Be on the lookout for any Twitter messages claiming to direct you to a banned Lady Gaga video. A new application has been created for the sole purpose of taking over your Twitter account. Clicking on the link will open a fabricated YouTube page where the application will ask for your Twitter credentials. Don’t fall for it.

Banned by the NBA. Is there a better tag line for selling shoes to kids in college and high school? If there is, the team at Athletic Propulsion Labs havent figured it out yet. ESPN reported yesterday that the shoes would be banned. The NBA say “(u)nder league rules, players may not wear any shoe more »

We mentioned this the other day, but it looks like it is now official. Saudi Arabia has banned the BlackBerry. Well, more specifically, they have banned some of the services and not the phones themselves. Nonetheless, they are taking part of what makes the BlackBerry the BlackBerry — the data services. And unfortunately, Saudi Arabia more »

It looks like the BlackBerry has been severely limited in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Well, more accurately, the BlackBerry will soon be limited. Both nations are unhappy that they are unable to monitor such communications via the handsets. This is because the Blackberry handsets automatically send the encrypted data to computer servers more »

Google’s new online virtual world program “Lively” is causing a bit of a stir for some users. It seems it has become a tad too lively in some of it’s rooms. Apparently there have been some “sex rooms” created in the virtual world, and a few users are complaining. Complaints which Google isn’t taking lightly.

“Our community standards prohibit sexually explicit images and rooms intended for sexual activity, even if virtual. When we become aware of ‘sex rooms’ that violate our Terms of Service, we’ll work to remove them.”