http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/346/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/83719/developer-finds-major-coding-errors-facebook-myspace Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos. http://www.itworld.com/security/83719/developer-finds-major-coding-errors-facebook-myspace#comments Internet Security Software News Facebook MySpace privacy issues Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:41:58 -0500 ITworld staff 83719 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/83223/your-facebook-profile-will-live-after-you-are-gone Do you worry that your friends in cyberspace will quickly forget about you after you've passed on? Well, don't: Facebook will keep your profile as a memorial. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83223/your-facebook-profile-will-live-after-you-are-gone#comments Internet News Facebook Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:06:35 -0500 abennett 83223 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/83263/how-extract-your-linkedin-facebook-contacts It's hard to grow your social networks, but it's even harder to get your contacts out. Enter a Web service called OpenXchange. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83263/how-extract-your-linkedin-facebook-contacts#comments Internet Tip Facebook LinkedIn social networking The Daily Tip Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:01:46 -0500 ITworld tips 83263 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/83267/are-you-being-scammed-facebook-ads I've written a bit lately about how cyberthieves using social media to scam people. It turns out the most egregious scammers are many "legitimate" companies that run deceptive ads on these networks. http://www.itworld.com/internet/83267/are-you-being-scammed-facebook-ads#comments Internet Opinion advertising Facebook Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:26:08 -0500 ITworld staff 83267 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82925/tweeting-office-have-you-checked-your-contract Hey you -- the developer sitting in that suburban cube farm, happily twittering away about going to lunch, the bug report you're filing, and that startup idea that's been bouncing around your head lately. We hate to break it to you, but the work contract that you signed gives your company ownership of those tweets ... not to mention any Facebook posts, LinkedIn profile updates, and YouTube videos that you may have worked on or uploaded from a work machine or over your company's network. http://www.itworld.com/internet/82925/tweeting-office-have-you-checked-your-contract#comments Business Internet Legal Opinion Facebook LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:41:38 -0400 ITworld staff 82925 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82928/facebook-offers-privacy-policy-user-review Looking to avoid user angst, Facebook today unveiled a proposed new privacy policy for review by its users. http://www.itworld.com/internet/82928/facebook-offers-privacy-policy-user-review#comments Internet News Facebook Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:38:55 -0400 ITworld staff 82928 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82409/study-facebook-twitter-use-work-costs-big-bucks A survey by a U.K. rsearch firm found that business use of social networks costs business in the country more than $2.25 billion a year. http://www.itworld.com/internet/82409/study-facebook-twitter-use-work-costs-big-bucks#comments Internet IT management/strategy News Facebook social networking Twitter Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:08:43 -0400 ITworld staff 82409 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/82676/password-reset-email-new-facebook-virus Security researchers uncover spoof email with downloadable files that include the Trojan virus Bredolab. http://www.itworld.com/software/82676/password-reset-email-new-facebook-virus#comments Internet Security News Facebook password reset Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:41:24 -0400 ITworld staff 82676 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82616/facebook-users-updated-news-feed-change-it-back Approximately 14,000 people per hour. That's the rate of new registrations for the Facebook group "Change Facebook back to normal!" http://www.itworld.com/internet/82616/facebook-users-updated-news-feed-change-it-back#comments Internet Opinion Facebook Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:30:25 -0400 ITworld staff 82616 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/82337/facebook-makeover-good-bad-and-backlash Facebook gave its homepage a makeover ...again. Last Friday the social networking site quietly rolled out some fairly significant changes to the way information is displayed on your homepage. The updates make the default feed more like it was before the last major homepage overhaul, but the changes aren't without some issues, and they have sparked some backlash among Facebook users. http://www.itworld.com/internet/82337/facebook-makeover-good-bad-and-backlash#comments Internet News Facebook Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:18:27 -0400 ITworld staff 82337 at http://www.itworld.com