By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The social networks like Facebook and Twitter, which have revolutionized communication among the masses, is likely to be fertile ground for con artists trying to cash in on Haiti fundraising scams, according to USA Today. The paper reports that authorities are bracing for that possibility. So far, authorities have…
The Internet has been a blessing and a curse for the justice system. This is one of the curses. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Al Schuler, one of 12 jurors weighing the fate of a 23-year-old charged with killing a homeless man in Maryland, was confused by the word “lividity”…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A cyber-security expert who has worked with such agencies as the FBI and Scotland Yard is warning that hackers and cyber criminals are targeting social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, the The Observer in London reports. “It’s happening all over the world,” said the expert Mikko Hypponen, who refuses to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It used to be — not all that long ago — that only teens and the terminally hip used the social networks like Facebook and Twitter. No more. The U.S. Justice Department, not particularly known for being terminally hip, is getting into the act. Reporter Joe Palazzolo of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The person who posted a poll on the ever-popular Facebook social network last week asking whether President Obama should be assassinated is a kid. Bloomberg news reports that the Secret Service determined that the juvenile doesn’t pose a threat. The news service, attributing the information to Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Facebook may be the home of some pretty trivial and silly chatter, but not all that surfaces on the social network is seen as a joking matter. The Secret Service said Sunday that it was probing an online survey on Facebook that asked whether President Obama should be assassinated,…
Bank Robber Discovers It’s Not A Good Idea To Blog Everything You Do By Brian Schott ticklethewire.com A man who robbed a South Carolina bank and then blogged about it on MySpace pleaded guilty Thursday to the crime in a South Carolina federal court. On Jan. 20, Joseph Wade Northington, 27, of Roanoke, Va., robbed…
This was bound to happen. Some folks on Facebook want to announce their every burp and scratch. But in this case, the ramblings of one Facebook member could be costly. As the Facebook message says “STAY TUNED…” By KITTY CAPARELLA Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA — “STAY TUNED for a big announcement on Monday everyone!” So…
