The younger, cooler little brother version of MySpace allows you to use "onscreen icons let you do pretty much everything one does on Facebook," according to Gizmodo. Sounds nifty, right? ...

We know there's no shortage of young, successful, smart people in this town, but we still turn a little green with envy when we hear about guys like Ben Keighran. The Australia native is only 25 years old. After successfully launching bluepulse in his native land in 2002, he took the show on the road and ended up here in the Bay Area. Like another young tech-maestro we recently spoke to, Keighran houses his company in Silicon Valley (in fact, in YouTube's former quarters), but lives here in the city by the bay....

SFist interviews David Hyman founder of MOG, and online music community. ...

It's really nice that folks with a new product or service like to bring stuff to our attention. In the spirit of being forthright, we'd advise you that you should have a fairly complete/polished product before doing so. Luddites like us (well, specifically this writer) aren't in much of a position to speculate on how cool something will be.Case in point, a representative of Menuism, a newish Web site that aims to let you "rate what you ate and find great food with personal recommendations," alerted us to the venture's existence. Unfortunately, we came away unimpressed....

Tonight is a big-ass party at the Exploratorium, (3601 Lyon St.) for its new exhibition, Liminality: Art on the Threshold. Liminality experiments with the Exploratorium's public space using the metaphor of thresholds as a unifying theme. This exhibition will feature large-scale artworks, created by Seattle and Bay-Area artists, which play with and accentuate the architectural features of the Exploratorium's airplane hangar-like interior. The opening party features one-night-only performances and installations by Project Bandaloop, Kal......

You know the old saying, give a man a fish and you’ll feed him for a day, teach a kid how to use a credit card and suddenly the entire neighborhood is on MySpace. What? That’s not the saying? It’s no secret that MySpace has its fair share of holes. They say that they only accept users over the age of 14 and even then users don’t get full access until after 16. But let’s not undermine the intelligence of America’s youth - - they know how to get what they want. It’s not just fake ids anymore as it is an army of teens waging a guerilla war on their parents’ wallets and winning!! But let’s be honest here - -it’s not MySpace that’s waging the war on teens, it’s teens out-smarting their parents – and sometimes, let’s be honest, there isn’t much to out-smart. ...

We were busy geeking out in the Sierra this weekend. Luckily, you won't find yourself covered with hundreds of tiny leeches after diving into any of these events. Tuesday and Wednesday: Flock, "The web browser for you and your friends," is hosting meetups in San Francisco (Tuesday) and Mountain View (Wednesday). Pass along your feature requests, we hear they're gearing up for a new version. Thursday: Adobe is hosting a free event, "InDesign Inside Out,"......

First NYC exported Eight Guys Out, and now we're getting Out Professionals; at this point, there's no excuse for well-heeled homos not to have an awesome job and fabulous friends. Headed up by Michael Volpatt, OP's brand-spanking-new local chapter is an opportunity for anyone -- small-business people, big-biz types, jobseekers and business solution providers -- to come together at social networking events or B2B rountables. And eat free appetizers! Michael informs us that next......

As the already treacherous social networking landscape gets even trickier with the launch of social networking site to end all social networking sites Yahoo 360, contributing SFist Paolo offers these tips to help you socially network like there's no tomorrow. Image is everything. It's not a matter of looking like the most intelligent, cultured, and radical person who ever walked the face of the Earth, it's just a matter of looking like you are......

Thanks to The Standing Room for the picture tip! When Friendster goes bad -- a Cupertino child molester registered on Megan's List has been arrested for contacting other listed sex offenders and asking them out. Glen Westberg allegedly emailed five other listees, told them they looked cute, and asked them to check out his listing (and note how well-built he was). We really fear for the future of social networking. Cardinals, lock the doors......

How many times have you faced Friday wondering what you're going to do with your weekend that's fun and cheap, or better yet, free? If you were to consult the funcheapSF list, you might decide to hang with an all-female skateboard collective on Saturday or go on a free sailboat ride on Sunday, and you'd even learn what it means to go on a dicewalk in the Mission. FuncheapSF is headed up by Shannon (a......