POP star Justin Timberlake is part of a group that will buy MySpace from News Corp, a bid to add some cool to a social network that has been losing it for some time.

MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe will step down soon as the social networking site’s chief executive.

The popular online hangout MySpace said today it will experiment with a video filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials.

TWO men have been arrested in Connecticut on allegations they had illegal sexual contact with minors they met through MySpace.com, a popular virtual hangout for children and teenagers.

American rock superstars REM are previewing their new album Around The Sun on the internet.