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Facebook Passes Fifth Birthday

Social-networking is becoming more and more popular and as Facebook turns five, it’s the biggest of the lot with 150 million users.

Glastonbury Festival a Sell out Five Months Early

With no headliners booked and five months before the start, Glastonbury Festival has completely sold out.

Juror taken Off Jury Because of ‘Facebook Post’

Juror, Barry Price was removed from a Jury beacuse of his latest facebook status in which he likened jury duty to hell.

LEDs to save the World’s Energy Problems

This new type of LED – Gallium Nitride (GaN) LEDs – are set to reduce household energy bills by up to 75% in just five years. In the past they were too expensive to use despite only using a fraction of the electricity a conventional bulb uses, but now the price is much lower.

Offline Gmail Access is the Latest Google Announcement

A past uncleared hurdle for Gmail has now been cleared as the free email services tries to catch up with Microsoft Outlook in offering offline archives of emails.

Online Movies To Come From Hollywood Alliance

This new alliance, created by Viacom, is aiming to launch a website to offer users the chance to view exclusive films or television shows on demand by the end of this year.

UK not Forcing ISP into Pirate File-sharing Clampdown

According to the UK’s Intellectual Property minister, David Lammy, the government will not be forcing internet service providers into pursuing file sharers.

Obama Lets States Determine Own Fuel Economy Standards

In a new move, Obama has allowing states to control their own fuel economy standards in an attempt to raise standards with higher state restrictions.

Wife murdered after ‘single’ Facebook Status

After his estranged wife changed her facebook relationship status to single after being married, the husband wsa enraged and went on to murder her.

Wikipedia to Undergo Radical Change

Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia comprised of user-generated content, is considering a dramatic change to how it is run namely about revisions being approved before being published on the site.