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You can access any Myspace account just by knowing the person's birthday

Stergios Georgopoulos — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:12:02 +0000

Security researcher Leigh-Anne Galloway has disclosed a massive flaw in Myspace's account recovery page, that allows anyone to gain access to any account just by knowing the person's birthday. Read more...

After 27 million spam messages, 'Spam King' sentenced to 30 months in prison, fined $310,000

Usama Jawad — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:08:01 +0000

Sanford Wallace, the self-proclaimed "Spam King" has been sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $310,000 after he pleaded guilty to fraud, including sending 27 million spam messages on Facebook. Read more...

Myspace confirms data breach, says they've taken 'significant steps' to improve security

Jack Wilkinson — Tue, 31 May 2016 21:28:01 +0000

After it emerged that Myspace was the subject of a data leak, involving over 427 million passwords, the company has now confirmed that they were the subject of a data breach back in 2013. Read more...

427 million Myspace passwords leaked online in breach

Jack Wilkinson — Sat, 28 May 2016 19:38:01 +0000

Myspace has become the latest subject of a data leak, with over 427 million passwords up for sale in the online underground. Passwords were not stored securely, using old, compromised standards. Read more...

Facebook, Instagram, AIM, Tinder and Hipchat go down, Lizard Squad claims responsibility [Update]

Steven Johns — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:11:52 +0000

Lizard Squad continues taking down websites, this time it included a whole lot of various communication and social media services including Facebook, Instagram, AIM, Tinder, Hipchat and MySpace. Read more...

MySpace woos old users with nostalgic pictures

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:17:09 +0000

MySpace has started a campaign that will attempt to woo old users back using nostalgic images taken from the users account. The ailing social media site underwent a huge overhaul in 2013. Read more...

Bug in Nokia App Highlights reveals upcoming WP8 apps, including MySpace

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:20:11 +0000

A bug, since fixed, in the Nokia App Highlights app for Windows Phone has apparently revealed a number of upcoming, but still unannounced, Windows Phone 8 apps, including a MySpace app. Read more...

Need some ice for that burn? MySpace Tom scorches Twitter user

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:33:17 +0000

MySpace Tom has been very active on Twitter lately and has been answering a lot of tweets that have headed his way, one of which has sparked quite the response from tweeters worldwide. Read more...

MySpace revamp finally coming "soon"?

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:41:07 +0000

After buying MySpace for $35 million over a year ago, its current owners in Specific Media are promising a revamp of the social networking service "soon" with a new video showing off its UI. Read more...

Windows Live is dumping support for MySpace

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:23:41 +0000

Microsoft has reportedly contacted Windows Live users to inform them they will no longer be able to share their MySpace activities with their Windows Live Messenger contacts. Read more...

Murdoch admits News Corp buying MySpace was a "huge mistake"

John Callaham — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:29:15 +0000

News Corporation's chief executive Rupert Murdoch admitted this week that the company's $580 million purchase of MySpace was a "huge mistake" and that the social networking site was mismanaged. Read more...

Facebook wants to go Hollywood

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:59:28 +0000

A new report says that Facebook is looking to hire a new executive to help the social networking site improve its relationships with the movie and music industries. Read more...

MySpace delays revamp plans until October

John Callaham — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:54:04 +0000

The MySpace social media service has decided to delay its plans for a major revamp of the company. Its new owners Specific Media and Justin Timberlake bought MySpace earlier this summer. Read more...

Study: Teens on social networking sites more likely to use drugs

John Callaham — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:10:26 +0000

A new study from Columbia University claims that teenagers who use social networking sites like Facebook are more likely to use drugs, smoke or drink. Read more...

Facebook and Twitter report record number of visitors in July

Denis Wong — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:47:07 +0000

Despite the looming presence of Google+, last July was the best month for Facebook and Twitter, with both sites posting record numbers of unique visitors to their sites. Read more...

Extremism on social media on the rise

Denis Wong — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:45:11 +0000

In light of the Norway attacks in July, new concerns are emerging over how fringe extremist groups are utilizing social media to spread their messages. Read more...

LinkedIn now second in social networking behind Facebook

John Callaham — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:43:22 +0000

The social networking web sites all follow Facebook which isn't likely to give up its number one spot anytime soon. However, there is a lot of competition for the number two slot. Today, TechCrunch reports... Read more...

Justin Timberlake now in charge of MySpace ... kinda

John Callaham — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:42:09 +0000

Earlier today it was revealed that online advertising company Specific Media had purchased the social networking web site MySpace for a bargain basement price of $35 million. But that's not all. Today Specific Media revealed... Read more...

MySpace officially sold to Specific Media for $35 million

John Callaham — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:59:41 +0000

MySpace, the once mighty social networking web site that is now a shadow of its former self, has been officially sold off by its former owner News Corporation to the advertising company Specific Media. AllThingsDigital... Read more...

Report: MySpace to be sold for just $20-30 million

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:55:29 +0000

As we reported earlier today, the once massive social networking web site MySpace is rumored to be conducting mass layoffs ahead of a possible sale. Now the AlllThingsDigital web site is reporting that MySpace's current... Read more...

Rumor: MySpace to lay off 150 workers this week?

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:50:10 +0000

The long and somewhat sad downward spiral that is the MySpace social networking web site continues, at least according to the latest Internet reports. TechCrunch reports via unnamed sources that MySpace is expected to lay... Read more...

Rumor: Activision CEO part of group interested in buying MySpace

John Callaham — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:18:20 +0000

An investment group that counts current Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick as among its members is in talks to acquire the troubled social networking web site MySpace. Reuters reports via unnamed sources that Kotick was... Read more...

Myspace continues its downward spiral

Steven Parker — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:52:56 +0000

Despite announcing in a press conference last November that Myspace would start using Facebook Connect for users to quickly register and login through the social networking website; this hasn't done much to help the site... Read more...

News Corp considering selling Myspace

Mike Brown — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:12:57 +0000

Myspace's recent redesign appears to have received a lukewarm reception, as parent company News Corp is already looking into selling options, according to PaidContent. In an interview, COO Chase Carey admitted that "there's been a... Read more...

MySpace cuts 500 jobs

Matthew Jones — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:25:27 +0000

Times just aren't getting any better for MySpace, with the company yesterday announcing it would lay off 500 workers. Rumors of impending job cuts had been circulating for some time and intensified in November last year... Read more...

News Corp open to MySpace sale

Matthew Jones — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:30:20 +0000

Five years after spending $580 million to buy MySpace, a News Corporation executive has admitted the company is open to selling off the social networking site. Reuters reports via The Sydney Morning Herald that a sale... Read more...

If you can't beat'em, join'em; MySpace surrenders to Facebook

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:26:17 +0000

Today, MySpace and Facebook held a press conference to announce a new partnership, or more of an official surrendering ceremony for MySpace. The short press conference only lasted a couple of minutes, but as expected, MySpace... Read more...

Week-in-Review: November 12, 2010 - News Edition

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:07:33 +0000

It's that time of the week again, where Neowin takes a look back at all the recent front page news articles and goes over the top items. This week covers some Windows 8 news, Kinect,... Read more...

MySpace shutdown seems imminent

Benjamin Rubenstein — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:04:44 +0000

Since its launch in August 2003, MySpace has grown into a 66 million user social network. Originally the largest of the social sites on the Internet, the struggling site has been completely overshadowed by Facebook,... Read more...

My_____ redesigns site, stops competing with Facebook

Christopher White — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:53:04 +0000

MySpace practically invented social networking, but somewhere down the line they lost their way and became less and less popular allowing competitors like Facebook and Twitter to take over the top spots. While some companies... Read more...

MySpace offers 'sneak peak' at new user homepage

Brenton Currie — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:25:37 +0000

MySpace is preparing to rollout a fresh, cleaner-looking, user homepage design and has shown it off today for the first time. The layout refresh, which Mashable says will be made available as a "sneak peek"... Read more...

Google lets you 'replay' real-time search results

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:50:02 +0000

Twitter is known for it's ability to keep the world updated in real time about events around the globe, but only if you're following the right people, or connected to Twitter at the right time.... Read more...

Microsoft expands Outlook 2010 Social Connector to Facebook & MySpace

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:29:05 +0000

Microsoft has announced that official connectors, built by MySpace and Facebook for Outlook Social Connector, will be available for download in the first of half of this year. The software giant also announced the immediate availability... Read more...

Suicide prevention takes a forward step

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:30:53 +0000

In a move to curb the alarmingly high rate of youth depression and suicide, social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter could be scanned for signs of "at risk" behaviour. Researchers at New... Read more...

54% of companies ban social networking sites

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:15:49 +0000

News reported on the Wired blog 'Epicenter' warns office workers to check their employment contract or workplace rules before logging into Twitter, Facebook, or any other social networking website. According to Epicenter, a recent study... Read more...

MySpace, Hulu and others roll out in Windows Live this week

Sean Bradford — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:28:21 +0000

Late last year, Microsoft announced a rather large list of partnerships with some of the web's biggest social networks allowing Windows Live customers to share what they were doing with their network. Microsoft likes to... Read more...

Social networking less popular with the youth

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:05 +0000

A surprising article has been published in today's issue of the UK newspaper The Independent. According to the article, the media regulator Ofcom have done some research and have found that growing numbers of teenagers... Read more...

MySpace set to launch webmail service

Andrew Fairbairn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:24:34 +0000

The social networking website MySpace is set to launch a new email service this week, offering users their own @myspace.com email address. Just what you always wanted, eh? According to paidContent, the launch will... Read more...

Facebook catches up to MySpace in U.S. unique visitors

Kevin Weiner — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:57:49 +0000

It looks like Facebook could soon dethrone MySpace in the number of unique visitors, because according to TechCrunch, Facebook has caught up to MySpace in terms of the number of unique visitors each site receives.... Read more...

60% of Twitter users leave within a month of signing up

Sam Alderwick — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:44:32 +0000

According to Nielsen Online, 60 percent of Twitter users stop using it within a month, meaning that just 40 percent (on average) return after a month of signing up to it. Despite a huge increase... Read more...