David Kernell, the Tennessee student that hacked into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account is asking if he can skip prison-time. Kernell, 22, was convicted of misdemeanor computer intrusion and a felony count of obstruction of justice. The jury found him not guilty of wire-fraud charge after 4 days of debate.

The HTC Desire and the Wildfire is now available on Alltel Wireless. The Wildfire is available for $29.99 with a mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement. The Wildfire has a 5-megapixel camera, Android 2.1, full wireless, social network integration, and the HTC Sense user interface. The HTC Desire has a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen, 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and sells for $149.99 with a two year contract and mail-in rebate. [CNET]

Grammy-Award winning singer, producer, and rapper Timbaland has joined Twitter on the account @Timbaland007. Timbaland is known for working closely with Aaliyah, Missy Elliott, Ginuwine, Justin Timberlake, Nelly Furtado, OneRepublic, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Madonna, The Game, etc. Timbaland released three solo albums and three albums under the group Timbaland & Magoo. Below is a video of Timbaland confirming his account.

Richard Heene, the dad of Balloon Boy Falcon Heene wants more attention. He is now on TV trying to sell a product called the Bear Scratch. The Bear Scratch is a post that attaches to the the wall to allow people to scratch their backs the same way that a bear does in the wilderness.

Flickr has introduced a new feature called People You May Know. The suggestions are based on your contacts and people that they know. You can add contacts from the Find Your Friends page or from the new module on the Flickr homepage. You can designate people as a friend, family member, or contact. If you want other suggestions, you can dismiss the suggested people. You can aso have Flickr find your contacts from Facebook, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail. [Flickr Blog]

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is planning to raise $1.4 billion for a couple of new funds. Of that amount, $200 million will go towards the sFund. The two funds are listed below:

MySpace is relaunching a new design of their website today and is rebranding themselves with a new logo. The complete redesign will not be live until the end of November but there are screenshots of the new look floating around. MySpace is trying to appeal to the 13-35 year old audience and is aiming to become “the leading entertainment destination that is socially powered by the passions of fans and curators.” MySpace currently does not have the best reputation as of right now so I could see why they have a high interest in overhauling their entire look. Check out the screenshots below:

Foursquare, Google, the Rock the Vote campaign, and the Pew Center have partnered to encourage voting during the upcoming election. Foursquare’s initiative is called “I Voted.” The initiative will track people in real-time that are at polling stations across the country. After voting, people will receive a “I Voted” badge. After that, they can shout out to their friends with the #ivoted hashtag.