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Beacon News - Facebook, a social-networking Web site where college kids from across the world can connect with just the click of a button, has become a staple for outcry when tragedy occurs. More than 60,000 people had joined one Facebook group within just 24 hours (read post )

Computerworld Australia - year, the two began a partnership that resulted in Novell Teaming + Conferencing, which is based on SiteScape’s ICEcore collaboration tools, a Web-based team workspace and real-tine conferencing platform that includes Web 2.0 and social networking (read post )

MSN MoneyCentral - NWS, NWS.A), Fox Interactive Media (FIM) is a portfolio of leading social networking, entertainment, sports and information sites that offer a platform and tools for consumers to express themselves, communicate with each other, and engage with (read post )

Forbes - Meez is giving game publishers access to some of the largest social networking communities on the Internet,” said Sean Ryan, Meez CEO. “More importantly, we’re providing unique hooks into the social fabric of these communities, so that game (read post )

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Reuters - When we told people that we were going to release something, our MySpace page exploded, and the calls and e-mails flooded in.” One reason could be the album’s upbeat, accessible pop/punk sound, which is reminiscent of Blink-182 or Good Charlotte (read post )

FOX News - The past is the past and you don t have one moment to look back,” the current covergirl on Maxim magazine wrote on her official MySpace page. “You create your life and what happens. I wanted to portray this message and energy in my song and (read post )

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Forbes - A new social networking platform designed specifically for the mobile phone, GyPSii, will go live at the wireless industry’s biggest annual event - the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Uniquely among social networking applications, GyPSii is (read post )

Philadelphia Inquirer - Sunday at the Irvine Auditorium Caf , a talk on social networking and relationships at 6:30 p.m. Monday in Logan Hall G-17, a self-defense workshop at 8 p.m. Monday in the Arch Building Fireside Lounge, the screening of the movie North Country at 6 (read post )

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Bury Free Press - Since they launched their Myspace website, they have already had more than 3,000 plays and 64 hits on the first day they uploaded their newest tracks. Catch the band play at the Haverhill Rock Competition on February 9, or to find out more, visit www (read post )

Seattle Times - His new Brothers of the Sonic Cloth plays El Corazon on March 22 (info: www.myspace.com/brothersofthesoniccloth ). “Busted Circuits and Ringing Ears” comes out on DVD Feb. 19. Find a trailer for the TAD documentary on YouTube, and music/info at myspace (read post )

CNN Money - Facebook and MySpace pages dedicated to the strike are circulating, along with an online petition, and a mailing list called the Online Seller Cyber Union has gathered more than 700 emails in a week. A YouTube video on Google ( GOOG , Fortune 500 (read post )

Des Moines Register - A new Web site will be launched today that gives young Iowans one place to go for statewide information about companies, jobs and internships and to network with other young Iowans. GenerationIowa.com is “Monster meets MySpace,” said Kyle Carlson, co (read post )

Seattle Times - Hear their music at www.myspace.com/thelonelyh . It was just back in 2004 that The Lonely H first set stage at the Experience Music Project’s Sound Off! competition, winning second place. (This year’s competition kicks off this Saturday, Feb. 9, with (read post )

Reuters India - Facebook is playing catch-up on the international front to rival News Corp’s MySpace, which has national sites in more than 20 countries. MySpace offers versions of its site in Spanish, French, German and Italian, including a site for U.S. Spanish (read post )

PR.com - which segued into the melodic rock of Day Fire. This was followed by the crowd pleasing Love from Above, the haunting Tyger and the psychedelically intoxicating Orange Door Hinge. Most of the songs can be heard at www.myspace (read post )

CNET News - SAN FRANCISCO–MySpace’s courtship of developers officially started Tuesday evening with a winter beach party, an open bar, and mac and cheese. When you think about it, it’s a cheap date for the amount of money MySpace–and its potential partners (read post )

ZDNet Blogs - MySpace kicked off its developer program Tuesday by providing API s and development tools to tens of thousands of developers, with some unique diistinctions, and restrictions, that it hopes will result in high quality apps. -All applications will (read post )