Comedian Soupy Sales has passed away at the age of 83, reportedly at a Hospice in New York.
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The web is abuzz with fond memories and sadness of his death. The rate at which the Tweets about him are rolling in provide evidence to that.
Miley Cyrus deleted her 2 million follower Twitter account last week and has posted a rap video on YouTube telling her fans exactly why. The video which was posted Friday already has over 1 million views.
In what is becoming not so unusual, a celebrity announces news on Twitter in order to beat the mainstream media. Late today actress Elizabeth Taylor announced to her 156,673 Twitter followers, "I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart".
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Susan Atkins, one of the members of the Manson Family (followers of Charles Manson), who infamously killed Sharon Tate in 1969 has been reported dead, and as a reflection of the morbid curiosity of the general public, Google shows that Atkins searches have become a hot trend (current rating: "spicy").
Related searches appear on the list at least five other times.
Howard K. Stern has plead not guilty of charges stemming from the death of Anna Nicole. Stern was arraigned on 11 counts including using aliases to obtain opiates.
Here are some of the hundreds of tweets now appearing on Twitter:
Amazing videos hit the web showing a Mars-like view of Australia today.
Youtube poster TwilightSuspension writes, "Unlike anything I've ever seen before. Just lucky I was up to film it. Dust storm over the Hawkesbury, Australia. Taken at about 5:30am. The color is perfect and completely unexaggerated.
The Associated Press plans soon to sic a scraper-bot on the Web to find swiped AP content. While no one would argue with taking on scraper sites, the vagueness of AP news editor Ted Bridis might be worth considering.
This isn’t to pick on craigslist specifically, as this type of thing occurs all over the Net, especially where it’s free to post what other outlets charge for. Craigslist served a crushing blow to inflated classified ad prices in newspapers, and no one but newspapers complained. But besides profiting newspapers, the fees for posting an ad are natural scam deterrents.
As Big Content continues its assault on network neutrality, privacy, personal and digital freedom, and stacks government with industry friendly insiders, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor should be heavily scrutinized regarding her stance on intellectual property and copyright issues.
Jonathan Miller, the new chief digital officer for News Corp., wants to see Hulu become a pay site. In fact, Miller thinks Web companies are going to have to find a way to charge for what they used to give away for free.