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Blending in on campus reportedly not so easy for ‘Potter’ star
Emma Watson may have wanted to just blend in when she started her freshman year recently at Brown University, but it seems not everyone has the same idea. The actress, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” films, showed up last week at the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, where new students were treated to orientation activities before the official start of classes on Wednesday
Active Twitter user celebrates 104th birthday
Tuesday is her 104th birthday, but that hasn’t stopped Britain’s Ivy Bean from being an avid Twitter user and possibly the oldest person on the social networking site.
Tila Tequila quiet on Twitter after incident
Reality TV star Tila Tequila first came to fame via social networking, thanks to her popularity on MySpace. Later, she became known as one of the most voracious celebrity tweeters, boasting more than 242,000 followers on Twitter.
10 Questions for Ashton Kutcher
Did you know when you joined Twitter how powerful a communication tool it would become? —Jenny Johnson, London I didn’t know anything about it when I joined. I was on Facebook.
Best Buy will not honor $9.99 big-screen TV deal
The price of big screen televisions has been coming down, but this was ridiculous. Early Wednesday morning, BestBuy.com listed a 52-inch Samsung HDTV for $9.99 — a savings of more than $1600. As customers jumped on the Web site trying to take advantage of the offer, Best Buy announced it was a “pricing error” and was no longer available
Pro-Georgia blogger ‘George’ target of Twitter attack
A blogger believed to be the target of the attack that brought down Twitter Thursday has told CNN the cyber assault was politically motivated and timed to coincide with the one year anniversary of the Russia-Georgia conflict. “Cyxymu” has identified himself to CNN as “George,” and the owner of the Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal accounts named by Facebook’s security officer as being the target of a co-ordinated online attack. George told CNN in an e-mail his username is “the name of my home town, the capital of Apkhazia (Sokhumi) written in Russian and typed in Latin letters.” He confirmed he is 34 years old and based in Tblisi, Georgia, but declined to give further information which may reveal his identity.
How Did Hackers Cripple Twitter?
Hackers slowed Twitter to a standstill early on Aug. 6, frustrating millions of users.
Twitter hit by denial of service attack
An attack on the social networking site Twitter shut the site down for about two hours on Thursday morning, causing headaches in the online community and glitches in other Web sites like Facebook.
DioGuardi back on ‘Idol’ next season
"American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi will be back on the show next season, officials announced Monday. The Grammy-nominated songwriter will return as a judge for the show’s ninth season, which is set to premiere in January 2010, according to an announcement made by Fox, 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. “American Idol” airs on Fox, and the other two companies oversee the popular talent competition