While websites such as Facebook usually play a passive, benign role in crimes that headlines might suggest are entirely attributable to them, this is one case where the death of a young woman was indeed caused by the ease of constructing a false Facebook identity, coupled with a tragic ignorance of the signs we should all look for, and the rules we should all follow.

If you're PressSec — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' username on Twitter — you join the powerful social media platform and push your message across the Internet, 140 characters at a time. Blending behind-the-scenes nuggets with a defense of President Barack Obama's record, White House and administration officials increasingly are communicating through Twitter.

A convicted sex offender was today sentenced to life imprisonment after admitting the kidnap, rape and murder of an English teenager Ashleigh Hall he had met on Facebook.

The leader of a UK-based gang who made millions selling counterfeit luxury golf kit and other knock-off goods through auction site eBay has been jailed for four years.

Hulu's days as a free online video site could be ending soon. Comedy Central's decision to yank two of the most popular shows on Hulu — "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" — in a dispute over splitting ad revenue is the latest blow to the entertainment industry's attempts to make money off ads that run with free video.

It was the fortnight when Queenslanders saw Facebook's dark side. It began with the posting of sickening pornographic images on a site set up to pay tribute to slain schoolboy Elliott Fletcher. A week later, eight-year-old Trinity Bates was dead, and within 24 hours police were searching for more online vandals.

Facebook has won a patent for its news feed which could potentially force other social networking services like Twitter and MySpace to alter or take theirs down.

A detailed DIY video of food processor unpacking and installation. Should be useful for anyone buying a new food processor.

A mass train graveyard, located on the world's largest salt flat on the outskirts of a small town in Bolivia, can be seen via satellite photos available on Google Maps.

Confused as to where should you be heading this Easter reason? We suggest that you buy a ticket to India and experience some of the exhilarating moments promised by a smorgasbord of choices that you would encounter here.

UK government backtracks after proposing measures including terminating broadband connections to curb filesharing.

A colleague I just met at work has invited me to be their friend on Facebook. I don't want to offend them, but nor do I want to share my candid photos and lousy Scrabble scores with someone I hardly know. Can I ignore their invite?

In the latest episode of the 1UP show you can see a first look at some of the vehicles which will be used in Killzone 2. On this page there is a video showing the vehicles off for the first time.

The developers at System 3 have stated that their most recent title, Ferrari Challenge for the PlayStation 3, will be better than Gran Turismo 5: Prologue. Do these statements carry any weight or were they just shouting to create pre-release hype for the game?

Politicians and Internet activists in Italy have denounced a page on the social networking site Facebook that calls for children with Down Syndrome to be used for target practice.

Massachusetts Court Rules that Text Messages are not Illegal When Used by Sexual Predators

Huiswerkbegeleiding en studiebegeleiding in Zeist door Institiuut Maltha, voor alle niveaus, van basisschool tot universiteit.

Check out snippets of hilarious comedy that will have you ,rolling on the floor laughing. Vincent Maeder brings laughter to everyone's life with his diverse comedy.

"The opposite of war isn't peace...it's creation."We are showing our support for troops wherever they are in this world.

Facebook is, as you'll know, the most popular social network in the world. It overtook MySpace, which is now seeing a steady decline, with even the face of the company (Tom) having started ignoring his account. Facebook's growth is just as steady as MySpace's decline, and now, the website ranks as the second most visited website in America.