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August 19th, 2009 MySpace buys iLike in bid to restore lost lusterLOS ANGELES — Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to restore some of its lost luster on the Internet. The $20 million agreement to purchase iLike confirmed rumors that had circulated this week and was the first play that new CEO Owen Van Natta has made to expand MySpace's Web footprint after a series of drastic cuts and writedowns.

April 23rd, 2009 MySpace co-founder DeWolfe to step downLOS ANGELES — MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe will step down soon as the social networking site's chief executive, amid the site's stalled user growth and the rapid rise of rival Facebook. MySpace owner News Corp.

June 20th, 2007 Attorney General Jim Hood said his office is reviewing 162 identifiable records of registered Missisippi sex offenders provided by MySpace. "MySpace has assured us that the sex offenders they reported to us have been removed from the site," said Hood.

August 5th, 2009 News Corp 4Q loss hits $203M on MySpace writedownLOS ANGELES — News Corp said Wednesday it lost $203 million in the latest quarter due to a huge writedown at MySpace, but Rupert Murdoch said his global media conglomerate is seeing signs of life in moribund advertising markets. Results for the quarter to June 30 narrowly beat analyst expectations and shares rose 2 cents in after-hours trade to $10.60 after closing down a penny at $10.58 in the regular session.

June 3rd, 2008 How MySpace Accounts Get Hacked This video shows how MySpace accounts gets hacked. The modus operandi is simple: 1.

February 2nd, 2008 I had previously stated clearly that I will not help anyone to hack MySpace, even if I did know how to. Guess how can you incite me? Here is a very interesting email I received through the contact form which does that admirably: emily waters wrote: well you answered my question you said you dont help people hack into someones elses myspace but i really think you dont know how for i have read it is difficult.

March 5th, 2009 Myspace has this annoying feature where your friends can see the last time you logged into your account. This may seem a trivial issue but suppose you have come to your account specifically for someone and don't want to entertain all your friends.

September 4th, 2006 It is surprising to see MySpace still allows simple hacks like this. You can view any user's private videos on MySpace with this simple trick.

September 26th, 2006 Ever since I had written a post on how Samy hacked MySpace, I have been inundated with comments asking me how to hack MySpace. It is obvious that the people asking didn't realize that the actual purpose of the article was not to help hacking MySpace, but to discuss about an intelligent exploit after it was patched.

July 11th, 2007 MySpace has submitted another list of sex offenders to authorities. In response to a subpoena by New Jersey Attorney General, MySpace handed over information on sex offenders that joined since May 21st.

May 9th, 2007 I get tons of requests to hack MySpace so someone can spy on their wife / husband / girlfriends / spouse / daughter. The requests are varied but the overall theme is same.

September 17th, 2006 A blogger found a stash of 20, 000 MySpace passwords from a phisher's site and analyzed the results. Interestingly the most used passwords are: 13 - cookie123 12 - iloveyou 12 - password 11 - abc123 11 - miss4you 9 - password19 9 - clumsy 8 - sassy 8 - summer06 8 - pablobob 8 - boobie 8 - fuckyou1 8 - iloveyou1 8 - tink69 8 - password1 7 - gospel 7 - terrete 7 - monster7 7 - marlboro1 7 - bitch1 7 - flower 7 - space Link Does that give you an idea on the demographic profile of MySpace users? MySpace is also in news as Universal Music Group has said that social networking sites MySpace and YouTube are violating copyright laws by allowing users to post music videos and other content involving Universal artists without permission.

January 6th, 2009 Myspace deals with too much of privacy sometimes. Did your old friends visit you and didn't leave a message? Is any unknown person watching over your profile on a continuous basis? How do you track them? Well here is a trick that lets you visit your myspace profile visitors that without asking for the Myspace account and password.

November 30th, 2007 In MySpace on average (based on sample size of 2071208 images) 15 photos are uploaded per user. Considering only users who have at least one or more photos uploaded, they have on average uploaded a staggering 32 photos.