http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 7:21:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38934/on-sports-exchange-trade-takes-on-new-meaning.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTrading baseball cards with your friends is so 20th century. A new website allows sports fans to trade shares in athletes and even teams, effectively wagering real money on the performance of pro and college athletes, reports Reuters. "I see the marketplace being enormous," says an early investor in the website, OneSeason.com, which launched this week.http://www.newser.com/story/38934/on-sports-exchange-trade-takes-on-new-meaning.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 03 Oct 2008 16:09:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38648/brits-recruit-spies-on-facebook.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSingle, love rock 'n roll and lip piercings, and seeking employment as 007 . That could be exactly the kind of Facebook profile Britain's spy agency is seeking as it tries to recruit a more "diverse" type of spook with a new ad campaign on the social networking site. Three different pop-up ads target university grads, those bored with their jobs, and people with a hankering to "influence world events," reports the Guardian .http://www.newser.com/story/38648/brits-recruit-spies-on-facebook.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 29 Sep 2008 6:17:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38517/narcissism-shows-through-online-study.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIf you’re a narcissist, even the relative anonymity of the Internet can’t hide your true colors, LiveScience reports. A new study shows Facebook pages are an accurate predictor of personality, with narcissists having on average more friends and posts, and more considered photos of themselves. Authors gave some 130 Facebook users personality tests, then examined their pages to find a correlation.http://www.newser.com/story/38517/narcissism-shows-through-online-study.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 26 Sep 2008 15:41:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38329/myspace-elbows-itunes-with-new-music-service.html?refid=rss_all_defaultApple’s iTunes meets its first serious challenge today with the launch of MySpace Music, CNET reports. The second-largest online social network has joined forces with Amazon and the world’s four biggest record labels to offer free streaming and paid downloads. The move also pitches media mogul and MySpace owner Rupert Murdoch against Apple CEO Steve Jobs.http://www.newser.com/story/38329/myspace-elbows-itunes-with-new-music-service.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38319/investors-fund-big-digg-expansion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSocial news site Digg has raised $28.7 million to fund an aggressive expansion and fend off rumors it will be sold, IDG News Service reports. The 4-year-old site, which allows readers to rank stories, plans to double its staff to 150, revamp its features, and expand internationally. The move is likely in response to Yahoo's launch of its own social news site, called Buzz.http://www.newser.com/story/38319/investors-fund-big-digg-expansion.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 17:24:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37534/hey-dummy-think-before-you-post-that-pic.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA picture may have been worth a thousand words before Facebook and YouTube came along, but in the Internet age the price can be much steeper for going public with one’s—er—privates. PC World presents 12 online photos that cost their owners dearly: “A defense attorney’s worse nightmare”: Two weeks after causing a serious crash while drunk driving, college student Joshua Lipton turned up at a Halloween party in an orange prison jumpsuit. When the pic made its Facebook debut, the judge awarded Lipton’s wit with a 2-year term.http://www.newser.com/story/37534/hey-dummy-think-before-you-post-that-pic.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 10:16:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37588/social-networking-deposes-porn-as-web-king.html?refid=rss_all_defaultPorn is no longer king online, thanks to the social-networking sites where people—particularly 18- to 24-year-olds—have become addicted to less X-rated forms of sharing, a Web analyst tells Reuters. “My theory is that young users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have time to look at adult sites,” says Bill Tancer, who studies Web clicks to take our societal pulse.http://www.newser.com/story/37588/social-networking-deposes-porn-as-web-king.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 16 Sep 2008 13:50:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37437/and-now-a-tune-from-our-sponsor.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe soon-to-launch MySpace Music service will consist mostly of sponsored streaming and downloads, Wired reports. MySpace will likely not start up its own pay-download service, along the lines of iTunes, instead maintaining its partnership with Amazon’s online store. Critics worry MySpace’s rather thin roster of major-label partnerships will limit the stream of free content for users.http://www.newser.com/story/37437/and-now-a-tune-from-our-sponsor.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 15 Sep 2008 13:56:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36438/how-im-sapped-my-ability-to-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter breaking up with his live-in boyfriend online, writer Will Doig realized IM had become an intimate part of their relationship, and the fallout was crushing. "At the first hint of crisis, my response had always been the same"—instant message his boyfriend "for an impromptu therapy session," he writes in Nerve. After the breakup, Doig went through "IM withdrawal, pregnant with random notions, trivia, gossip and anecdotes"—and nothing to do with them.http://www.newser.com/story/36438/how-im-sapped-my-ability-to-deal.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 04 Sep 2008 10:13:34 CDT