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How being Facebook Friends with your Teacher could break the law: Missouri State introduces ban
It's never been a great idea for teachers to be Facebook friends with their pupils - if you don't want Class 7F looking at your student holiday pictures that is - but it has now been banned by law in the US state of Missouri. The Facebook friendship ban is part of the "Amy Hestir…
Malware Alert: Why Google Image Searches are "the most dangerous thing" you can do on the internet
Malware seems to be booming on the internet. And Google Image search is one of the places you're most likely to find it. Search engine results which get you to click on a bad site and dodgy emails with malicious links are classically how malware gets onto your computer. They're both on the rise according…
PICTURES: Peeping is the new Owling, is the new Planking, is the new crazy thing to do on the internet
Like Owling in being completely pointless, but different in that you're much more likely to be hit by a restraining order - Peeping is the new internet craze. Well one of them anyway. Planking was replaced by Owling which, apparently, has been replaced by Peeping. Peeping also involves striking a silly pose for the camera…
Tweet for the Olympics: A national sport we can ALL partake in
If you don't fancy your Olympic chances at the long-jump or the sprinting or that Scottish thing where they roll balls along an ice rink, then you should consider tweeting for Britain. It's part of a sweet little game you can play on the Olympic 2012 website. Okay you don't get a medal but... you…
Why Online Anonymity is important, even if H8 is the price we pay
An article in the Observer this week about INTERNET RAGE became the most read story on the Guardian media website yesterday. It explored just why people get so angry on the web and how we can stop them making death threats and rape jokes on YouTube, rounding up with a call to ban anonymous commenting…
The Top Ten Tumblr Blogs you should be following
With 23 million blogs and counting - Tumblr is the top platform for creatives, hipsters, wankers and some genuinely great people who produce beautiful blogs. This is an update to our classic Top Twenty Tumblrs post with some fresh delights from 2011. We've got beautiful ones, funny ones, ones that are about cats but all…
Poll: Have you "Owled"? Will you? The New Planking sweeps Daily Mail, England Cricket team
The Daily Mail gave us a heads-up on this new web-craze last week and we just wanted to see how Shiny readers felt about it all. Remember "planking"? the mania for lying flat on things and posting pictures of yourself doing it on the internet got big in Australia. Planking hit the news after a…
Rebecca Black works out where to sit down: New Song displays Personal Growth
Say the song is boring, that it's a weird teen ego-trip, that it's really cringey and makes you want to sign up to Youtube just so you can dislike it. But Rebecca Black's new single 'My Moment' has one thing going for it at least: it shows she has learned how to chose a seat…
INTERNET GOLD: Rebekah Brooks sings Rebecca Black
Thank you internet. This is a masterpiece. We like the lines: "Got to resign on Friday" and "Got to see my friends / Dave is in the front seat / Gordon is in the back seat". Forget Newsnight, this is a genius summation of the whole thing.
YouTube hit Rebecca Black is back with My Moment, but can she ever produce another Friday?
Youtube superstar - Rebecca Black is releasing a new music video today that will chart the 14 year old's "rocky rise to fame". It's going to be called My Moment and is going live on Youtube and on her website at 8pm. It's the follow up to her viral hit Friday - which was loved,…
