideal way to stay in touch is it any wonder that Employers may go the same way. TechCrunch reported a Craigslist job posting in Greenwich Village for a Twitter Genius. We have posted the original requirements of the job below. So if your good on Twitter and can say what you want within the 140 character limitation you have a nice job in social media. Something that many Tweeple would like to have. Find a job doing something you do even in your sleep. As happens to many people IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS JOB, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW EXACTLY. NO DEVIATIONS: (i) Email me two tweets. The first should be about your experience. The second should by why you're perfect for this job. If you exceed twitter's allotted character count, you're done. (ii) Email me your Twitter name in link form (e.g. http://www.twitter.com/YOURNAME) (iii) Tell me how many followers you have and how many people you follow. (iv) T...

Iranian protesters use Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to spread live updates. On Sunday when the second wave of protesters hit the streets. Photos and videos of live updates were uploaded to social networking sites and the updates kept coming. Taking citizen journalism to a whole new level. With western and world news bureaus unable to operate out of Tehran. The onus fell on it's own citizens to keep the world updated on what's going on. The associated pres also mentioned that cell phone use and text messages services were restricted within Iran. Images posted on Twitter and Facebook or other sites have had to be blurred to protect people from the government who would crack down on them. Bloggers have also taken up the task of spreading news about the conflict. An original post by Sociolatte

Kim Kardashian is the highest-paid celebrity Twitter user in the world, according to a recent survey. The reality TV star is believed to earn around $10,000 (£6,250) per post on the micro-blogging service. Kardashian was named top of a poll compiled by Ad.ly, an online service that allows celebrities and public figures the chance to "monetise" their tweets. The 29-year-old socialite arranges endorsement deals through the company, which she then posts on to her 2.7 million followers. She told  Us Weekly : "I tweet about products, places, foods and fashion that I love." Other celebrities currently using the online marketing service include Soulja Boy and Audrina Patridge. Found on NowPublic It has been revealed that  Kim Kardashian gets paid $10,000 a tweet by Twitter advertisers , who use her account to promote their products to her over two million followers. Many are now asking if she is worth it. On  Kim Kardashian's Twitter  account, in tweets such as the on...

Tech websites all over the internet are abuzz with the News of the Google phone Nexus One making it's debut on Jan 5th. The much awaited phone has been much in the news and if all the news flying around is to be believed than we are going to see the new phone at a press conference on Jan 5.  Google has scheduled a press event for Tuesday , January 5 at its Mountain View, California, headquarters. Though the company hasn’t mentioned Nexus One, the invitation mentions Android, Google’s mobile operating system for phones, and the company is widely expected to show the device that has had smartphone industry watchers buzzing for weeks. It’s a move straight out of the Apple playbook. In January, 2007, Apple famously upstaged CES when it unveiled the first iPhone at an event in San Francisco — even as most technology journalists and executives were huddled in Las Vegas for the trade show. Below are some specs of the phone we found on GadgetVenue The Nexus One will be a tri-band phone (9...

An Indonesian court on Tuesday freed a woman charged with deformation for sending an e-mail to friends telling them that the hospital that diagnosed her had got it wrong.  Prita Mulysari  had written to about 20 of her friends about being misdiagnosed with dengue fever at the hospital, when in fact she had mumps.  This post was later reposted without her knowledge on sites like Facebook.  The Omni International hospital then filed a case against her stating that this e-mail would tarnish the reputation of the hospital's doctors.  The hospital earlier this month offered to drop its civil charge against Ms Mulysari if she apologised. But she opted instead to challenge the fine of 204 million rupiah ($21,400, £13,320) - much more than a year's salary for most Indonesians - in the Supreme Court. That court decision has not yet been reached, but donations worth $50,000 so far have been collected to help her if necessary. If she does not need to pay the fine she will donate the mone...

We had reported 24 hours ago that AT&T had stopped selling iPhone in most parts of New York on their online site. Apparently it has resumed sales and act as though nothing ever happened. This is something they might have learned from Apple. Some bloggers have felt that AT&T was unable to handle traffic in high density areas which other speculated it might have happened due to some minor glitch which has since worked itself out. Whatever maybe the case consumers in New York can now order the iPhone online from AT&T. Northrup told NPR whatever the cause, it doesn't look good for AT&T: From a PR standpoint, it makes them look bad that they've just quietly cut off sales without making an announcement. If they had announced this and said this is why we're remitting iPhone sales in the New York metro area, I think people would still be annoyed, but at least they'd understand why, and at least there'd be a straight answer from AT&T as to why this is. An...

Shashi Tharoor, Indian ministry of state of external affairs has used Twitter account once again to show his displeasure of the new visa norms.  Under the previous rule foreigners with a 5 or 10 year visa could stay in the county for 180 days before the have to leave and allowed to reenter. They would simply fly to a neighbouring county and fly back in again. The rule remains the same except after the 180 day limit. Foreigners would need to leave and not return before two months.  Foreign ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said last week the  new guidelines were issued  "to facilitate bonafide tourists" and that immigration authorities could still allow tourists who leave India to re-enter if they produced a "detailed itinerary" and ticket bookings. The ministry is probing why its Chicago consulate granted multiple visas to a Pakistani-American, David Coleman Headley, who is accused of helping plan the Mumbai siege in which 166 people died. Tharoor said the new visa...

Craig Lynch has been taunting police from his Facebook page . Apparently the queer thing about his escape from prison is the way he did it and the timing. He escaped when he was serving time during the end of his release and escaped when on day out.  He now has over 3,400 fans and he is grumbling that the original page had over 4,000 fans and was deleted by Facebook.  This is the latest update found on his page. Craig 'Lazie' Lynch   After Facebook deleted the original page of over 4000 fans, we now have over 3000 with this page. Here are the top 10 Countries for Craig's Page as of 12/26 - United Kingdom: 781, United States: 611, Norway: 169, Canada: 165, Australia: 95, Germany: 87, Portugal: 82, Sweden: 51, Turkey: 48, Denmark: 39 Which at the time of writing has already got 80 comments.  There are people from all countries following him and making their presence felt.  He was arrested for  aggravated battery which is :  By the way, if you ever wondered about the definiti...

Amazon announced that Kindle has become the most gifted item in Amazon's history and for the first time ever customers purchased more e-books that physical books. With kindle being such a popular gift most people who got one must have simply gone online and ordered some e-books the read. It just works that easy. With 390,000 books to choose from is it any wonder. We have added the list of the bestsellers this Christmas season from Amazon. Amazon Worldwide 2009 Holiday Facts (includes  www.amazon.com ,  www.amazon.co.uk , www.amazon.de ,  www.amazon.fr ,  www.amazon.co.jp  and  www.amazon.ca ): Amazon shipped to over 178 countries. One of our most remote shipments contained the  EMU Australia Toddler Boot  and was delivered to Atqasuk, Alaska. On the peak day this season, Amazon's worldwide fulfillment network shipped over 7 million units. Amazon shipped over 200,000 units to APO/FPO addresses. Amazon shipped more than 99 percent of orders in time to meet holiday deadlines worl...

Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch Reported that when he tried to buy an iPhone online from AT&T's online store he received the message " Sorry this package is not available in your city". This is now the big story, they are not selling iPhone's online. You can still buy an iPhone from a physical store or directly from Apple's online store.  Found on the Consumerist . AT&T has apparently found a workable solution to the reported data congestion in New York City. They've quietly stopped selling the iPhone to customers in the New York metropolitan area, at least from their web site. I guess that's one way to solve the problem. Reader Stephen in Brooklyn made the discovery while shopping for a new phone today. "I was on the AT&T Wireless website trying to get an iPhone. However, when I put in my zip code 11231, the site says the iPhone is unavailable. This seemed a little odd so I started punching in other famous zip codes: 90210, 60609 (spiegel ...

This New Year's Eve we are going to see a blue moon. It has nothing to do with the shade or hue of the moon. It is simply a colloquial term for something that is very rare. There will be two full moon's this month the first having appeared on Dec 2.  It's the first time this is happening from 1871 and only the fourth from 1900.  On very rare occasions the moon can actually sport a bluish tint due to atmospheric conditions caused by forest fires or volcanic eruptions. It’s even happened fairly recently. The moon was a little blue across many sections of eastern North America in September 1950, because of smoke from widespread forest fires in western Canada. Also, after the massive eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991, there were many sightings of a physically blue moon all around the world. Fortunately these calamities don’t happen that often, and that lends itself to the creation of the phrase “once in a blue moon.” The astronomical definition of a bl...

The would-be terrorist who attempted to ignite an explosive on board a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit confessed to authorities that he is a follower of Bin Laden but only on Twitter. According to authorities that twitter link does not prove that he is working on instructions from Bin Laden. "We looked at his Twitter account," one interrogator said. "And while it's true that he follows bin Laden , he also follows Alyssa Milano and Shaq." Investigators further refused to comment on whether he accepted Bin laden's request to play Farmville on Facebook. An original post by Sociolatte

Jeremy Gilliam 22, was caught after playing a stolen game console online . Allowing cops in Pelham where the device was stolen to track him to his grandmothers house through the IP address. A kid whose Xbox was stolen saw someone playing with his user name online and told his parents who informed the police. On the day of the burglary when the kid who had logged in with another Xbox he noticed that he was already logged in. When the cops tracked him down they found Xboxes, playstations, GPS units and Laptops. A total of 53 items including stolen credit cards. Gilliam was already under investigation for 13 robberies Pilham detective John Hayes Said. Hayes further said that he believed that the stuff found was from about 200 car break-ins and multiple home burglaries. An original post by Sociolatte

The misco-blogging site Twitter has announced that they have bought Mixer Labs, the makers of GeoAPI. This translates into Geo-location on Twitter. Now when users post content they can more accurately give a geographical location to the tweet. This is very helpful for people who are reporting incidents as and when they are Happening. User who are following these tweets will better understand and make sense of these tweets because they are being tweeted at some times from Ground-Zero. Twitter had this to say . The Mixer Labs crew has been working on harnessing the power of local information for a couple years and just recently launched GeoAPI, a comprehensive service for helping developers build geolocation-aware applications. As of today, they're part of Twitter and will be working to combine the contextual relevance of location to tweets. We want to know  What's happening? , and more precisely,  Where is it happening?  As a dramatic example, twittering "Earthquake!" ...

There are plenty of Apply rumors on the web. But when a major news site says something we stop to listen. The Financial Times  begins to speculate people start to listen. It is being reported that Apple has rented a stage in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for several days in late January.  Where Apple is expected to make a major announcement. Stories about this mythical touch screen device better than a iPhone and cooler than a Netbook could be actually launched. Yes after all the speculation that Apple has explored making of the Tablet device for years it might become a reality. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today speculated that an event was imminent. “We believe there is a 75 per cent likelihood that Apple will have an event in January and a 50 per cent chance that it will be held to launch the Apple Tablet,” he wrote in a new research note. “If Apple announced the Tablet in January, it would likely ship later in the March quarter.” An original post by Socio...

As Santa nears North America Norad will be tracking his progress. The North American Aerospace Defense follows Santa each year. Using Radar and other technology to track his progress and report it on the world wide web.  This year they can also check out Santa's village and see how well the elves are getting on with making presents. Norad volunteers are on hand on Christmas Eve to answer e-mails about Father Christmas's journey at noradtrackssanta@gmail.com. Norad is a military organisation that is responsible for the aerospace and maritime defence of the US and Canada. The tradition of tracking Father Christmas goes back to a misprint in a Colorado newspaper advertisement in 1955. The hotline to Santa promised by the paper actually connected to what was known then as the Continental Air Defense Command (Conad). As more phone calls came in, the commander on the other end of the phone started to pretend he was Santa and the tradition continued in 1958 when Conad became Norad. ...

Netbooks are small computers designed with internet use and portability in mind. They can also handle word and  spreadsheets. They are really not suited for games and high end graphics. Their main use is to surf the internet, answer e-mail, update your blog, access your social sites and stay online and in touch. There are a few things to look out for when choosing your Netbook 1. Weight. Since you may want the Netbook primarily for on-the-go internet usage. A heavy Netbook will defeat the very purpose. 2. Sleek Design. This is just for aesthetics, since your must carry this computer around you might as well have one that looks cool. 3. Battery Life. Without which portability becomes a huge issue. make sure you get one with a long battery life, enabling you to work on the go. 4 USB Ports .Your Netbook has to have enough USB and other connectivity ports as you would definately be wanting to connect other devices to your Netbook. 5. Graphics Card. Check the graphics card before you bu...

BlackBerry maker Research in motion confirmed that users of the smartphone across the Americas are experiencing delays in Message delivery. "Technical teams are actively working to resolve the issue for those impacted. RIM apologizes for any inconvenience experienced by customers," read an e-mailed statement from company spokesperson Jamie Ernst. Ernst declined to elaborate, however, on the cause or extent of the outage, and offered no estimated time of repair.   The company apologized for the outage and assured subscribers it technical team are working to solve the problem, similar to what happened on Thursday when email and Internet usage was restored only by mid-afternoon. Blackberry's phone function, though, is working. The first outage coincided with the release of RIM's third quarter results in which the maker of Blackberry reported a $628.4 million profit, which is almost twice for the same quarter in 2008. An original post by Sociolatte

Headlines likes these have been grabbing people's attention online "Microsoft ordered to stop selling word in 2010". Well not entirely true. The story so far goes like this. On Tuesday a judge's injunction was issued after a district court jury found that a feature in word 2007, and the office 2007 suite that includes word infringed a patent that was held by i4i. A Toronto software developer. "The feature in question governs how programs deal with a specialized data format called XML , short for extensible markup language. It's arguable, as Computerworld writer Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes, that i4i never should have received this patent in the first place. But there also seems to be solid evidence that Microsoft knew about i4i's work before adding these features to Word." Microsoft has said that they have put the wheels in motion to remove that little used feature before the Jan 11 deadline. Microsoft further said that Word 2010 and Office 2010 ...

With the popularity of Facebook and it's impact on this decade is it any wonder that songs would be composed to serenade this darling of the crowds. Well here are a few we found and yeah it's funny humorous and still brings out how much the service means to people. If you have some videos you want us to add send it over. An original post by Sociolatte

Found this really popular video on YouTube 'Twitter in plain English'. It is simple and plain just like Twitter and easy to follow. There are a huge number of people joining Twitter everyday and wondering how to get started. I think this video is useful and gives a few hints for freshers and newbies. Of course it does not get too deep into various ways Twitter power users use he service. But it is good if your wondering how and where to start. For those who know all this the video still makes an interesting listen. Highly recommended. An original post by Sociolatte

A Facebook book campaign started at the grassroots level and led to the humbling of Simon Cowell by deniying one of his new acts the No 1. Christmas spot. The Facebook campaign was organized by an English couple Jon and Tracy Morter in a concerted effort to break Cowell's recent stranglehold on the holiday No. 1 song, a traditional source of status and bragging rights inside Britain. "Rage Against the Machine was built for moments like this," the band's guitarist Tom Morello told The Associated Press . "We are honored to have the song that liberated the U.K. pop chart." Fed up with Simon and his cookie-cutter approach to stardom the English couple launched their Facebook campaign which has 1 million members. The group has delivered the blow that many were hoping to a bland sort of pop music which Xfactor always managed to push to the top of the charts every Xmas season. The  Sydney Morning Herald had said. Killing in the Name, an expletive-heavy rock song f...

We had previously posted the video of the D.C Snowball fight . What happened was with a record showfall in the area people used Twitter and other social networks to advertise the fight. A whole lot of people showed up but the party got busted when a gun wielding cop came to break up a snowball fight. Well the Associated Press has just released the latest update on the incident . D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Monday called the officer's actions "totally inappropriate." Union chief Kristopher Baumann said Tuesday it's questionable whether Detective Michael Baylor will get a fair and unbiased investigation by the department. He said Lanier should wait for the investigation to close before passing judgment. The mass snowball fight was advertised on Twitter and other social media during a record snowfall. The detective has since had his  gun removed and put on desk duty until investigations are completed. An original post by Sociolatte

As first reported by the Boston Herald . A distraught mother of a 14 year old boy called the cops to stop her son from playing Grand Theft Auto. After turning off the console she called in the cops to help with her son's gaming addiction.  "Sometimes I want to run away, too," Mejia told the Boston Herald. "I have support from my church, but I'm alone. I want to help my son, but I can't find a way." After unplugging her son's game console, she decided to call 911. Police came to Mejia's home and coaxed the boy into going to sleep. "[The police] were just like, 'Chill out. Go to bed,'" Mejia's son told the Herald . Emmy Award-winning documentarian Lawrence Kutner, former co-director of the Center for Mental Health and Media at Massachusetts General Hospital is the author of “Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do.” “Clearly, it’s a very, very rare situation for someone to ...

Hewlett-Packard is investigating a claim that webcams integrated into it's computers do not track or are incapable of tracking facial features of black people and only follow white or Caucasian features. The video that first appeared on the internet is hilarious to say the least. The video was made by two co-workers Desi and Wanda. Desi appears in the frame and demonstrates that the webcam does not track his movements because he is black. In steps his c-worker Wanda and boom the camera seems to be following her every move. The video as of now has already got 475,636 views and growing. It is categorized as a humor clip. But HP is saying that they have taken the matter seriously and are investigating. “HP has been informed of a potential issue with the facial-tracking software included on some of its systems, which appears to occur when insufficient foreground lighting is available,” an HP spokesman said in an e-mail. “We take this seriously and are looking into it with our partners...

YouTube has announced on it's official blog that they have launched their own URL shortening service "Youtu.be". This has been done they said to make you feel rest assured that when your clicking a youtu.be link you are indeed click on a YouTube video. Also because the link contains the video link. Developers can do interesting things with it like, show you thumbnails, embed the video directly or track how the video is spreading. In order to use the feature you would need to use AutoShare . AutoShare allows you to automatically share your YouTube  Activity Feed  to Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. By opting into AutoShare, when you perform certain actions (specified in your Activity Feed) on YouTube, AutoShare sends an update to your friends on Facebook, a tweet on Twitter, and notification in Google Reader about those actions. To use  youtu.be   manually, simply take a URL like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeioVndUhs and replace the"http://www.youtube.com/wa...

A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of an 18 year old. Apparently triggered over Facebook postings.  Salum Kombo was found dead with stab wounds on Sunday, with friends saying he was targeted after posting a message on the page of another boy who was not invited to a party. The police said the 15 year old boy was from Bow, East London and is appear at The Thames Magistrate Court. Mr Kombo was was studying art at the  Tower Hamlets college and was discovered bleeding by a passer-by around 6:40 PM Passer-by Gary Byrne , 46, held the teenager in his arms as 'the life drained out of him'. 'We saw the kid lying on the ground with a crowd of young boys standing around him,' he told The Sun. 'I pulled up and got out of the car. When I went over there was another guy trying to stem the flow of blood. 'I was speaking to the ambulance while holding his head and trying to talk to him, trying to keep him awake. His eyes were flickering and I could see the life d...

Justin.tv announced today that they would be integrating chat between themselves and other popular social networking sites like Myspace, Twitter and Facebook.  The reason small sites than the leading social networks need to do this is because people are already chatting with their friends on the other networks. So by integrating all of these chat services together you can sign into Justin.tv chat with your Twitter, Myspace or Facebook account. Without having to create a Justin.tv ID.  This kind of integrated chat will definitely grow to be the new thing on the Internet. This will alllow smaller sites to allow people to sign in with any of their Social account, without having to always create a new account.  Justin.tv also said that you will now be able to import all your avatar's and enjoy the chat experience. An original post by Sociolatte

Britney Murphy videos found on YouTube. A tribute to the actress. RIP An original post by Sociolatte

Actress Brittney Murphy has died at age 32 from cardiac arrest. She had starred in such movies as Girl, Interrupted, uptown girls, clueless and Eminem's 8th Mile.  Following which the stars have turned to Twitter to express their grief . Lindsay Lohan:  "My deepest condolences go out to all of Brittany Murphy's loved ones & may she rest in peace. She was a great talent w/a beautiful soul. XO." Alicia Silverstone:  "I'm so saddened to hear this news. I loved working with Brittany. She was so talented, so warm and so sweet. I always felt connected to her as we shared a very special experience in our lives together. I feel love in my heart for her-and hope she is at peace." Whoopi Goldberg:   "It is a terrible loss for us as actors and to the industry but even greater for her family, My thoughts and prayers are with them." Denise Richards:  "Brittany Murphy was in  Drop Dead Gorgeous  with me and was the sweetest and most adorable.  Tragi...

Bing! Information Designs LLC. A small computer firm based in the Midwest had decided to sue the OS giant Microsoft. Over you guessed it the name Bing. They say the name  Bing! alleges trademark infringement as well as unfair competition , claiming "Microsoft's use of the name dilutes the value of it and confuses the public about the companies' relationship to each other." The design company has used the name since 2000 and has pending application for registration of the mark.  Bing!, yes the exclimation mark is a part of their name has been around since 2000 and is awaiting it's awaiting it's Bing! trademark. Yes the company has not yet received it's trademark rights and certificates. “We believe this suit to be without merit and we do not believe there is any confusion in the marketplace with regard to the complainant’s offerings and Microsoft’s Bing,” said Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz . An original post by Sociolatte

Intel has officially announced it's Next-Gen Atom platform. How this translates to the end uses is with this new configuration you will have longer battery life and improved system performance for nettops and netbooks. So for people buying Netbooks which are for the purpose of using the Internet and little else this will enhance the entire experience.  Found on the official  Intel Blog The newest Intel Atom  platform  for netbooks consists of a new  Intel® Atom™ processor , the N450, and a new low-power Intel® NM10 Express Chipset. For entry level desktop PCs, it consists of either the Intel® Atom™ processor D410 or the dual core D510, also paired with the Intel® NM10 Express Chipset. The Intel Atom processor was designed from the ground up for small devices and low power, and remains Intel's smallest chip, built on the company's  45nm high-k metal gate manufacturing process . The overall package, including chipset, just got smaller due to the increasing integration and 45n...