The Venezuelan Embassy in Washington recently noted that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has up to 265,000 followers on Twitter, and could reach up to a million by the end of May.

Twitter wears many hats. Anyone who stays abreast of international protests and politics knows that the "SMS of the Internet" has become an important rallying tool, a platform for dissent, and a crucial method for communication between activists when other forms of communication have been cut off.

If you're planning a heist in the near future, you may want to use some common sense. 

The fact that I married into a family of hockey fanatics was very apparent on my Facebook page when the Canada vs. USA hockey game was feverishly playing out last Sunday.

The recent hacking attack that triggered Google's decision to quit China, unless Chinese authorities allow the Internet giant to provide uncensored service there, has spurred some provocative discussions in Western media outlets.