Facebook Growth: 17 Countries with more than 1 Million Users

Facebook status has been growing by leaps and bounds in 2008. In June, Facebook became the largest social network by reach at 132 million uniques, a 35% jump from the end of 2007, according to comScore. Facebook’s...

Sen. Graham and Bob Conley will debate on ETV/C-SPAN Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m.

Note:  Politisite will be covering the Debate Live at ETV.  We will live blog on NowPublic and Iron Mill News Service.  The reason this debate is so important is that Sen Graham is a possible cabinet...

Be Careful Where you Click

"Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses ...

Clergyman apologises over call to tattoo gay people

An Anglican clergyman who advocated that homosexuals be tattooed with labels calling them sodomites has apologized for his remarks. Such language is extreemly unusual in the Church of England."A Church of England clergyman who wrote that gay men should be forced to have...

U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper

"U.K. to spend 12 bln pounds to spy on calls and e-mails - paper""LONDON, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - The U.K. authorities are considering spending up to 12 billion pounds ($21 billion) on a database to keep information on Internet intercepts, e-mail and telephone records of...

Hack and tell: Teen hacker Mafiaboy writes memoir

"Hack and tell: Teen hacker Mafiaboy writes memoir"" Michael Calce, aka "Mafiaboy," has written a memoir about how he temporarily shut down a handful of major Web sites and led the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted...

Police: Pa. landlord spied on 34 female tenants

" PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday. Thomas Daley, 45, will face additional charges stemming from the new victims identified...

Think Again: White Open Spaces, Owned by Us

Tech advances including the shift to digital TV have opened up the possibility of using unused frequencies to make broadband available nationwide in the US, even in rural areas. High-speed internet contributes to economic growth and public awareness. The Telco cartel wants to...

YouTube to Stream Live Concert Event

YouTube is getting set to introduce its much rumoured live-streaming video service -- and they're going to do it in a big way."YouTube Live" is a massive concert event to be held in San Francisco on November 22nd...

Viktor & Rolf Premieres Spring 2009 Online

Viktor & Rolf have broken the tradition of high fashion and moved their runway to the virtual world: the designers premiered their Spring 2009 collection online and made it available for everyone anyone to...

Oasis Launches New Album on MySpace

While indie bands and record labels are united in their dissatisfaction with the major-label launch of MySpace Music, major label artists like Oasis are launching their new albums with the service.Oasis is the latest...

Congress OKs Greater Broadband Access

"By JOHN DUNBAR The Associated Press Tuesday, September 30, 2008; 7:18 PM WASHINGTON -- Congress has passed legislation that will require the government to keep closer tabs on who has access to the Internet and who does not. Supporters hope the Broadband Data...

Bailout Bill Overwhelms House Internet Servers

The House is experiencing an unprecedented amount of traffic as people try to access the bill, the vote count- and the contact system, so they can express their opposition to the Wall Street Bailout. Let 'em have it. You can look up your "Representative"s contact info here:...

Yahoo's Zimbra e-mail program exposes passwords

"Yahoo's Zimbra e-mail program exposes passwords"" Passwords used to access Yahoo mail through the Zimbra client are sent over the Internet in clear text, a Canadian programmer says. Holden Karau stumbled upon this...

Google, HSBC Offer Cheap Internet

3 billion people are getting broadband from Spain to South Africa, thanks to Google and HSBC. What ever other wrongs have been committed by these companies, this would seem to be a good thing. "LONDON - Google and...

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