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Is it okay for your Parents to have Facebook?

Posted by: cbizzle23 on: May 25, 2010

Recently I heard about some teenagers having their parents as a friend on Facebook. They said that although their parents are their friend they still block them for some things. Isn’t the whole reason why a parent would have a Facebook to see what their kids are doing? Facebook is created to keep in touch [...]

Facebook Gets More Personal

Posted by: lazygirjl on: May 19, 2010

Facebook has faced a lot of criticism lately with its privacy policy. The newest feature deriving critique is called “Instant Personalization”, which allows websites to personalize your experience based on the public information into your Facebook profile. It has allegedly been exposing users’ private information to the public without their consent. Facebook has also changed [...]

Well Isn’t This Just a Treat

Posted by: bbss23 on: May 11, 2010

Many already know of Hugh Heffner and the affluent lifestyle that he lives. Many are envious of his unique living situation and the beautiful half-clothed woman that surround him nearly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Well men of all ages, your about to get “new specs” which will help you see more [...]

Facebook Privacy Issue

Posted by: nataliebea on: May 5, 2010

Just recently, Facebook announced that they had to close down the Facebook chat whilst they did some repairs due to privacy issues.  An option for people to view their profiles as though they were their friends went out of hand and caused people to be able to see chats and friend requests of their friends. [...]

Introduction to Twitter

Posted by: lazygirjl on: April 21, 2010

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that allows its users to send and read messages online for free. Unlike blogging though, Twitter only allows up to 140 characters per post. However, it is a good way to mark down sudden thoughts or to rant about something that is bothering you. It is also [...]

The Internet Tycoons

Posted by: nataliebea on: March 11, 2010

Have you ever wondered just how much money the internet tycoons of today are worth?  Well I recently found a website that told me the worth of some of the most successful internet tycoons. I think that everyone is familiar with Google right?  Well the co-founders: Sergey Brin and Larry Page are both worth around [...]

“Facebook” Incident Leads to Gunfire

Posted by: bbss23 on: January 31, 2010

             Many of us today have the social network “Facebook.” Actually to tell you the truth, every student, peer, and adult I have spoken to, has a Facebook account of his or her own. Even many of my friend’s parents have Facebook, fortunately mine do not. This past Saturday, January [...]

The social networking site solely for beautiful and thin people has expelled 5,000 of its members for overeating and piling on pounds over the Christmas holidays. The site has 550,000 members worldwide and they have a strict ban on ‘ugly people’ and ‘fat people’. Most of the people that were ‘deleted’ are from the UK, US [...]

The Contagious Acts of Feeling

Posted by: bbss23 on: December 5, 2009

Ever feel left out? Lonely? Separated? All by yourself? Angry? Happy? If you experience any of these feelings yourself, it could only be a matter of time before others around you experience them as well. Researchers are claiming that “loneliness” and other emotions can spread from person to person as well as habits, which can [...]

Groom changes facebook status at the alter.

Posted by: georginasellyn on: December 2, 2009

    Talk about  facebook addiction! A newly wed groom was so excited to be married and to show it off that he even went as far as changing his relationship status on Facebook, while being at the alter. Immediately after the minister pronounced the bride and groom as husband and wife, the groom brought out his [...]

Remi Gaillard

Posted by: gonzaloasis on: October 18, 2009

Rei Gaillard was born in Montpellier, a small city in France, and since 1999 has been doing crazy videos on the streets of both his hometown and the capital, Paris. He usually wears costumes and does embarrassing things in the normal life of the city. In one of the videos, for example, he dresses up [...]

Facebook

Posted by: danieladaniela on: October 13, 2009

Facebook is a global social network website that is operated by Facebook, Inc. It’s a website where you can find your friends and send them messages. You make your own profile, where you put a photo and some information about your self. Everyone that is your friends can write to you, and send you a bunch [...]

Hackers Target Christians on Facebook

Posted by: alsonkeeler on: October 5, 2009

A very bad hacking attack on a Christian dating site has been used to break into Facebook accounts and post racist comments. The online group called 4chan which hacked former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin’s email account and spread hoax news about a spate of celebrity deaths – is now targeting Christians on Facebook. The hackers stole login details and [...]

Facebook’s Big Boost

Posted by: nataliebea on: September 22, 2009

Facebook is the world’s largest social network and is still growing!  Currently, Facebook has 300 million active monthly members from all over the world.  Facebook have set large goals for themselves, one of which is 1 billion members in the future.  They are currently gaining 5 million users per week, which is an outstanding number.  [...]

Voice Chat Coming To Facebook

Posted by: bbss23 on: September 16, 2009

We all can agree that Facebook is already addicting enough as it is. People are always checking their Facebook’s throughout the day any chance they may get to see if someone had “friend requested” them, sent them a message or left them a new notification. Facebook allows us to communicate with people around the world [...]

Google Inc

Posted by: alsonkeeler on: August 27, 2009

Google Inc is an American public corporation. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. Google is the number one source in the world. Google is a searching engine that everyone goes to and search the internet for what they need. Google has been around for many [...]

Swiss Employee Loses Her Job Because of Facebook

Posted by: xeniya on: April 30, 2009

The woman from Switzerland lost her job because she was logged into Facebook while she was home “sick”. That is how the company she worked for, National Swiss, an insurance company in Switzerland, commented about the incident to the press on Friday. The woman told her boss on Thursday that she went to the doctor [...]

Google Maps Keeps Track of Swine Flu

Posted by: xeniya on: April 30, 2009

The spreading of the new and rare disease the swine flu can be followed with a program called Google Maps. On the World, you can see where the disease has caused death, where the disease is confirmed, and where the government suspects activity of the flu. All these things are marked with special tabs. If you [...]

Facebook Addiction

Posted by: trubino on: April 23, 2009

Facebook has become a big addiction to the High School/College generation. There are five clues that can inform you if you’re addicted to Facebook. The first one is if you lose sleep over Facebook. If you stay up all night on Facebook and wake up tired, you’re probably addicted to Facebook. The second clue is [...]

Facebook Users Have Lower Grade Point Averages

Posted by: laurengolino on: April 13, 2009

According to a study done by, Aryn Karpinski, a researcher at Ohio State University, social networking websites may actually be effecting the academic performance of college students. The average grade point average, of the polled students who use facebook ranged from 3.0 to 3.5. The average grade point average of those who did not use [...]

Models, Models, Models

Posted by: sallywatson on: February 26, 2009

Models.com is a famous website in the fashion world which ranks the top models in the world. The website is updated all the time and is looked at by clients, agencies and models. The website is the only respected ranking system of the models currently in the fashion world. It ranks the models according to [...]

Pendleton HD Channel

Posted by: charliekennedy on: February 26, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/user/pendletonpanther It’s still in it’s infancy, but Pendleton has launched an online HD channel for viewing student reporting.  All videos are written and produced by Pendleton students.

Are You Addicted to Facebook?

Posted by: allie11610 on: February 25, 2009

Are you addicted to Facebook? According to a study that has just been published the majority of teenagers are actually considered to be addicted to Facebook. It has become so extreme that the researcher has actually developed a list of warning signs. They are as follows….. “1. Facebook is your home page. 2. You update [...]

Facebook Addictions

Posted by: allie11610 on: February 24, 2009

Have you ever needed to finish an assignment due for the next day and instead innocently gone to check your facebook?  Next, before you know it, 2 hours have passed. That is exactly why 99% (a bit of an exaggeration) of kids at IMG don’t finish their homework. We have facebook to blame for lack of work ethic since [...]

Imposters on Facebook

Posted by: trubino on: February 8, 2009

Facebook is one the fastest growing social networks. It’s a big hit for messaging friends, for old friends to reunite, and to share pictures. There are many great features on Facebook but also it’s starting to get dangerous. Impostors are starting to increase on this social network. One case of false impersonation on Facebook happened [...]

Facebook

Posted by: xeniya on: February 4, 2009

Facebook is a big interest of many teens all around the world.  It is a way to keep in touch with friends and a way to meet new people. You can even put pictures of yourself up so that family and friends can see them.  Also, you can look at the photos of the people [...]

Photo toy

Posted by: xeniya on: February 4, 2009

Ever get bored of your old pictures and want to delete them? Don’t do it just yet. There is a really cool website called www.photofunia.com that allows you to upload pictures and add fun effects to it. There are a lot of functions and they are all free to use for everybody. You can alter [...]

Typo Causes a Miracle

Posted by: trubino on: January 28, 2009

Terri Fuller who is a mother to a 32 year old boy, hasn’t seen him or spoken to him in 30 years. Terri had given her son Rustin Hawver when he was 2 years old, to one of her aunts’ friend that couldn’t have kids. Terri said she was “young and barely surviving” at that [...]

The Best of Craiglist

Posted by: charliekennedy on: December 18, 2008

On the delightfully retro super site that is craigslist.org, there is a section called “Best of”. This is a section devoted to the posts that the CL community deems worthy of the title  “best of”. Things that get put in to the “best of” are all different types of messages. Since most people know CL [...]

High Profile Facebook

Posted by: pendletonpanther on: December 12, 2008

Most people believe celebrities do not have things like Facebook, even the workers of Facebook. Though, contrary to this belief, most high profile celebrities do have one other then a fan page. This is hard to believe because when you type in a name on the search box like Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton you [...]



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