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Facebook Beach Party Stalled By Police

A beach party organized on Facebook that was expected to attract as many as 10,000 revelers has been canceled after police warned that it was illegal.More than 7,000 people had confirmed on the social networking site that they would attend the party billed as "a night of mayhem," in the coastal town of Torbay, England.

Selling Your Soul On The Internet Is Hell

Things aren't cool anymore once everybody starts doing them, that's the Law of Cool*. The same applies to selling one's immortal soul on the Internet, which has entered let's-throw-a-toga-party-like-they-did-on-Animal-House status**.  Our latest soul peddler is from New Zealand, who learned like others before him that hosted auction websites don't want anywhere near his soul or lack thereof.

Ball Girl’s Catch Online Sensation

A video on YouTube depicting a ball girl at a minor league baseball game making an unbelievable catch is actually a shelved ad for Gatorade.The ball girls superhuman leap was actually done by a stuntwoman who was helped into the air by cables. The accidental viral video has received more than 3.5 million hits on a variety of Web sites within the last month.

Borders.com Adds Social Features

Borders.com has partnered with Bazaarvoice, a social commerce applications provider to offer user rating and reviews on its recently launched Web site.Borders said its working with Bazaarvoice because it helps create a "Compelling and interactive online experience.""When you walk through a Borders store, you quickly realize that customer conversations are an essential part of the shopping experience," said Kevin Ertell, senior vice president of e-business for Borders Group, Inc.

Army Blogger Ordered To Shutter Site

A solider in the U.S. Army has been ordered to shut down his blog for writing posts that criticized his superior officers.Blogging about the Iraq war under the pseudonym "LT [Lieutenant] G" since December 2007 the popular blog called "Kaboom: A Soldiers War Journal," detailed the daily life of the war describing firefights, combat patrols and tribal meetings.

Video Of Angry French President Is Online Hit

French public television channel, France 3 has launched an investigation into how an off air video of irritated French President Nicolas Sarkozy found its way online.The video shows a France 3 technician attaching a microphone to Sarkozy's tie, and ignoring the presidents greeting. "It's a question of manners," Sarkozy is heard saying on the video. "When you're invited, you're entitled to have people say 'hello' to you."

Rock the Vote, MySpace Launch Band Contest

Rock the Vote and MySpace have partnered on an initiative to encourage potential voters to register to vote for the 2008 presidential election.The "DemROCKracy Band Competition" invites any artists with a MySpace page to install a widget that allows users to register to vote. The goal is to register as many voters as possible.

Courtney Love Drops Embezzlement Bomb On MySpace

On her MySpace blog today, Courtney Love penned an erratic message to her fans detailing an elaborate-sounding embezzlement scheme by her management, which includes computer hacking and dummy corporations, to fleece her for $380 million. It's unclear if what she posted is real, a joke, or off-the-deep-end crazy.

Internet Has Almost Double The Influence Of TV

In the UK, Germany, and France the Internet has about double the influence of television when it comes to consumer decision making according to the Digital Influence Index, a study done by Fleishman-Hillard and Harris Interactive.The study found that consumers use the Internet in a number of ways to make decisions. Consumers are more likely to seek opinions of others by visiting social media and product rating sites when making choices that have a major personal impact.

Marc Andreessen Joining Facebook's Board

Relevant rumors first appeared about two months ago, and at this point, the move still isn't official.  It seems a pretty sure thing, however, that Marc Andreessen has joined Facebook's board of directors.