can you use "hear something " and " hear of /about something?

Question

please give me examples as much as you can: " hear something" , "hear about something" .and "hear of something" .,sometime I get confused. thanks

please tell me the difference between them.

Answer 1

Did you hear about the new Yahoo answers?

I did hear something about it

or - I heard something about it.

have you ever heard of Yahoo ansers?

Have you heard about Yahoo answers?

I hope this helped at least a little.

Answer 2

Can you hear the music?
Did you hear about the school burning down?
Have you heard of the new computer programme?
Hear something is actually to use your ears and hear a noise.
Hear about means to hear some information which pertains to a particular subject or action.
To hear of means to gain information about a product.
These are just some example of their use...