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Cyber abuse latest: Police arrest man who set up Facebook page praising Nick Clegg

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Posted: Sep 16th, 2012
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Man quits his attempts to get ‘oral retweets’ trending

‘When he asked me what I thought of our boss, I was honest in my answer. But I didn’t expect him to shout across the office “Retweet Sue: our boss is a bit of a c**t”.’

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Posted: Jul 13th, 2012
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Furious Facebook investors pacified by amusing picture of kitten

noAs its share value continued to plummet towards zero in its first week of trading, social media giant Facebook has seen off a major revolt by thousands of furious shareholders by issuing a series of heartwarming and whimsical posts featuring kittens and other adorable internet memes.

Shares in the company were initially made available at $39 each last week. But they plummeted to barely $35 within hours of trading, as new shareholders logged onto Facebook for the first time. ‘I couldn’t believe it. It was just a bunch of solipsistic ramblings and inane platitudes being ascribed to the Dalai Lama,’ bemoaned first-time investor Alex Joseph. ‘All for $39 a pop. Thank you very much Mark fuckin’ Zuckerberg.’

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Posted: May 29th, 2012
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David Beckham ‘bigger than Facebook’ in soaraway stock market debut

has received 4.2 billion friend requestsFacebook’s recent much-trumpeted initial public offering was overshadowed today as shares in David Beckham, Inc. gained 23% on their first day of trading, valuing Beckham at over $200 billion.

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Posted: May 20th, 2012
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Windows ’8′ my concentration span…. OMG! Look at this! LOL!

One of the new unreported features of Windows 8 is a Twitter busting feature that promises to be ten times more distracting than anything else on the… LOL! OMG!… sorry, market.

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Posted: Mar 2nd, 2012
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