PIPA/SOPA BLACKOUT:…Wikipedia will go dark for a planned blackout on Wednesday, January 18 in protest of SOPA and PIPA, the proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. In a press release, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and the sixth most visited site in the world, announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide.

INTERNET ADDICTION IS LIKE DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION – IT CHANGES YOUR BRAIN, STUDY FINDS…Internet addiction could cause damage to the brain similar to alcoholics and cocaine addicts, a Chinese study has said. The internet addiction disorder (IAD) is becoming a serious mental health issue around the world wherein an individual have an inability to control his or her use of the Internet, which may eventually result in marked distress and functional impairments of general life such as academic performance, social interaction, occupational interest and behavioral problems.

MEET VANGIE, THE PINOY VERSION OF iPHONE 4S’ SIRI…Now, Pinoy humor comes in, with a video spoof of Siri by MacapunoSystems. Pinoy version of Siri: Vangie with a tagline, Siri’s Pinoy counterpart. FIX YOUR LIFE!

Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest on Google’s Android operating system slated to be released in the next few months was sold on eBay. The anonymous buyer of a Samsung Nexus S got the shock of his life when he found out that it was using the Ice Cream Sandwich. He sent a video of Ice Cream Sandwich, and now we will have an early glance of the Android update, here it is.

DEAD SEA SCROLLS ONLINE…Five of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls are now available online. Thanks to search giant Google and Israel’s national museum’s Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, public or scholars in this field will have access to any scroll fragment or any manuscript for free. At this stage, five complete scrolls from the Israel Museum have been digitized for the project and are now available online.

BEYONCE PREGNANT AND TWITTER SETS NEW WORLD RECORD…If Beyonce and Jay-Z were so excited to announce their pregnancy, Twitter is also excited to announce their new record because of them. On Tuesday, the microblogging site announced their new world record – 8,868 tps (tweets per second) because of the news that Beyonce is pregnant.

TEENS AND FACEBOOK: THE GOOD AND THE BAD…Teens who use Facebook more often show more narcissistic tendencies while young adults who have a strong Facebook presence show more signs of other psychological disorders.Teens and Facebook…

UFO IN LONDON: UFO MOTHERSHIP & FLEET VISITS LONDON ON JUNE 24, 2011…here must have been cheap airfares from their planet to London.Fake or not, a YouTube video showing UFOs in London on Friday, June 24, 2011 is firing up the web. The viral video shows several UFOs, a mothership and its fleet in sky over London. The UFOs look like a white oblong thing which some say can be easily faked.

‘SHREK VIRUS’ ALLOWS 30,000 UGLY PEOPLE TO ACCESS BEAUTIFULPEOPLE.COM…Beautifulpeople.com, an exclusive social networking site for “beautiful” people has been affected by a virus called “Shrek Virus” which allowed 30,000 “ugly” people to have access to the site.

NAVY SEALS TEAM SIX OPERATION ON OSAMA BIN LADEN’S ABBOTTABAD COMPOUND (VIDEO ANIMATION)…Creative animated version about Osama’s bin Laden’s death have made it’s way to YouTube. In the videos below you can have a glimpse of what might be happening during the operation of Navy Seals Team Six on Osama bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound.

WARNER BROS. ACQUIRES ROTTEN TOMATOES, FLIXSTER…Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group today announced an agreement to acquire Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes, raising questions if the sites would remain unbiased with their movie reviews.

DON’T CLICK: ‘BBC NEWS – OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED (LIVE VIDEO)’ A VIRUS ON FACEBOOK…Due to the hotness of news about the dead Osama bin Laden, cybercriminals quickly do their bad work and spread virus or spams through e-mail, facebook, twitter, and Google, and it seems like cybercriminals like to use the name of BBC News during major events to spread malicious links on the internet.

Friendster announced that it will remove some of its social networking functions because a major change is coming up. Friendster is now gearing up to be a social entertainment site, this is another facelift for the siTe caused by Facebook’s dominance in the social networking area.

ROYAL WEDDING LIVE…Video-sharing website YouTube announced that the British Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be live streamed on the official YouTube channel of the British Monarchy: www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel on Friday, April 29.

NAIA terminal 1 was picked as the 5th worst airport in the world and Asia’s worst airport for 2010 by an airport review website, “The Guide to Sleeping in Airports.”

Winklevoss twins…Identical twins Camerson and Tyler Winklevoss must accept the $65 million settlement with the social networking site Facebook after a judge ruled that the Winklevoss twins cannot back out to the 2008 settlement.

TRANSMISSION GAGAVISION…Lady Gaga announces on twitter that “TRANSMISSION GAGAVISION,” her weekly video blog about her life and her rise to fame, will be having new episodes starting next week. Transmission Gagavision webisodes started on June 24th, 2008 and ended on March 31 of 2009.

Willie Revillame and TV5 issued their apology to the Jan Jan episode on “Willing Willie” which draws the ire of several netizens, DSWD, and MTRCB saying that the show put the 6-year-old Jan Jan in a bad taste. In the said episode Jan Jan, a contestant of Wiltime Bigtime segment of the program gyrated like a macho dancer while crying.

A signage posted today at the Greenbelt Mall saying “poor people” are strictly prohibited inside the mall was a hoax.

Warner Brothers started its trial to offer movies through Warner Bros. Entertainment’s Facebook movie Pages. “The Dark Knight,” Christoper Nolan’s 2008 Batman movie can now be watched in full on Facebook on its official Facebook page.