MySpace

I got to take Justin Timberlake's new improved MySpace for a spin. And you know what? It's not half bad (give or take a few Web malfunctions).

A review of this week's top tech stories, with a minimum of malarkey!

When was the last time you posted a pic on PhotoBucket? Did a search on AltaVista? Or updated your Myspace page? In the online world, sites that were once the rage can quickly fall out of fashion. But they don’t die; they linger on in a kind of cyber-limbo.

A new Pew Research survey shows that more Americans than ever are choosing to go private on Facebook and Twitter. It's time to for the "privacy is dead" lie to die.

Taking advantage of a lull in tech news this week, the company that just bought Myspace unveils a new strategy to marketers and advertisers in New York.

MySpace still corners the market in up-and-coming band pages. Can Timberlake leverage that role to success?

We’ve all had our youthful indiscretions. That time you “borrowed” dad’s car without asking and wrapped it around a pole. The time you drank too much at your friend’s wedding and puked all over the bridegroom’s shoes. The day you signed up for a MySpace account.

Someday Rupert Murdoch may laugh about this whole Myspace thing. But probably not right now.

News Corp. is looking for a partner -- any partner -- to help it run Myspace.

New research concludes that college students who use Facebook and other technology platforms to proclaim their awesomeness -- rather than connecting with other human beings -- exhibit classic signs of narcissism.

If you enjoy the unfolding drama of MySpace's slow descent into obscurity, you'll appreciate the latest stats. According to TechCrunch and comScore, MySpace traffic dropped 14.4 percent between January and February 2011, from 73 million visitors to 63 million visitors. That's a 43.2 percent overall drop in the course of one year -- a never-clearer sign that News Corp.'s once-popular social network is twirling down the toilet at the speed of light.