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Kate Middleton Mix-Up: Facebook Deletes Boston Woman's Account
By not in system - AOL NewsCONCORD, Mass. -- Yes, she really is Kate Middleton. Kate Middleton, the Boston bicycle enthusiast, that is. But that hasn't stopped the 32-year-old from being confused with the woman who is about to marry Prince William. Recently, Facebook accused the Boston Middleton of being an impostor and deleted her account. Various media reporters also keep showing up at ATA Cycle, a Concord, Mass. bicycling shop where she works, and asking her to speak in a British accent. "I'm really not interested in pretending I'm British," said Middleton, who is originally from Louisville, Ky. "And I'm ...
NY Child Pornography Case Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Dangers
By not in system - AOL NewsBUFFALO, N.Y. -- Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of "pedophile!" and "pornographer!" stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents. That new wireless router. He'd gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought. "We know who you are! You downloaded thousands of images at 11:30 last night," the man's lawyer, Barry Covert, recounted the agents saying. They referred to a screen ...
States Seek to Make It Safer to Find Love Online
By not in system - AOL NewsHARTFORD, Conn. - Something just didn't seem right when Ilana Angel met her Internet date at a bar. He furtively looked around the room and immediately suggested they go someplace else in his car, leaving hers behind at the bar. Aware of the risks of that come with looking for love online, Angel thought better of the suggestion and said no. "People are shady," said Angel, who writes a blog in Los Angeles about dating and being over 40. "You just have to be aware and you have to be careful." Amid accounts of sex offenders using matchmaking sites to find victims, lawmakers in several states ...
Obama at Facebook: Politicking in New Media Age
By not in system - AOL NewsPALO ALTO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama sought to connect with younger voters Wednesday with a town hall meeting at the headquarters of Facebook, the hugely popular social networking site. Obama, who already has a lot of Facebook fans - more than 19 million on his official page - was taking questions at the start of a West Coast trip aimed at building support for his deficit-reduction plans and raising money for his re-election campaign. Mandel Ngan, AFP / Getty Images President Obama speaks as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on during a town hall meeting Wednesday at ...
Young People Using Social Media for More Than Just Socializing
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Young people use social media like Facebook and Twitter for more than simply staying in touch with their friends; they're also a means to make school and career connections, according to an Associated Press-Viacom poll. Four out of 5 high school and college students say websites are an excellent or good way to interact with fellow students, and a bit fewer -- about 7 in 10 -- say they're equally good for getting information on class assignments or school events, or to form study groups and collaborate with peers. Just over half say the Internet is useful to look up ratings on ...
Google Sends Messages of Support to Japan From Around the World
By Dave Thier - AOL News"Be strong and never give up." "Keep being the best country in the world." "Japón es una nación de gente valiente." On Google's new website, messagesforjapan.com, those words of encouragement are spread out over the globe like cherry blossoms, coming from computer users in hundreds of countries expressing solidarity with the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. Google employees in Japan and elsewhere had been hearing about people from all over sending their support, but they wanted a way to get all those messages to aid workers and victims in Japan, even those who didn't speak any ...
5-Year-Old YouTube Sensation Named Governor of New Jersey
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsA 5-year-old boy helmed the state of New Jersey on Wednesday, thanks to a viral video and a kind-hearted governor. Most politicos adopt a stiff upper lip in the face of defeat, but scribble-in candidate and toddler Jesse Koczon sobbed when naysayers dashed his political dreams in 2009. "What's making you so sad?" his mother, Dawn Koczon, asks him in a now-famous video, shot in the family car on the way home from the local polling place, where 3-year-old Jesse was denied both the vote and the top seat in Trenton. " 'Cause everyone tells me that I'm too small to be the governor of New ...
Obama Announces 2012 Re-Election Bid in Web Video
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he's brought over the past two years. The official start of his second White House bid comes 20 months before the November 2012 election. "We've always known that lasting change wouldn't come quickly or easily. It never does," the Democrat said in an e-mail to supporters announcing his candidacy. "But as my administration and folks across the country fight to protect the progress we've made -- and ...
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