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'Walter Mitty' soldier's Facebook bragging exposed
A soldier who boasted on Facebook that he had served with the SAS and killed more than 100 people has resigned from the army after he was exposed as a fantasist by genuine soldiers. Jim McAuley bragged that he had been a paratrooper at the battle of Goose Green during the Falklands war and claimed to have been the second SAS man on the balcony during the London Iranian Embassy siege 27 years ago. He also claimed that he had spent time in Afghanistan: "I did a spell with the boys in black but can't really say too much." He boasted that he had taken out two enemy machine gun emplacements in the first Gulf war and was involved in the rescue of captured Irish Rangers in Sierra Leone. In fact, he used to serve in the Army Catering Corps and for many years organised local poppy collections in Chorley for the Royal British Legion. In recent years he had been training cadets at the Lancashire Army Cadet Force in Preston. He was forced to apologise and quit his job after admitting his claims of being in the Paras and SAS were lies. He was caught out after serving soldiers sent him messages posing as a woman, Jenny Gilbert. They threatened to expose him and he backed down after they sent a message demanding an apology. One of the soldiers told McAuley on an Army blog: "We ... take a very dim view of people like yourself who try to live off the glory of these actions, especially given that we have lost many good comrades who were involved in them. "It is our experience that people such as yourself (we term them as Walter Mitties) once caught tend to lay low for a while then surface somewhere else. We will be watching, of that have no doubt." McAuley, who is married with an adult son, apologised in a local newspaper.
The Guardian – 16 hours, 55 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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A soldier who boasted on Facebook that he had served with the SAS and killed more than 100 people has resigned from the army after he was exposed as a fantasist by genuine soldiers. Jim McAuley bragged that he had been a paratrooper at the battle of Goose Green during the Falklands war and claimed to have been the second SAS man on the balcony during the London Iranian Embassy siege 27 years ago. He also claimed that he had spent time in Afghanistan: "I did a spell with the boys in black but can't really say too much." He boasted that he had taken out two enemy machine gun emplacements in the first Gulf war and was involved in the rescue of captured Irish Rangers in Sierra Leone. In fact, he used to serve in the Army Catering Corps and for many years organised local poppy collections in Chorley for the Royal British Legion. In recent years he had been training cadets at the Lancashire Army Cadet Force in Preston. He was forced to apologise and quit his job after admitting his claims of being in the Paras and SAS were lies. He was caught out after serving soldiers sent him messages posing as a woman, Jenny Gilbert. They threatened to expose him and he backed down after they sent a message demanding an apology. One of the soldiers told McAuley on an Army blog: "We ... take a very dim view of people like yourself who try to live off the glory of these actions, especially given that we have lost many good comrades who were involved in them. "It is our experience that people such as yourself (we term them as Walter Mitties) once caught tend to lay low for a while then surface somewhere else. We will be watching, of that have no doubt." McAuley, who is married with an adult son, apologised in a local newspaper.
The Guardian – 16 hours, 55 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing
AP - Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
Yahoo! – 18 hours, 44 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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AP - Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.
Yahoo! – 18 hours, 44 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Vivaty Scenes Taps Facebook, AIM for 'Immersive Internet'
A new service lets users build tiny virtual worlds that they can decorate with video and images imported from YouTube, Facebook and other websites.
Wired News – 20 hours, 56 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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A new service lets users build tiny virtual worlds that they can decorate with video and images imported from YouTube, Facebook and other websites.
Wired News – 20 hours, 56 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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The Guardian – 21 hours, 16 minutes ago ¦ comment?
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Facebook could see a standoff over Scrabble
Associated Press - July 8, 2008 11:44 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Developers of an unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook are vowing to compete now that Redwood City-based...
KTVN.com – Jul 8, 2008 3:44 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Associated Press - July 8, 2008 11:44 AM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Developers of an unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook are vowing to compete now that Redwood City-based...
KTVN.com – Jul 8, 2008 3:44 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Game maker tries to legitimize Facebook Scrabble
AP - As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends — or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.
Yahoo! – Jul 8, 2008 1:09 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AP - As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends — or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.
Yahoo! – Jul 8, 2008 1:09 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Crystal Palace youngster reveals Fulham move to millions on Facebook page
A professional footballer nicknamed “Motor Mouth” by friends has revealed he plans to leave his club Crystal Palace for Fulham on his Facebook page.
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 8, 2008 08:59 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A professional footballer nicknamed “Motor Mouth” by friends has revealed he plans to leave his club Crystal Palace for Fulham on his Facebook page.
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 8, 2008 08:59 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bebo hires ex-Google exec for EuropeBebo has hired Kate Burns to spearhead its European operation and to deliver on new parent-company AOL's ambitious plans to catch rivals Facebook and MySpace. Burns, who was Google's first employee outside the US and its first UK managing director, is leaving her role as UK managing director of online video website Dailymotion after just four months. She will join Bebo Europe in the newly-created position of vice president and managing director. Burns, who was previously involved in launching ad network Doubleclick and search engine Altavista in the UK and has also worked at News International, will be responsible for Bebo operations in the UK, Ireland and Poland. She will spearhead an ambitious expansion plan that will see the social networking website launch in Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the Netherlands in the next quarter. She will join Bebo on August 4, following the promotion of Joanna Shields, a key figure behind the $850m sale of the company to AOL, to the role of president of AOL's newly-formed People Networks and chief executive of Bebo. "Kate has a proven record in the UK's digital media industry, having played a key role in its development over the last decade," said Shields. "Her creativity and dynamism makes Kate the natural choice for this new role as Bebo looks to further strengthen its position internationally." Shields, who left her role as Google's managing director for partnerships across Europe, Middle East and Africa in January last year to join Bebo, worked with Burns during her 18 months at the search engine giant. Burns joined Google in 2001 and rose to become its managing director for the UK, Ireland and the Benelux countries. "Bebo has been at the very centre of the dramatic changes we have witnessed in the media landscape over the past two years," said Burns, who has also worked at Yahoo, Ziff Davis and News International. "I am looking forward to becoming part of Bebo's extraordinary management team and to working on one of the most engaged websites in the UK to continue to develop this rapidly growing business." Burns will be based at Bebo's international headquarters in London. AOL, which has Google as a 10% stakeholder, acquired Bebo to underpin the growth of its advertising operation Platform A and ramp up the share of online ad revenue. AOL plans for Bebo to be the jewel of its newly-created People Networks a collection of community platforms. The acquisition of Bebo has been seen by some analysts as primarily an international play as AOL's platform A advertising operation is already very strong in the US. Comscore puts the global number of monthly unique users for MySpace and Facebook at over 110 million each, while Bebo has around 30 million. · To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 7239 9857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 7278 2332. · If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".
The Guardian – Jul 8, 2008 06:26 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Jeff Rubenstein says PlayStation.com working on level stats
A blogger asked Jeff, from the PS.blog, about the deal with the API data and some other things. The facebook mail got some news about PlayStation.com working on some stuff. Check it out!
N4G.com – Jul 8, 2008 04:59 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A blogger asked Jeff, from the PS.blog, about the deal with the API data and some other things. The facebook mail got some news about PlayStation.com working on some stuff. Check it out!
N4G.com – Jul 8, 2008 04:59 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Advice From Strangers
Word of mouse is the latest trend in online travel planning, and a variety of corporate travel companies are setting up networking sites in hopes of becoming the Facebook of corporate travel.
New York Times – Jul 8, 2008 02:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Word of mouse is the latest trend in online travel planning, and a variety of corporate travel companies are setting up networking sites in hopes of becoming the Facebook of corporate travel.
New York Times – Jul 8, 2008 02:09 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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