MySpace plans TV show over the web

The popular social networking site MySpace is to broadcast a TV show over the internet, it has been announced.

My So-Called Life creators Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz have been signed up for the show, which is to be called Quarterlife. Episodes of the show will be broadcast on the site MySpaceTV. Quarterlife will feature a group of people in their mid-20s.

Chris DeWolfe, chief executive of MySpace, said: "When Emmy award-winning producers come to MySpaceTV - you know this is reaching a whole new level.
"We're proud to offer the creative community a blank canvas and open platform to express their vision." The first episode of Quarterlife is to be shown on November 11th. Mr Berman continued by saying that the creative duo behind the show, Mr Zwick and Mr Herskovitz, were "delighted". Mr Zwick and Mr Herskovitz were also behind blockbusters like The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond.

Warning Issued On Simpsons Spam

There is currently a wave of spam being sent over the internet which uses the widespread interest in the Simpsons movie to suck recipients in, according to security software company Sophos.

The company is warning Internet users not to be duped by an email offering recipients a $500 Visa gift card for completing an online survey. When the email is clicked on, it sends users to a page which asks for an email address to be entered. Both the email and the web page have the same graphic of Homer Simpson sitting on his couch wearing a superman t-shirt and underpants.

However, Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant for Sophos, said: "You would be as crazy as Krusty the Clown to enter an email address on that page. "Not only are your chances of receiving a gift less than zero, but you are delivering a valid email address to a spammer on a platter." It is lists of "living breathing email addresses" which allow spammers to stay in business, added Mr. Cluley. The Simpsons movie is due to be released on July 27th 2007.